Interruption!

Game characters are terrible conversationalists. I came to this conclusion after the last three games I’ve played: Fallout 3, Mass Effect 2 and Metroid: Other M. First, we have Fallout 3‘s Lone Wanderer of the Capital Wasteland. This is a

METROID: OTHER M – Review

METROID: OTHER M is a videogame developed by Project M, published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Wii. It was directed by TAKEHIKO HOSOKAWA, YUSUKE HAYASHI and YOSHIO SAKAMOTO. Shigeru Miyamoto has had some pretty inspiring ideas in the past. The

Metroids Are Real

I’m not just saying this because I’m such a huge Metroid fan that I’ve become delusional about it’s fictional nature. I shit you not: Metroids exist. Tip of the hat to The Kartel, but we here at Nightmare Mode have

Mercenaries should all wear Ponytails

I hope Tom forgives me for pushing this Just Gamers post down, but I couldn’t resist commenting about something I’ve noticed in Metroid: Other M. Initially, I wanted to save the comment for some future review, but frankly, who knows

Just Gamers

The crucial conversation of this generation of games is not whether games are art, but rather whether we, the games journalist, should be reviewer or critic. The most recent catalyst of this crucial discussion is this review of Metroid: Other

Metroid: Other M Live Action Trailer

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CZqO5Z5uxU] Gotta say, that’s a spot-on depiction of Zero Suit Samus–almost ridiculously so. Fans will undoubtedly be taken aback by the voicing, though. Overall, I’m still a sucker for live-action trailers so this looks downright sexy to me.

SUPER METROID – Critique

“The last Metroid is in captivity The galaxy is at peace” Super Metroid begins with these iconic* words, spoken by a strangely soothing voice. It’s interesting that Nintendo was willing to woo players with voice acting then, and yet resisted