"2-D, or Not 2-D? That is Progression:" 3DS Press Conference Predictions

NOTE: This article was written on January 6th, and post-dated to publish on January 17th, 2010. What you are about to read is an 8-Bit Variety Show "Post... FROM THE FUTURE!"

On January 19th it will be my birthday, and as a gift to me, Nintendo of America has decided to stage a press conference to give me all of the launch details for the Nintendo 3DS! Because I love humanity, I told Nintendo that they had to let everyone else in on the information, too. As you can imagine, this was met with a few grumbles, and some drunken shouting.

It's a Game, Not a Quilt: A Case Against Patching

We now live in an age where video games, despite still having a few mountains left to climb, have entered the mainstream. This is a time when Video Game award shows run on network television stations (even if they often suck), where orchestras tour not just the nation, but the entire world playing music from Mario Bros. and Metal Gear Solid, and where a CD of that music could debut in the Top 10 on the Billboard Charts.

This is a time where, instead of feeling lucky that you found a fellow video-gamer at the lunch table, even if all you did was fight about Nintendo vs. Sega, it's a little unusual to find someone who doesn't play games in some form.

"You're a damn LIAR, Mr. President! Sonic would "Blast-Process" Mario
 into the stone age, and YOU KNOW IT!"

If I Wanted a Trophy, I'd Join a Children's Tee-Ball Team

As a participant in the wide world of gaming, and a contributor to the online discussion about video games, I feel that I must take a stand. I take this stand for the other gamers who feel the same way that I do (and there has to be A FEW) about this particular subject. I realize that it may cost me, and that my stance is probably unpopular, but I would do myself a disservice if I didn't say anything about it.

I THINK THAT PSN TROPHIES AND XBOX ACHIEVMENTS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS STUPID, CHEAP WAYS TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF A GAME BY CAPITALIZING ON HUMAN SUSCEPTIBILITY TO OPERANT CONDITIONING TECHNIQUES.

8-BitVS Feature: Kirby's Epic Quilt Patch!

For those who did not know, both Jo and I are fans of GoNintendo, a blog run by Kevin Cassidy, AKA Raw Meat Cowboy. He does a great job of taking care of the Nintendo news of the day, and does so with a level of speed and panache that few can compete with.

What you may not know is that there was a recent contest in which readers who entered their names into the picking had an opportunity to be randomly selected to create a patch for an epic quilt that was being made (...Sewn? ...Quilterized?) to commemorate Nintendo's recent release of Kirby's Epic Yarn! I entered my name in the running, and like a roundhouse at a face-kicking competition, I WON!



Okami: BitNick's Game To Be Thankful For - 2010

Each year at Thanksgiving, I can't help but ruminate on what I was thankful for over the time that has elapsed since last I gorged myself on the meat of the bird.

Sometimes I'm thankful for family, for a warm place to sleep, or for great friends and fun. Sometimes I'm glad I have the help I do, and others, I'm glad I was able to help someone else.

Although I am thankful for a great many of those things this year, I want to talk today about a game I am thankful for: Okami.

Welcome To The 8-Bit Show!

Welcome to The 8-Bit Variety Show, a site where you can come to get your daily dose of Super Mushroom, Invincibility Star, Spread Gun, Heart Container, E-Tank, or whatever other power-up fits your allegory!

Here you will find (hopefully) interesting articles and (assumedly) fascinating features! There are comics, videos, pictures, humor, debate, and arguments about which video game character would win in a fight!

Like this, but without all the cheap, classless Photoshop!

We hope you'll find a home with us at The 8-Bit Variety Show, so we'll have something more than the video game sprites to keep us company here! (So lonely...)

-BitNick and Jo