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Okamiden Review DS

While the rest of the Golgotron crew was busy playing Pokemon White and Black, I snuck away to play a different game. I picked Capcom‘s adventure game Okamiden for the Nintendo DS. Okamiden is a true sequel to Okami from the Sony Playstation 2 and Nintendo Wii. The story picks up nine months after the […]

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Dear Capcom

Dear Capcom, The reason for this letter is to tell you how much I hearts you. We have spent so many hours together and I wanted to take some time to look back on the fond memories that we have shared together. I can still remember when we first met. The year was 1989 and […]

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Mario vs. Donkey Kong Mini-Land Mayhem DS Review

Nintendo released the 4th installment in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series over the Holiday 2010 season and I have been pretty much sitting on this game the whole time. After owning the game for a couple of months, I dusted off my DSi XL and took the plastic of Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land […]

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LEGO Batman Xbox360 Review

So I know what you are thinking. Why the hell is high brow Golgotron publishing a review for a game that came out in the Fall of 2008? The answer is that Best Buy gave me a free copy of the game with my new Xbox and I couldn’t sell it on Ebay because it […]

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Xbox360 Achievements: Reward For Beating Up Poor People

On November 9th, 2010, I was awarded my 10,000th Xbox Achievement point. The task that pushed me over the 10k mark, you might ask? Pushing down poor people in the original Assassin’s Creed. This got me thinking about all the other achievement points that I earned over the course of the last 4 years. How […]

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Okamiden DS Release Date

Capcom released a ton of new information about one of my favorite games from E3 2010 this week. First and foremost is that the US released date for Okamiden, the sequel to Okami for the PS2 and Wii, has been confirmed for March 15th, 2011. This is right in line with the schedule that Capcom […]

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Kirby’s Epic Yarn Review

Nintendo released their newest first party title Kirby’s Epic Yarn last week and I finally got a chance to play through the end of the game. Kirby’s Epic Yarn is the latest in a series of first party side-scrollers released for the Wii, following up on New Super Mario Bros Wii, and releasing just before […]

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Mario VS Donkey Kong: Mayhem Nintendo Style

Nintendo’s next big offering for the DS is coming from a series that hasn’t been getting much love. As the 3rd installment in the series (4th if you count the DSiWare download), Mario VS Donkey Kong: Mini-land Mayhem! I got a chance to check this game out at E3 2010 and it definitely looked like […]

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Nintendo 3DS Launch Details

Nintendo announced the launch details for their new handheld console, the Nintendo 3DS yesterday, September 29, 2010. Many of the details were just confirmations of rumors that have been floating around for months, but there were some surprises as well. The biggest surprise of yesterday’s new was confirmation of the release date in Japan. Nintendo […]

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Kirby’s Epic Yarn Preview

With Metroid: Other M on store shelves (and currently playing on my Wii), Nintendo has shifted its focus to the next major release in its Fall lineup with Kirby’s Epic Yarn. After skipping over the GameCube, Kirby makes his first console platformer appearance since Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. You remember that one right? Yeah, […]