jharrop - who has written 91 posts on nukoda.com.
Jonathan graduated in May of 2008 with a degree in Journalism in News/Print from the University of Arkansas. He currently lives in the Dallas, Texas area and has recently learned that 'freelance writer,' like 'starving artist' is not a cliche. Jonathan has played video games since Desert Strike forced him to break his 'B' button on his Sega Genesis controller.
To be blunt, Hellemental is a time waster and nothing more. The controls aren’t intuitive, the icons are confusing and the instructions are anything but clear. The game looks polished, with more than acceptable 3D graphics and very fun, sparkly particle effects and a wide, well-realized diversity of creature designs. The sound design is actually really nice. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 3, 2010
A new study released by the Blitz marketing firm today suggests strongly that current video game marketing practices are coming up very short. The study focused on the factors that influence the buying decisions of games who play games for at least seven hours a week, dubbed “Avid Gamers” by Blitz. According to the study, it’s these “avid [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Today the ponderous machine that is Blizzard began the ”StarCraft II” closed beta today, launching out invites to those who had requested keys many months ago. The beta is extremely limited at this time. Reports trickle in as people ignore their non-disclosure-agreements (though some report there aren’t any) so some details have come in.
Continue reading...Thursday, February 11, 2010
Telltale Games has officially announced that it is indeed bringing its titles to Macs today. The first game to hit the platform will be Tales of Monkey Island. Telltale is currently asking fans to decide which game it releases next: Strong Bad, Sam & Max or Wallace and Gromit. (Anyone with any taste should vote Sam & Max) Telltale also announced that the Mac [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 5, 2010
The servers maintaining online play for original Xbox games over Xbox LIVE will be shut down April 15 this year, said Microsoft spokesman Major Nelson in a blog post today. “I wanted to let you know that on April 15, 2010 Microsoft will discontinue Xbox LIVE service for original Xbox consoles and games, including Xbox 1 games [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 21, 2010
Final Fantasy I and II will premiere on the iPhone and iPod touch, according to Square Enix’s Facebook page today. No other details, including price or a release window were provided in the announcement, but a few screens were posted on the page. The timeless “Fight, Magic, Defend, Item, Run” command menu has been replaced with a more [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 15, 2010
82 percent of gamer parents are well aware of the ESRB rating guidelines and what they mean., according to a press release by Activision released today. The conclusion is a boon for the video game industry, which has been trying to prove the effectiveness of the system for some time against anti-video-game lobbyists and politicians. The [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 7, 2010
Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony ended up towards the bottom end of environmental group Greenpeace’s quarterly Greener Electronics rankings this year with little improvement from last year. Despite game companies cutting some unnecessary plastic from game cases (the pie-pieces you’ve noticed cut out of recent game purchases are intentional) the Greenpeace scale rated Nintendo and Microsoft at [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Apple Inc., purveyors of the iPhone and iPod touch announced today that more than three billion apps have been downloaded for the iPhone and iPod Touch in less than 18 months. The announcement comes just in time to try and take the sizzle out of Google’s Nexus One Android phone announcement later today. An important distinction in [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 30, 2009
It’s that time of year (the end of it) and we here at Nukoda have decided to each put forth our idea for the site’s choice for Game of the Year. Those of you who have read my reviews will know I subscribe to the school of thought that a great game must have a great [...]
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Monday, March 8, 2010
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