Over the past twenty years, Shigeru Miyamoto has changed the video game industry like no other. He is Nintendo. Without him the gaming industry would be completely different today. There would be no Nintendo, and who knows what games would be like.

The games he made early on in his career have become staples in the industry. Donkey Kong, Mario, Legend of Zelda, F-Zero, Super Mario Kart, Star Fox, and Kirby are all Miyamoto games. More than likely he is the reason you game today. He is what every game developer dreams to be.

After saying all this a person cannot help but think, “Where are his AAA titles today?” Over the past decade Miyamoto has continued to recycle his old franchises. This is fine considering that his old franchises are amazing, but where is the innovation for hardcore gamers? His new franchises have all been casual Wii titles. Wii Music and Wii Fit are the two most recent games than Miyamoto has had a serious hand in. Both games are completely different than what he has done over the past twenty years.

Now it’s completely understandable that as he gets older that he doesn’t want to continue to create massive new hardcore games. Miyamoto has never been the type of developer to create very “hardcore” games, but he always made games that appealed to hardcore gamers. His main philosophy is to make fun games and be innovative. Over the past five years he has been innovative, but has he continued to make fun games? Can Wii Fit and Wii Music even be considered games? Miyamoto is like that fun college buddy who used to be a blast, but is now married and has a mini-van.

Gamers would think that Miyamoto would be proud of his work on the Nintendo 64 and the Gamecube, but oddly enough he feels quite the opposite. He has repeatedly said that he felt “unhappy” and “uninspired” during those years. Now with the Wii he feels that the console has helped “rejuvenate” his career.

The N64 and Gamecube has a library of classic Miyamoto titles. If anything he should be proud of those years. Yeah he wasn’t winning the console race, but at least he was putting out quality products tht people enjoyed.

Maybe he has changed and wants to develop experiences for a younger/more casual audience. As long as he continues to work on his older franchises then gamers will continue to be happy, but wouldn’t it be nice if he created one last epic expierence for the old school Nintendo fans? Either way he has created his legacy in the industry and we should be forever grateful. Though if you want something new from him then you better get used to Nintendogs, Wii Titles, and the recycling of Nintendo classics.

Artist: Common

Song: Forever Begins

Album: Finding Forever (2007)

Verse of the Day: (2nd Verse)

Ashes and snow falls, I wonder when the roll call for heaven gon’ come
Forever gon’ come
It’s a cold world and I can never go numb
Look fear in the eyes, say I’m never gon’ run
Sooner than later, I know the cheddar gon’ come
For now I write the world letters to better the young
On tree by jury, together we hung
Now we let our chains hang, and gang bang to maintain
Afghanistan goin’ through the same thing
It trickles down, at each other we aim pain
I shoot for stars, peace and exclusive cars
Through the wire I learned to earn hard
Watched gangstas turn God in the midst of War
No matter how much I elevate, I kiss the floor
It was in the wind when she said Dilla was gone
That’s when I knew we lived forever through song

Listen to it Now:

Still love this song.

Lupe and Kanye’s verses go hard. The jury is still out on Pharrell’s. Or maybe not, I’ll let you guys be the judge.

This months episode of Qore (the exclusive digital gaming magazine for the PS3) takes the audience behind the scenes of Criterion’s Burnout Paradise studios.  The highlights include upcoming Burnout Miniature Toy Cars, a new game mode called “cops and robbers,” and a new world called “Big Surf Island.”  But the most interesting bit of information came at the very end of the piece, where an interviewer can be seen wearing 3D glasses and playing Burnout Paradise in 3D picture.  If you do not believe me, go check out Qore for yourself this month on the PSN.

-Kyle Barreira

Hey guys, most of you see me online every day and things like that and i post some almost every day but the past week i havn’t been online as some of you might of seen. Well i’v been in our state capital for the past 5 days with this group called TSA it’s a club at my school for technology. They have around 36 events you can submit work into like robots airplanes buildings stuff like that. I submitted my work in for graphic design, it had to be within rules and go with the theme (Tomorrow’s Leaders) so i summited my work, and about 5 hours later they had an award ceremony. I was siting there and then promotional graphics came up. (Thats the one im in) They called all 16 finalist up and i was one of them, right when i walked on stage they said “3rd place, Johnny S***. Yep thats right i won 3rd place, for winning i got a trophy and a scholar ship for $500. In the compatishion there was more then 100 people that entered into it. and over all at the awards ceremony there was more then 300 people. But im back now and i have changed one thing and had to ban about 13 people. Someone has been making multiple names and putting porn on there profile and putting links to porn on there too. So i have changed it so when you register you need to verify your email. Also i will put some pics up on this thread in the forums (pics of me winning-lol). Here is the link the thread http://www.hiphopgamershow.com/realtalk/SMF/index.php?topic=1790.0

By now everyone is aware of the recent debacle concerning Capcom’s multiplayer dlc for Resident Evil 5. Gamers are also aware of the unspoken feud between developers and Gamestop. Developers don’t agree with the fact that retailers are able to make money on used titles without them seeing a cut. The irony of this conflict is very amusing. So, lets get this straight, developers are angry at Gamestop for affectively ripping them off, meanwhile developers continue to rip off their customers(gamers) by continuing to leave content off of the disc in order to charge for it later. On the other hand, Gamestop continues to lowball gamers with trade in values, then place the same game back on the shelves for $5 less than a new copy. Therefore I pose this question–whats makes you(the gamers) most upset? Developers intentionally omitting content, or, Gamestop’s trade-in policies?

Also, do you guys think that BestBuy and Amazon’s entry into the used games market will help drive down used game prices?

Now I know what you are thinking, WTF is this a movies review? But when you read my reviews every week you will love them. I hope you guys enjoy the review and I think it had to be my first just like my wife. I mean within the first ten minutes I was sitting up and I was so in to the movie I dropped my fucking drink. They really need some damn lights in the fucking cup holders. Sorry back to the movie first let me tell you this has nothing to do with Kate Beckinsale aka Selene.

The story is about Lucian and his one true love Sonya the daughter of the head of the vampire order Victor. Victor is led to the cells where he finds a Werewolf that has just given birth to a half human the first of his kind what will be known as a Lycan. Instead of killing the little mutt he decided to let him live so he could breed more like Lucian.

The years go on and Lucian is now a man, he is appointed as Victor’s head watchmen and he is made to guard him while he sleeps during the day. Sonya is apart of the Death Dealers and she patrols the surrounding woods at night encase the Werewolves attack the castle. The Death Dealers are ordered to pick up some nobles/humans who are on their way to drop off some slaves when there is a faint howl in the distance. There they are big mean motherfucking Werewolves, which are the best I’ve seen in years at least thirty maybe forty of them. One jumps on the carriage ripping a hole in the top removing the father of the family of three sitting in the carriage. Blood splatters all over the camera and then he goes in for seconds taking the little girl and the mother and then the screen goes black. Three pounce on the twelve or so slaves, one of which is the big scary black dude from the first movie. You know who I’m talking about the dude with the deep voice. He starts fighting for his life and kicks the shit out of five of the Werewolves, the dude is a monster and all of a sudden they pan over to Lucian who is watching this all go down from the castle wall.

Having a thing for Sonya he leaps down from the lookout point bursts through the front gate runs like lightning to the scene and stops. Sonya not wanting to get her head bit off, hands Lucian the key to the collar the only thing preventing him from changing into the animal he is about to become. He takes it off…..Wait I really think you should see the movie for yourself. I mean that is like within the first twenty minutes I mean the whole movie is so action packed you would be missing out if you didn’t see this. I know one thing I’m definitely buying this movie when ever it comes out. Peace!