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...allow us to do we sit idly by watching the critical arena digress into ridiculousness.

From the astounding number of spelling errors on the sites of the biggest names in the review/preview industry to the questionable release of a very prominent editor on what was considered a very trustworthy site, things are looking bad.

Fortunately there are some folks out there that are sick of this and New Gaming Journalism is starting to gain traction. Though the circles are smaller and the sites harder to find, there is a sub-group of smart gamers that are involved in elevating video games. Within the next few generations we will see some major changes in how games are made and who they are made for. Expect to see more middleware, expect smaller-on-average development budgets, expect digital-only-distro games, and expect many more niche titles.

Happily...more

Popular Xbox 360 Games

...o games sometimes have more budget than movies. There is longer a time of video games made by one man, but for the Popcap mini-games. It is very difficult to create a game, and many businesses are involved in selling millions of copies of a product. To get a great sound management, game studios employ professionals in sound effects. They also employ testers who play the games for longer times searching for bad coding or bugs. Some studios even go the extent of employing actors to speak the voice of characters just as in a movie of animation. The publisher also employs publicist, managers, and advertisement f...more

New Super mario Bros. review

...hat we don't perceive these elements as hackneyed.

With today's games we tend to take the storylines too seriously, when in reality the story can't fix a terrible game. The Super mario Bros. storyline is about as basic as they come, and we don't really expect it to be any different. Come to think of it, it doesn't need to be any different. It's all laid out for us. Are mission is to rescue to Princess from the clutches of bowser, in this case, bowser Jr. He's kidnapped her and taken her to the castle at the end of the first level. Once you reach that castle, bowser Jr. takes Peaches to the next castle. This continues on through numerous levels. There are eight worlds in all, and an overhead map allows you to see all the different levels in each world. It's quite easy to get through the entire game since there are plenty of power-ups and extra lives, but you'll miss out on the whole experience if you just go barreling through the levels without stopping to smell the piranha plants.

There are a couple of hidden worlds to unlock. You should explore all areas thoroughly to find all of the unlockables, secrets, surprises and shortcuts. There is also the added challenge of collecting coins. Not only will you earn extra lives by collecting coins but there are three huge coins in each level for you to locate. This challenge isn't easy and I didn't find them all yet but I'm intrigued to return to the levels where I missed them. The replay value is tremendous if you decide that you want to find...more

Super Nintendo Led the Way With Great Games

...raphics and storyline. I used to love playing this game, because there was nothing else like it on the market at the time. Super nintendo was able to give the Metroid series the graphics that it needed to do justice to the unique experience that the game was trying to allow the user.

I think my favorite game to play on the Super nintendo was Super mario Kart. I loved to play this game, not for the regular game mode, because that mode was too easy, but for the head-to-head mode....more