THQ’s New Wii Karate Game: Paging Ralph Macchio!

THQ announced a new Wii game that’s coming out this spring called All Star Karate. The game offers “a true full-body experience by allowing players to experience the life of a karate trainee who is under the guidance of a wise, but humorous sensei, and is on the path toward attaining a black belt, the [...]

Episode 2: Google v. China, Netflix to Wii, Apple Tablet Dreams

Google threatens to pull out of China after they discover hacking into gmail accounts of human rights activists, Netflix to add movie streaming to the Wii this spring, rumors abound on the Apple tablet announcement, likely coming in late January.

Netflix Officially Coming To The Wii This Spring, Does Anyone Care? [Update]

It was inevitable, right? Rumors have been swirling for months and now it’s finally happened. Netflix is coming to the Wii this spring.

Virtual Console Classics vs. WiiWare Remixes

One of the best aspects of the Nintendo Wii is the ability to download old-school NES games for $5 a pop. But a trend’s been emerging lately; some classic old franchises are making their way into the WiiWare downloads section, a section that’s normally reserved for games from independent developers and shorter titles from well-known [...]

Box Art Reviews: Missing Trees, Battles and Punctuation

I dread the day when all video games will only be available via digital distribution, and there will no longer be box art. But until then, I will continue to judge video games by their covers.

Box Art Reviews: The Death Of Fun Edition

Video games are supposed to be fun, right? But in this week’s round of box art reviews, where we look at the covers of new game releases, we wonder if the box art designers forgot that fact…

Wii Fit Plus Review

With the holiday season now officially in full swing, most American waistbands will be taking the bullet train to Fat City with stops at Flab Creek, Pudge Crossing, and Chub Junction. And while many of us won’t experience any shortage of delicious holiday treats, we’ll almost certainly all be short on time.

New WiiWare Game’s Got More Abs Than Frank Miller’s 300

Move over Mario. Your flabby gut’s got nothin’ on Muscle March.

Super Mario Kart Coming To Wii Virtual Console

It’s not that I don’t like the Wii, it’s that the majority of games for it suck, IMO. But that’s not really the point, is it? Today, I’m happy to inform you that Super Mario Kart is coming to the Virtual Console for 800 Wii Points. A certain boy and his blob will also being [...]

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles: More Zombie Please

There’s nothing more enjoyable than shooting zombies full of holes. It’s even more enjoyable when said zombies manage to scare the piss out of you. Take both of those elements, slap together a storyline that everyone is familiar with and you’ve got yourself Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles for the Wii. The lightgun-like on-rails shooter [...]

Fans Wait in the Rain for New Super Mario Bros. Wii

If you were visiting Rockefeller Center in New York City this past Saturday, you may have noticed throngs of people getting drenched while a DJ spun innocuous hits from Coldplay.