30 Aug

Pimp My Brawl: Hackers Create SSBB Skins

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When the word Nintendo flashes before one’s eyes or in one’s thoughts, “kid-friendly” usually follows it but some one apparently didn’t tell the folks of Ghosteo. This formidable group of hackers released their first images of alternative costumes for the cast of Super Smash Bros. Brawl on the Wii on NeoGaf not too long ago. [...]

22 Jul

A day in the life of … MARIO!

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by Kuriakose Saju 8 am: Morning finds me with a headache, whereas last night had found me molesting mushrooms with Luigi. I think at some point we wandered over to Peach’s palace as well, thanks to Yoshi and his fetish for midnight walks. Luigi, as usual, told me to head on home after we were [...]

29 Jun

The dark side of gaming franchises (Part 1)

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by Nike Okami There comes a time in a game’s existence when it enters the big business phase. It’s the strategy behind products like movies, novels, television shows — give the consumer more of what he wants real quick, while his interest in the game is still ripe. The popularity and sales figures supply brand [...]

24 Mar

The meaning of maturity

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by gSathe One of the big issues that knocked about every now and then is the “mature” content in video games these days. Even now, to many non-gamers, particularly here in India, the image of video games still remains Mario jumping around in a world made up of smiley faces and bright primary colours. So [...]