With E3 starting this week, a few staff members have decided to offer up their predictions before they head on the plane to California and start the craziest week in game journalism.
So, have something to say to anyone at PixlBit about E3? Requests? Predictions? Hopes? Dreams? Nightmares? If you do, know the mailbag loves to eat that kind of thing up, and perhaps, if you send it those messages and letters, I'll save a few bucks on zebra-traps.
As we all know, E3 is right around the corner. Fortunately, most of the PixlBit staff will be attending the show, and even better, they will all be leaving from the same airport!
On a recent trip to Epcot, a video detailing a new ride, The Sum of All Thrills, caught my eye. In the video, I noticed a few Nintendo-related Easter Eggs, and while I wasn't able to snap a quick picture of either of them, I did manage to hunt down two fuzzy shots thanks to our wonderful internet.
I'm not quite sure, but I certainly know the reality of the hybrid would be much more enriching than whatever it is Sukeban Shachou Rena provides. The game begins with the cat I'm assuming is Rena sleeping on her (his?) desk. Forgive me for not knowing much about the cat's gender, but I'm pretty sure Rena is female. Anyway, I believe the cat finds the two subordinates are mostly incompetent, and thus determines that a new intern must be hired to compensate for how foolish and inept the first two human workers are.
Already, in it's brief time out on the street, a Super Mario Galaxy 2 glitch has been noticed by one of the game's fans. The bug could be useful to players looking to explore the worlds in SMG 2 in unforeseen ways!
Kathrine: How about gathering? It is a kind of grind.
Kathrine: What's next on the list?
Kathrine: I'm actually kind of nervous about this, I'm not too good at thinking on my feet...
The crew talks about the games we've been playing and share what we anticipate most out of CAPtivate 2010.
The last time the Mailbag was this angry, I'm pretty sure he killed an entire species. Ever wonder what actually happened to the dodo bird?
PixlTalk is back once again, this time with listener mail. In the first segment, the crew discusses what they've been playing most recently, while the second segment is dedicated entirely to listener mail.
Ever since it's reveal, I've been impatiently waiting for the Wii release of Monster Hunter Tri. I've always adored the Monster Hunter series due to the co-operative nature of the game. There's nothing greater that taking down the biggest foes in the game with your friends. This allowed you to develop various strategies, as aimlessly mashing the attack button to annihilate everything was not a valid strategy. You have to know how to exploit enemies weaknesses, when to dodge, and when to retreat and recover when you're badly hurt. Finally, I've enjoyed the scavenger aspects where you have to hunt monsters in order to harvest components to make a variety of things, from simple potions and food, to more complex things such as armor and weapons.
When the time came to play with my little game, I could have been more surprised with the end result. I was so eager when I got my copy of Bunnies, I just couldn’t wait for the excitement to begin. I stuck it in my slot of a CD drive as fast I could and wow! It’s totally generous in its content and won’t treat you wrong.
Kane and Lynch may very well be the console game of the century. Developed by Eidos, the title is an absolute MASTERPIECE.
When I got my special, pre-pre-pre-release copy of Super Mario Galaxy 2, I was initially excited. Then I realized it wouldn't play in my PS3, and things went downhill from there.
From the moment I first heard of Scribblenauts, during last year's E3, I could tell the title had "Game of the Year" potential. By sheer concept, I grew aware that video games have reached what I once believed to be an insurmountable pinnacle, and in execution, Scribblenauts far exceeds any and all expectations.
In light of recent events, we here, at PixlBit, have revised our review policy, and have implemented a bidding feature to allow our readers, video game PR firms, as well as any other interested party to buy and control review content! Are you an aspiring voice actor, one who wants a rave review to use as a reference for future work? For just $20, we'll add a snippet lauding your character's voice work. Want to add a half star or full star to our overall rating? $30 for the first half star, but just $15 for all half-stars after that! Want us to alter our review's content? For just $50, we'll exchange out the content you don't like for content you've written, and for $100, we'll even tidy things up and make it appear as though your paid changes appear to be entirely our opinions!
So, you're on PixlBit, and you want us to talk about something, but we haven't covered it, right? Why don't you send us a letter by clicking that link, or you could just send an email to mailbag AT pixlbit DOT com.
My name... is not important. My goal... is not important either. But it will sure be a lot of fun! As somewhat of a collector of videogames, I have found myself with a growing stack of them which I haven't so much as touched. The pride and joy is my collection of every Nintendo 64 game released in North America, and my New Year's resolution for 2010 is to play every last one of them. From appreciating the amazing advances of the great classics, to crying at just how bad games can get, I'm here to share this experience with the lot of you through a new PixlBit feature titled Tour de 64.
Sony’s Move seems destined to have a rough launch between the continued success of Nintendo’s Wii and the imminent release of Microsoft’s Natal. At first, Move appears to be very similar to Wii’s control scheme and some of Natal’s control scheme, but there just might be something beyond the Mii-too mentality.
Hey everyone! My name is Chris Mabrey, and I’m happy to be your newest writer here at Pixlbit.
So you've been playing Pokemon since Red and Blue, you've watched the shows, have a complete Base Set of the trading cards, mastered Jigglypuff in the original Super Smash Bros. 64, and even decorated notebooks with stickers printed from Pokemon Snap!
I took New Super Mario Bros. Wii home to my family last Christmas (and Thanksgiving), and we had a lot of fun with it, but what surprised me the most was how independent and unique everyone seemed to play.
So, as you all know by now, I love me some Perfect Dark. As you might expect, with its re-release occurring today on XBLA, I was quick to purchase one of my all-time favorite games.