All in all, you're just another link in the wall

The Best of the Best

For the past three years, I’ve been writing about my excitement leading up to annual Electronic Entertainment Expo and then followed it up with my subsequent disappointment in what I saw.   From 2010 to 2013, E3 has rolled out the red carpet for the Nintendo 3DS, the Playstation Vita and the Nintendo Wii U.  All three consoles have had ...

I generally do okay by my various loyalty cards and reward programs that I belong to.  Every tenth cup of coffee I buy is free, I get goodies that come with my magazine subscriptions and I’ve racked up enough air miles in the last couple of years to fly to New Zealand for free. Some rewards programs are better than ...

Mii or U?

Insert coin for credits

Meet the New U Even as an adult, I still feel a giddy excitement for the launch of a new video game console.  There’s an extra layer of nostalgia that you can add on top of that when it’s a Nintendo system.  It’s been six years but here we are with the Nintendo Wii U, the successor to Nintendo’s monstrously ...

I am pretty excited

Sold out for money

A look back on one of Nintendo's most popular consoles and the best games in its software library.