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Adding Indie Insult to Xbox One Injury

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:24:10 -0500

Nelson pointed out a long list of things that Microsoft bungled when they revealed the Xbox One. And, unsurprisingly, he's not the only one to think that reveal was an unmitigated disaster. And I hate to kick someone while they're down, but this is Microsoft, so I don't feel that bad actually. ...

Xbox One: Putting �It� All in One Place

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:53:09 -0500

After months of speculation and rumor-mongering, Microsoft has finally revealed the true identity of the console-formerly-known-as Durango: The Xbox One. Apparently someone at Microsoft has difficulty with counting in the single digits, as the Xbox One is actually the THIRD Microsoft console, an...

Survivors of the 3D Revolution

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:56:25 -0500

We are the few, the proud, the old-school. We have been gaming since the third-generation or earlier. We have seen the evolution of videogames from crude and poorly-executed concepts into well-refined and polished genres. We have also lived through a time of great turmoil in order to see our closely-held beliefs vindicated: We are the Survivors of the 3D Revolution. The term �3D Revolution� ha...

Failure to Launch: What's Wrong with the 8th Generation?

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:38:51 -0500

The 8th Generation has been sitting on the launchpad for two years now, led boldly into the future by Nintendo�s 3DS in March 2011. Nearly a year later, in February 2012, Sony followed suit and released a successor to the failing PlayStation Portable in the form of the temporarily-pirate-proof PlayStation Vita. Nine months later in November 2012, a full year and eight months after the release of ...

The Official WiiU Funeral

Sun, 05 May 2013 14:18:52 -0500

Friends, gamers, countrymen, lend me your ears. I come to bury WiiU, not to praise him. The evil that videogame companies do lives after them, the good is oft interred with their obsolete hardware. So let it be with WiiU� The noble 3DS hath told you WiiU was unambitious: If he were so, it was a grievous fault, and grievously hath WiiU answered it� Here under leave of 3DS, I come to speak at WiiU�...

Backlog: The Embiggening - May, 2013

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:32:18 -0500

Welcome to another look into the near future. May is the traditional start of the Summer Game Drought� and boy is the drought coming on strong and fast! This month holds the smallest number of releases since I started covering upcoming games in the �Backlog: The Embiggening� series of articles. With two new consoles on the horizon and the WiiU deserving a unboxing my shiny, new WiiU (dead pixel and all). Since November, the MeltedJoystick crew enjoyed co-op playthroughs of �Ouya - an ambitious Android-based console. Well, flash forward to today and we kno...

PS3 Problem - Won't Play Blu-ray Movies

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:37:47 -0500

I first got my PS3 slim a few years ago through a packaged Sony deal including a LCD TV, a free movie and game. I thought the PS3 was the perfect solution for a blu-ray player. It could even access a media server on my network, as well as something that could play games. An all-win scenario for a low cost packaged price. But as of late, the one thing I used my PS3 the most for started failin...