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NYCC 2013: Interview With The Legend of Zelda’s Link Cosplayer

New York Comic Con this past weekend was filled with plenty of amazing cosplayers, and we spent a good portion of the weekend trying to track down the best cosplayers. One of those cosplayers was this amazing Link, complete with a Hylian Sword and mirror shield, this Link spared no expense on making his green tunic one for the legends. Check out the video below for our short interview with Link, and hit the gallery right below it for some pictures of his costume we...

Exclusives • NYCC 2013 • Previews

NYCC 2013: Super Mario 3D World Hands-On Preview [With Video]

Matt and I had the chance to get our hands on Nintendos latest addition to the Mario Bros. franchise, Super Mario 3D World, this past weekend at New York Comic Con 2013. While neither of us were able to use the gamepad during our play session, we both agreed that we loved the taste this game left in my mouth. During the short one level demo, I was given Princess Peach to play. From what I understand, each character has different speeds and abilities, with Peach being the...

Exclusives • NYCC 2013 • Previews

NYCC 2013: Hands On With Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate

Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, may be a mouthful of a title but it looks like it’s going to be a handful of a game. I was able to snag a hands-on 15 minute demo on PS Vita as well as 3DS where I tracked Catwoman through the Gotham city skyline and walked away liking what I saw. Developed by Aramature Studio, a team comprising of former members of Retro Studios, Blackgate is an adventure that is it’s own entity. Not simply a gimped version of its console...

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The Wonderful 101 – Demo Impressions

On August 9th a Nintendo Direct for Platinum Games’ upcoming “Pikmin with Superheroes” game, The Wonderful 101, was shown. As an added surprise, Nintendo decided to release an action packed demo for the game via their eShop service, and what a surprise it was. In The Wonderful 101, you control a group of superheroes who combine themselves into giant weapons such as a fist, sword or gun in order to wreck house on evil robots intent on destroying earth. The demo gives a...

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Faces Behind the Screen: Katy M. Smith

With all the warring and debating about platforms going on right now in the post-E3 aftershock, I feel it is important to step back and take a look at what is so much more important than Xboxes, Playstations, PCs, and mobile platforms. The game developers who work for pennies (and sometimes even those who roll around in money on their lunch breaks) often take something of a back seat to the games they help to create. That’s a good thing as far as I am concerned, the...

E3 2013 • Exclusives • Previews

Hands-On Preview: Mario Kart 8

At E3 this year, one of the most eagerly awaited games among Nintendo fans was Mario Kart 8, the next big Mario Kart game set for release in Spring 2014.  The new game keeps what everyone loves about Mario Kart with the addition of HD graphics and anti-gravity.  I got my chance to race on three courses from the upcoming game. The first thing I will say is that this clearly is a Mario Kart game.  It plays exactly like past games.  Everything from the boost...

E3 2013 • Exclusives • Features • Previews

Hands-On Preview: Super Mario 3D World

One of the most anticipated Nintendo games this year leading up to E3 was the 3D Mario action game Nintendo promised they would reveal at the show.  When Nintendo President Satoru Iwata revealed Super Mario 3D World, fans were quite shocked.  It’s a little different than we all expected, but my short hands-on time with the game proved that it is a Mario game with a lot of promise. Super Mario 3D World looks and plays exactly like Super Mario 3D Land on Nintendo 3DS...

E3 2013 • Exclusives • Previews

Preview: Hands on Pikmin 3

Being a fan of the Pikmin series since its debut in 2001, I was very excited to get my hands on the latest Pikmin game coming out in August on Wii U.  Pikmin 3 may not contain any old characters aside from the Pikmin, but contains a brand new control scheme, pretty visuals, and new ways to command your Pikmin army.  I got to play co-op in one stage of mission mode. The level I played is one Nintendo has shown in the past.  It uses both red Pikmin and the new Rock Pikmin...

E3 2013 • Exclusives • Previews

Preview: Hands-On The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker has always been one of my favorite Zelda games to date.  It was also the game that introduced me to the entire series.  I was very excited when Nintendo revealed that an HD remake of Wind Waker would be arriving this year.  I was even more excited to actually go hands on with a small portion of the game as well. When seeing the game running for the first time, I was in awe of how pretty the game looks in high definition.  The visual...

E3 2013 • Exclusives • News

Liveblog: Microsoft’s E3 2013 Press Conference

And here… we… go… Keep refreshing this page to see more on the Xbox One as it happens, and keep your eyes on our Twitter for more updates. 12 17 – Microsoft’s Phil Spencer has said there will not be much Kinect here at the event. Kinect Sports Rivals was announced for Holiday 2013 on the pre-show. 12 25 Five minutes! 13 30 Its now beginning. 12 33 Slight delay. The conference will begin momentarily. 12 36 Konami is showing a guy riding a horse...