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This Nintendo DS title takes the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series a step closer to the hardcore collection-oriented, stat-exp grinding nature of classic Pokémon titles without sacrificing its own identity. 1 comment
To promote the sleeper hit for the Nintendo DS, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, a Professor Layton look-alike will be visiting Boston and Seattle in the next two days. If you can find him and answer his riddle, you can win a copy of the game. From the press release: The cleverly disguised visitor will be [...] Add comment
Today PopCap announced that two of their popular casual titles, Bookworm and Bejeweled Twist, will soon be available for the DSiWare service. In addition, cartridge versions for the DS will launch shortly thereafter. Late September brings Bookworm via DSiWare Mid October for Bejeweled Twist via DSiWare December 1 for Bookworm DS Q1 2010 for Bejeweled Twist DS This marks PopCap’s [...] 2 comments
In Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled, players will find themselves in a classic RPG setting and plot that hearkens back to days of 8-bit yore. Guide your hero from city to dungeon to city, picking up new characters, and assembling a three-person team of skilled fighters while locating cool new items, and slowly revealing a [...] 3 comments
During our visit to E3, we saw a variety of exhibitors whose sole business is to help you customize your portable devices. With so many people buying handheld systems, the urge to customize and stand out from the crowd is trending upward. People want to skin their devices as a mark of pride, personal expression, or to [...] 1 comment
Fresh out of the Nintendo Press event here at E3, I feel good about the things that Nintendo is working on, but I don’t feel like it’s as new a direction as they seemed to think it was. Their slogan this year is “Everyone’s Game,” which is apt for their new programs. What they want [...] Add comment
With E3 just beginning to unfold, every gamer wonders what the future will bring. I would classify 2009 as a fairly slow year thus far. The three major consoles and two major handhelds are starting to age and, despite some renewed interest in PC gaming, we have yet to see a truly groundbreaking [...] Add comment
I remember vividly when the Nintendo Game Boy came out. I was 12 years old, and the kids down the street got one. I was so jealous. Dreams of Tetris and Super Mario Land haunted me. I schemed ways to buy my own Game Boy or at least get down to my friends’ house at [...] 13 comments
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Greg "Fatcat" Jones is Icrontic's Event Coordinator. He plans and schedules all of our real life shens. A huge Icrontic advocate, all he really ever wants to do is make sure everyone behaves and has a good time.
Besides being the great-uncle of Icrontic Events, he also puts together the Year in Review video, shown annually at the Expo Icrontic, and created the Icrontic Man of the Year award.
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