Scrubking's entries



Wiiware is Up and Running

12 May 2008, Monday 9:11 A GMT-04
Wiiware is already up and running so go check it out, and I suggest you get Lostwinds. I've only played a little, but it's one of the best games I've played on the Wii yet and it's only $10. The music is beautiful and the graphics are
Category: Gaming

Wiiware Launch Games Revealed

10 May 2008, Saturday 10:36 A GMT-04
It could have been a lot better.
Category: Gaming

7 Golden Rules of Unlockable Content

10 May 2008, Saturday 3:08 A GMT-04
We've all played games where we have to do something in order to unlock something else. Sometimes it's fun, sometimes it's tedious and other times is anger inducing. I've got seven golden rules that any respectable developer should fo
Category: Gaming

Earthbound ESRB Rated for Wii VC

8 May 2008, Thursday 4:46 P GMT-04
There has been a murmuring across the net these past few days by a pitifully small amount of gamers who are lucky enough to remember a game by the name of Earthbound: a game so extraordinary, so classic that Nintendo has seen fit to lock it away in t
Category: Gaming

Why Wiiware may be a Critical Turning Point for Nintendo and the Wii

8 May 2008, Thursday 3:25 P GMT-04
Wiiware is set to launch in just 4 days, and it may be one of the most important features a Nintendo console, especially the Wii, have ever had. Those of us who own a Wii and pay attention to the videogame news know that the third party support is no
Category: Gaming

EA Announces Dumbed Down Wii Brand of Sports Games. Yay!

7 May 2008, Wednesday 1:16 P GMT-04
EA is all about the dolla bills yall and nothing spells money like shitty dumbed down Wii games... At least that's how EA sees it. Now instead of their regular sports franchises EA is launching an all new Wii specific brand called All-Play which
Category: Gaming

THQ Blames Nintendo for Poor Sales

7 May 2008, Wednesday 1:10 P GMT-04
Nintendo can't seem to win no matter what they do, and the excuses for why companies don't do well on a Nintendo system never seem to change. THQ is blaming Nintendo for not meeting sales expectations and trying to blame someone else for thei
Category: Gaming

Nintendo Channel is Live in North America!

7 May 2008, Wednesday 5:48 A GMT-04
Nintendo's Free preview, demo and review channel is live and ready for download so go and get it!
Category: Gaming

Look at the Footage!

7 May 2008, Wednesday 1:11 A GMT-04
Hilarious Video of the Day
Category: Gaming

IGN Whores Out their Website for Exclusives

6 May 2008, Tuesday 8:04 P GMT-04
By now we all should know that the gaming press is shady as all hell, but today we get some details as to just how questionable their practices are. Variety writer Ben Fritz called out IGN on their exclusive review of GTA4 and after a response by IGN
Category: Gaming

Take-Two Chairman says GTA4 has No Glitches Whatsoever

6 May 2008, Tuesday 3:24 A GMT-04
Quote of the Day

The Other Side of the GTA4 Story

4 May 2008, Sunday 8:31 P GMT-04
The videogame media have proclaimed GTA4 the greatest game of all time with their gushing reviews and perfect scores, but in spite of this love affair there is another side to this coin. Apart from the major freezing bug that has kept gamers from get
Category: Gaming

5 Myths about Wii Storage

3 May 2008, Saturday 9:37 P GMT-04
The amount of FUD and outright disinformation about the Wii's storage solution being propagated by gamers and the gaming press is astounding. It's so bad that the people who are actually informed about what the Wii can actually do in this reg

Analyzing Nintendo's Storage Plans

2 May 2008, Friday 6:33 A GMT-04
Yesterday Nintendo President Satoru Iwata answered a couple of questions regarding the Wii. In particular he talked about the Wii's memory and the gamers who want a hard drive. Even though I think his answer was pretty clear, a lot of gamers seem
Category: Gaming

Is GTA Heading to the Wii?

2 May 2008, Friday 3:25 A GMT-04
Quote of the Day

Nintendo's Iwata Answers some Wii Questions

1 May 2008, Thursday 5:58 P GMT-04
We all know how secretive Nintendo has gotten lately so when Its president sits down to talk everybody listens, and thankfully Satoru Iwata is a pretty open, honest guy. Here in their financial briefing Iwata talks about a lot of stuff and hits on so
Category: Gaming

May Brings Wiiware!

1 May 2008, Thursday 5:55 A GMT-04
May is here and it's time to get excited if you are a Wii owner. Why? Because Nintendo is launching Wiiware outside of Japan. Us in North America are scheduled to get it on the 12th and as a bonus we are also getting the preview channel that let&
Category: Gaming

IGN Pulls Controversial GTA4 'Ladies of Liberty' Video

30 April 2008, Wednesday 4:47 A GMT-04
MTV News is reporting that IGN and their parent company have pulled a GTA4 video called Ladies of Liberty City off their website in which the player visits multiple strip clubs and enjoys a couple of hookers by shooting them or having sex with them b
Category: Gaming

GTA 4 Major Freezing Bug

29 April 2008, Tuesday 6:02 P GMT-04
Last night gamers uncovered a bug in GTA4 that freezes the game on both PS3 and 360 consoles. No one knows what causes the bug, how widespread it is or what consoles it affects exactly, but the people having the most problems seem to be 60gig PS3 own
Category: Gaming

DDR X & Hottest Party 2 Leaked

29 April 2008, Tuesday 2:26 P GMT-04
Thanks to the great guys at Gamefly who frequently leak soon to be released titles on their site we have discovered that Konami is bringing us two more DDR games - DDRX for the PS2 and sadly Hottest Party 2 for the Wii. I can't say we didn't
Category: Gaming

Gamespot Bumps GTA 4 Review Score

29 April 2008, Tuesday 10:37 A GMT-04
Shocking Pics of the Day
Category: Gaming

Ubisoft Screws Wii Gamers... Again

29 April 2008, Tuesday 2:22 A GMT-04
Yesterday Ubisoft officially announced an all new Prince of Persia game that is scheduled for a release this holiday season. The consoles it will be coming to include Xbox 360, PS3 and DS... and that's it. Ubisoft is going out of their way to mak
Category: Gaming

Simulated Sex in GTA 4 is A-Okay now with the ESRB (NSFW)

28 April 2008, Monday 7:32 P GMT-04
My last post about GTA 4 made me look for some media on the game to see what it was like and I can't believe what I've come across. Remember when two people dry humping in San Andreas caused the ESRB to go crazy and re-rate the game AO and sp
Category: Gaming

GTA 4, Reviews and Ethics

28 April 2008, Monday 5:38 P GMT-04
Article of the Day
Category: Gaming

Master Jedi - General Farron Sha, The Enforcer

27 April 2008, Sunday 8:52 P GMT-04
Fan Fiction
Category: Fiction