About Author: Alex Balderas
Posts by Alex Balderas
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Nintendo Skipping E3 Doesn’t Change A Thing.
Posted 3 weeks agoOne can never get used to the “Nintendo shock.” It seems that every generation — several times each generation, in fact — there come news from Nintendo that confuse us... -
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Zelda Can Learn A Thing or Two From Pandora’s Tower
Posted on April 17, 2013[This article was published in May 2012, back when we had to import Pandora's Tower to play it. Now that it's finally out in North America, we're pushing this to... -
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate Review
Posted on March 22, 2013Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate Review Publishers: Konami Developers: MercurySteam Release Date: March 5th, 2013 (NA), March 8th, 2013 (EU), March 20, 2012 (JP) System: Nintendo 3DS... -
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Wii U Console Review – ReviewTechUSA
Posted on February 17, 2013Our good friend (friend of Gaming Enthusiast, rather), Richard Masucci, has finally published a video review of the Wii U. To tell the truth, I am personally surprised at how... -
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Trine 2 Developers “happy with WiiU sales”
Posted on December 19, 2012Over at the wonderful land of Neogaf, a Frozenbyte developer – makers of Trine 2 – has spoken some words about his experience with WiiU’s e-shop, as well as Playstation... -
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Nano Assault Neo Review
Posted on December 19, 2012Publishers: Shin’en Multimedia Developers: Shin’en Multimedia Release Date: November 18, 2012(NA), November 30, 2012 (EU, AU), December 8, 2012 (JP) System: Wii U. This review was written after completing the... -
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New Super Mario Bros U Review
Posted on December 18, 2012Publishers: Nintendo Developers: Nintendo Release Date: November 18, 2012(NA), November 30, 2012 (EU, AU), December 8, 2012 (JP) System: WiiU. This review was written after completing 100% of the story... -
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ZombiU impressions
Posted on November 19, 2012ZombiU Impressions I had to stop playing ZombiU. Not because it’s bad or anything; It’s pretty great. It’s just that I had a really good moment right now, and I... -
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Study Video Games Through MIT OpenCourseWare
Posted on October 26, 2012This is a cross-post with sister site Gaming Enthusiast. If you’re interested in other gaming platforms besides Nintendo, make sure to check out the site! -
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Defending Video Games: Escapism is Not the Same as Addiction
Posted on July 30, 2012Defending Video Games: Escapism is Not the Same as Addiction by Alex Balderas Last month, I had my now-yearly dose of escapism: I went away from June 7th to June... -
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Nintendo Enthusiast go hands-on with the Wii U and are happy to report it was Awesome!
Posted on July 17, 2012Nintendo Enthusiast goes hands-on with the Wii U and are happy to report it was awesome! by Jon Ross (Darth_Vagrance) Introduction The San Diego Comic-Con is now over and thanks... -
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Videogame Banana Swords
Posted on July 14, 2012Videogame Banana Swords by Alex B. I make it no secret to my fellow Enthusiast staff (maybe I should) that I visit SomethingAwful.com frequently. They have hilarious writers, weird posters,... -
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What can we really expect from Ouya?
Posted on July 14, 2012This article is a cross-post with our sister site, Gaming Enthusiast. If you’re interested in other gaming platforms besides Nintendo, make sure to check the site out! Unless your head... -
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Game Sequels Part 2: Mega Man
Posted on April 23, 2012Welcome to our second installment of Game Sequels, where we don’t intend to argue whether some sequels are better than others, but rather to identify the kind of sequels they... -
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Retro Review: Super Castlevania IV
Posted on March 24, 2012Publisher: Konami Developer: Konami Release Date: October 31, 1991 (JP) — December 1991 (NA) — November 23, 1992 (EU) System: SNES, Virtual Console (JP, NA, EU) Just look at... -
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Silent Hill: Downpour Review
Posted on March 18, 2012Publishers: Konami Digital Entertainment Developers: Vatra Games Release Date: March 13, 2012 (NA) – March 30, 2012 (EU) – April 5th, 2012 (AUS) System: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 Reviewed on:... -
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The Last Story Second Opinion
Posted on March 13, 2012The Last Story Review Conclusion: In the end, The Last Story is very much still a niche title. It is a role-playing game that doesn’t adhere to Western or Japanese...