Nelson Schneider - wrote on 10/30/11 at 01:20 PM CT

Uh-oh! Halloween is tomorrow and you don’t have a costume yet! Let MeltedJoystick help you out with 5 suggestions for no-effort (or little-effort) costumes with a gaming flavor.

5. Mario (“Super Mario Bros.”)
The only effort required for this costume is being a Club Nintendo Platinum Member… in 2009. That was the year Nintendo gave away official Mario hats (or the gimped WiiWare title,...

Nelson Schneider - wrote on 10/23/11 at 09:08 PM CT

As I mentioned previously, I hate the term ‘JRPG.’ Not only is it used as a pejorative against my favorite genre, it adds negative connotations and a perceived need for segregation where none exists. What does the dreaded JRPG need to be segregated from? Why, the Aryan Race of ‘WRPGs,’ of course, with the ‘W’ standing for ‘W...

Nelson Schneider - wrote on 10/16/11 at 06:34 PM CT

The ‘Metroid’ series has become one of Nintendo’s most popular franchises. This popularity seems pretty inexplicable when one considers the series’ roots. The original game, “Metroid,” appeared on the NES and, while it did take bold steps into unexplored types of gameplay, it was also one of the most inscrutable games ever made. Actually, out of the original ‘Metroid’ trilogy, only the third, “Su...

Matt - wrote on 10/09/11 at 02:41 PM CT

Greetings fellow gamers! It is great to be a guest on the MeltedJoystick blog. Nelson asked me to fill in for him while he’s on vacation.

My adventure into the world of gaming began with the NES and has continued through this current generation. Since I am a child of gaming in the '80s and early '90s, I have a distinct love and admiration for platformers and RPGs. My brother and I spent countl...