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04.05.2009 1:39 pm

Nintendo DSi: A different kind of fun

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In Game Guy’s office are four Nintendo DSes — three Lites of various colors and an original model from 2004. In his hands at home today, however, is the new DSi — the “i” is supposed to mean “individual,” or…

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11.20.2008 9:26 am

Going from many to one, to ‘I’

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Thanks to budget cuts here at Game Guy HQ, the staff is shrinking somewhat.

“Somewhat” is the operative term; the total staff has gone from a cast of thousands to just one.

Me.

So now, instead of seeing the words “us” or “we”…

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02.18.2008 1:39 pm

Game characters grow up, too

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Everything grows up — people do, animals do, even things.

Things such as game characters.

Sure, Mario runs and bounces as if on a caffeine high for years, but he gets better looking all the time.

A diagram of character evolution at Nintendo…

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02.13.2008 12:02 am

‘Spore’ and ‘Mass Effect’: Anticipated or ‘highly’ anticipated

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Highly anticipated” is a descriptor used often in gaming. Almost every title has that stamped on it, Game Guy finds. At best, a fraction of them deserve it.

The multi-platform god game “Spore” has been called that, and it’s probably warranted. “Spore”…

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02.12.2008 10:13 am

What killed the Marvel MMO?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The rumor was true: Marvel Comics for the console is no more.

Though what killed it remains uncertain — as far as Game Guy’s concerned.

Confirmation that the massively multiplayer online game planned between Microsoft Corp. and Cryptic Studios has passed came recently from…

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02.03.2008 1:01 pm

Video game vest simulates feeling of getting shot

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Despite the immense appeal of first-person shooter games, Game Guy doubts any gamer really wants to trade places with their digitized targets.

He suspects this because nobody he knows or interviewed who has been shot said a word about liking the…

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01.14.2008 11:53 pm

Let’s hope Beijing 2008 doesn’t turn out like Torino 2006

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It’s an Olympic year again, and what better way to highlight the thrill of victory and agony of defeat than to create a video game that mimics the Games?

Sega Corp. says it will take the lead on that with “Beijing 2008:…

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