Added: 07.04.2015 19:20 | 5 views | 0 comments


The Short Pause crew chime in on the latest happenings within the video game industry. The topics this week include: - Nintendo Direct breakdown and analysis - Early impressions of the underrated Monster Hunter clone, Toukiden Kiwami, for the PlayStation 4 and Vita. - Even MORE Mortal Kombat X news! - The group holds a roundtable discussion about Sony's acquisition of OnLive and speculate on what it could mean for PlayStation. - Rainbow Six Siege gameplay reactions - And MORE!

Added: 06.04.2015 17:17 | 34 views | 0 comments


Technology Tell writes, "After over two years of silence, Nintendo and Atlus revealed a gameplay trailer for the Shin Megami Tensei-Fire Emblem crossover project during the April 1, 2015 Nintendo Direct stream. Originally announced as Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem and now named Illusory Revelations#FE in Japan, the Wii U game looks lush and sweeping. It looks to have a multifaceted narrative, massive enemy creatures and flashy attacks. It looks like a lot of things, but the one thing it never looks like is Fire Emblem."

Added: 05.04.2015 22:17 | 9 views | 0 comments


"That moment in the latest Nintendo Direct video when Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata made Patrick's heart sink." - NukaCola

Added: 05.04.2015 14:18 | 22 views | 0 comments


Tom and Luke from Bossa Studios join the VGR Show! Bossa Studios are the team behind Surgeon Simulator and I Am Bread, and for their next trick? Theyre working on Worlds Adrift! Theres also news on a school in the UK threatening to call the police if they find out parents are letting underage children play adult rated games. Theres heaps of news from Nintendos recent Nintendo Direct conference. Plus Dan gives a review of Bloodborne and Nik shares a story about free games on steam.

Added: 04.04.2015 21:17 | 7 views | 0 comments


After a big Nintendo Direct, Shawn Long of Nintendo Enthusiast shares his Top 3 moments from it, speaks on Wave 4 amiibo, and much more! Also, could we really see Banjo in Smash?!

Added: 04.04.2015 17:00 | 20 views | 0 comments

The scene: it's right after

I knew Lucina and Robin, the Fire Emblem amiibo, were coming for months. I had already missed out on Marth and Ike the first time around, because I was so swamped with life things that I missed pre-order windows. I eventually shrugged it off, thinking, "I don't need to spend $26 on these when I bills to pay." Right? RIGHT?

Back to the present. The morning after the Nintendo Direct I walk into work at nine. My desk neighbor, editor Peter Brown, tells me that GameStop pre-orders for the new amiibo start at noon. He already has the GameStop webpage open to the amiibo section.

As for that second point of blame, that's us. We did this. We did this to ourselves and we love it. We rail against Nintendo and retailers for squeezing us out of buying these toys, and we readily do it again and again and again. We allow this to happen. We stand in pre-order lines for hours, huffing and puffing about the wait and how we took off work to wait the entire time. We crazily refresh websites for hours, crashing an entire company system with our hunger for tiny Charizards. The amiibo fever exists because we make it so, passing it along to one another like kids on the playground pass mono. Stop placing your lives on hold to pre-order a plastic figure the size of your middle finger. That figure won't put bacon on the table or keep you warm at night. Stop waiting in lines for hours and just go to the store to get them when it's convenient for you; don't feed the hysteria.

But back to me. At 3 p.m. I gave up hope that I would get my Lucina and Robin amiibo. When Justin told me he was planning to get up at 4 a.m. for the Toys R Us online pre-orders, I sadly responded that I would not be joining him. In one day I had caught amiibo fever and completely burned it out, discouraged and disgusted at myself.

The day after the amiibo fiasco, I am exhausted. I don't own any amiibo and I don't know that I will ever consider purchasing one ever again, even if I think it's a cool addition to a game I own. I can't bring myself care as deeply as I know other people do, because the heinous, enthusiasm-killing atmosphere surrounding the amiibo market has driven me away.

Nintendo is limiting its amiibo market by limiting access to the amiibo people want; that's a lot of sad fans and a lot of dollars lost. People want certain amiibo because they love certain series, because Nintendo has created something that they enjoy and adore and they want to deepen their connection to that franchise. By deliberately making fans fight for a chance to buy an amiibo, you're dividing the community and your audience.

So please: don't get so riled up over amiibo. Although if anyone bought an extra Lucina, I will happily take it off your hands.

Added: 04.04.2015 17:00 | 14 views | 0 comments

The scene: it's right after

I knew Lucina and Robin, the Fire Emblem amiibo, were coming for months. I had already missed out on Marth and Ike the first time around, because I was so swamped with life things that I missed pre-order windows. I eventually shrugged it off, thinking, "I don't need to spend $26 on these when I bills to pay." Right? RIGHT?

Back to the present. The morning after the Nintendo Direct I walk into work at nine. My desk neighbor, editor Peter Brown, tells me that GameStop pre-orders for the new amiibo start at noon. He already has the GameStop webpage open to the amiibo section.

As for that second point of blame, that's us. We did this. We did this to ourselves and we love it. We rail against Nintendo and retailers for squeezing us out of buying these toys, and we readily do it again and again and again. We allow this to happen. We stand in pre-order lines for hours, huffing and puffing about the wait and how we took off work to wait the entire time. We crazily refresh websites for hours, crashing an entire company system with our hunger for tiny Charizards. The amiibo fever exists because we make it so, passing it along to one another like kids on the playground pass mono. Stop placing your lives on hold to pre-order a plastic figure the size of your middle finger. That figure won't put bacon on the table or keep you warm at night. Stop waiting in lines for hours and just go to the store to get them when it's convenient for you; don't feed the hysteria.

But back to me. At 3 p.m. I gave up hope that I would get my Lucina and Robin amiibo. When Justin told me he was planning to get up at 4 a.m. for the Toys R Us online pre-orders, I sadly responded that I would not be joining him. In one day I had caught amiibo fever and completely burned it out, discouraged and disgusted at myself.

The day after the amiibo fiasco, I am exhausted. I don't own any amiibo and I don't know that I will ever consider purchasing one ever again, even if I think it's a cool addition to a game I own. I can't bring myself care as deeply as I know other people do, because the heinous, enthusiasm-killing atmosphere surrounding the amiibo market has driven me away.

Nintendo is limiting its amiibo market by limiting access to the amiibo people want; that's a lot of sad fans and a lot of dollars lost. People want certain amiibo because they love certain series, because Nintendo has created something that they enjoy and adore and they want to deepen their connection to that franchise. By deliberately making fans fight for a chance to buy an amiibo, you're dividing the community and your audience.

So please: don't get so riled up over amiibo. Although if anyone bought an extra Lucina, I will happily take it off your hands.