Tag Archives: nintendo

Pixelated Playing Cards

I will own some of these.

Mario Trump cards trump most other cards — Joystiq.

I Have Witnessed a Revolution in Even My Short Lifetime

When I was a kid, I grew up with games that looked like this:

(This was even very popular with our dorm floor when I was in college. It’s hard to beat RBI Baseball.)

Now, let’s take a look and see what baseball looks like in game format now:

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For a Sequel, My Anticipation Knows No Bounds

Behold! The sequel to one of the best games I played last year:

All I needed to know is that it was more Boom Blox. With pirates.

The Questions Everyone Thinks, But Never Asks, Part One

Yes, I Know It's My Generation; That Doesn't Mean I'm OK With This

I’m not sure how to feel about this:

miijesus.jpeg

I mean, on the one hand, you can’t fault them for looking to reach out and embrace the explosive popularity of the Wii and the theory that it will help people in their homes to evangelize when people as “Who’s that guy?”, but on the other hand, there’s the sticky issue of—you know—graven images and of the fact that this usually means that someone will have to play as Jesus.

If I’m going to give them any credit, it’s that they made him appropriately less… Caucasian than usually depicted.