3D may be the new thing for movies, television and gaming, but just how safe is it…? As we reported yesterday, Nintendo recently posted a warning on its Japanese website that suggested that players take a break from 3D every thirty minutes, adding “For children under the age of 6, looking at 3D images for a long time could possibly …
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Are Video Game Developers Growing an Industry For Apple Devices?
Nintendo and Playstation might be household names when it comes to gaming, but the graphics and portability of Apple’s iOS devices are making it a contender in the gaming market. It’s not cheap for developers, who have to pay a $99 licensing fee and a steep 25 percent in royalties after the first $5,000 in sales, but many are opting to …
“Super Mario All-Stars” 25th Anniversary Edition: For Completists Only
There’s a problem when you’re a company like Nintendo, which leans very heavily on its franchise characters year in, year out and constantly goes to its back catalogue. Eventually, you start to hit the bottom of the well and wind up re-packaging stuff that’s already been re-packaged.
Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary Edition …
Let’s Go Retro: The 5 Best 8-Bit Video Game Songs Ever Made
Long before Axl Rose was suing his former bandmates over Guitar Hero, or professional orchestras performed live overtures from Final Fantasy, all gamers had to listen to were chiptunes— video game music composed from 8 bits.
Which isn’t to say that they weren’t any good. Quite the contrary, actually. This might just be nostalgia …
Interview: Warren Spector Talks “Epic Mickey”
It’s probably no surprise that the man who’s orchestrated Mickey Mouse’s grand return to the video game stage is an animation buff of massive proportions. But, in the interview that follows, Warren Spector lets slip that the iconic mouse isn’t even his favorite Disney character. On the eve of the release of Disney Epic Mickey, the …
Of Mice and Mean: Disney’s “Epic Mickey” for Wii Review
Disney Epic Mickey
Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios
Developer: Junction Point
Systems it’s available on: Wii
ESRB rating: E for Everybody
System reviewed on: Wii
I played Disney Epic Mickey as destructively and maliciously as I could. I don’t know why I did it. Maybe it’s because I was always more of a Donald Duck fan. …
“Angry Birds” to Get Free Festive Update
Are you one of the 37 million people who has downloaded the handset game, Angry Birds? Do you think it needs a Christmas revamp? For free? Got your attention now, haven’t we?
(Take a look at the Guide for Christmas Shopping 2010 on TIME.com.)
You read that correct. Angry Birds‘ developer, Rovio, announced via Twitter that they will …
New Epic Mickey Trailer Revisits Lost Disney History
Mickey Mouse’s return to video games comes out next week and Disney Interactive Studios has released a new trailer that talks about how the Junction Point dev studio used their access to the Disney vaults. (More on Techland: Mickey Mouse’s Older Brother Gets the Spotlight in New Game Trailer)
The best part of this clip is watching …
Kinect Makes Good on its Word, Outsells iPad
In the never ending battle of Microsoft versus Apple, score one point for the PC giant. Many consumers thought that Microsoft was making bold claims when they said the Kinect would outsell the iPad by moving over 1 million units in 28 days. Kinect sold that amount in about 1/3 of the time – just 10 days.
(More on TIME.com: Top 10 …
Nintendo Tries To Trademark “It’s On Like Donkey Kong”
Ice Cube’s “Now I Gotta Wet’Cha,” the country song “Hony Tonk Badonkadonk” and the trailer for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World don’t have a lot in common, but there’s one uniting thread among the trio: All three use the meaningless sing-song phrase “It’s on like Donkey Kong.” Now, if Nintendo gets its way, this innocuous practice might come …
The Mythology of Mario: Q&A With Nintendo’s Legendary Shigeru Miyamoto
Sunday November 7th saw the 40th running of the New York City Marathon and thousands of runners journeyed through the city as fast as their feet could take them. One very special visitor to the city didn’t lace up a pair of New Balance but has nevertheless been running his own personal race for more than two decades.
2010 marks the …
Mojo: Easy to Lose, Hard to Regain
For this week’s Technologizer column on TIME.com, I wrote about Microsoft’s mojo–or, more specifically, the fact that the company has had trouble translating its utter dominance of PC software into a leadership role in the most significant emerging tech categories moving forward, such as Web services and mobile operating systems.
I …