There was a time when the conservative right objected to rock music. A common claim was that if a certain track was played backwards it would contain satanic messages. Once or twice this was true. What happens if we apply this test to The Legend of Zelda’s Skyward Sword Theme? I’ll tell you what; you’ll […]
Super Mario proposal
Warning – there are loud squees in this video. I think we can forgive these particular high pitch tones because of the situation. Here’s the scene; the girlfriend is out – so the boyfriend designs a Super Mario room. This room includes a “floating” box. In that box there’s a wedding ring. Oh yes; this […]
Project Cafe: Wii 2 to out power PS3 and have camera controller
The rumours that Nintendo will launch a new console next year are burning hot. Kotaku have all but confirmed it. We’re expecting the news at E3 – that’s June 7 – although Nintendo often old a press conference the day before. In fact, there’s less debate about whether the Wii 2 is on the way […]
Actual Zelda treasure chest
Have you ever wanted your very own treasure chest? One that was filled with shiny shiny loot! Sorry. Can’t help. What I can do is direct your attention to this Zelda treasure chest that comes complete with its very own Zelda sounds.
Poke-Rights – Poke-Fights are wrong!
This video shines the light on the evil and cruel world of Pokemon fighting. You might try and pretend your Pokemon is not a slave but then why is role the master? Will it only stop when they’ve all been caught. Watch this video and consider your position on this barbaric hobby. If you’ve been […]
Pokemon on a shoestring budget
Let’s just say you had to recreate the opening Pokemon squence with your friends. No, imagine you *had* to do it… because, er, if you don’t then aliens with sharks for heads would invade the planet and eat all the hamsters. So, there you have it, you have to recreate the opening to Pokemon. You’ve […]
Nintendo Gamecube three times more popular than Xbox 360 in Japan
You might have heard that the Xbox isn’t very popular in Japan. It’s true. There’s lots of reasons why this is the case – it’s the console from America, the games don’t always suit the Japanese market and the PlayStation 2 is so incredibly strong there. The Nintendo DS is even stronger. A recent survey […]
Freak Mario to save Mario?
This is a bit messed up. It’s a YouTube video designed to grab the attention of Shigeru Miyamoto the creator of Mario. It’s messed up. Really, it’s hard to say much about this freakish video except that the author clearly thinks Mario has been lead down the nightmare path to destruction. Freaky. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=863GSlfp9Uw One more […]
Nintendo’s Jedward ad scores high in “most irritating” poll
A poll carried out by Brand Republic’s Marketing magazine of TV adverts placed the Jedward ad from Nintendo among the most annoying ads of the year. The ad, produced by Karmarama, came in at 7th place just behind the Foxy Bing ad and just ahead of the Moonpig.com ad. Gocompare’s annoying opera singer ad series […]
Raving Rabbids Travel in Time for a million pounds
Geek Natives in the UK might have noticed one or two adverts for Raving Rabbids Travel In Time. As it happens Ubisoft are pumping £1m into the Rabbids campaign. Who said Ubisoft was all about Assassin’s Creed? As you might imagine most of the advertising is being spent on children’s TV channels – CiTV, Cartoon […]
