Nostalgia in Video Games

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Now that it has been on the market for several years and made obsolete by the Wii, the GameCube is being exiled to attics and top shelves in closets. While you may think that you will never play the antiquated system again, video games have a way of being cyclical. When the GameCube hit stores, [...]

A Touch of Innovation with the Nintendo Wii

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When Nintendo made their newest system, the Wii, many gamers were skeptical about the Wii’s success due to their previous system, the GameCube, failing to appeal to most mature and adult gamers. But the Nintendo Wii system proved to have the innovation needed to propel it forward to the best selling system currently on the [...]

The Future of Gaming

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The Nintendo Wii system is arguably the best video game system on the market right now. Its unique controllers and high definition graphics cannot be beat. Most of all, however, is that it continues Nintendo’s tradition of releasing kid-friendly and easy playable games. If you’re looking to upgrade from an archaic system like the first [...]

Japan and the Console Video Game Boom

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In the beginning, there was Nolan Bushnell and Atari, an American video game manufacturer that received widespread success in the late 1970s and 1980s.  Then Atari fell victim to changing times, poor management, and mediocre sales, and Japanese game companies Nintendo, Sega, and Sony dominated the console video game industry for the better part of [...]

Remembering the Best Generation

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Before there was the train wreck that is PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2 enjoyed years of success.  PS3 is a cool system, it has great graphical capabilities, an embedded Blu-Ray player, and lots of third parties backing it with games.  However, you can count the amount of quality games for the PS3 on one hand.  [...]