Gamertell

The DS is definitely not hurting for games. However, there aren’t as many titles published by Nintendo as you would expect. The games Nintendo does publish in North America tend to be part of popular franchises, and the company has been accused in the past of favoring established series over… Continue Reading »

When most people think of Japanese popular culture, the mascots come to mind. Characters like Hello Kitty, Godzilla and Pikachu who have become superstars due to games, toys, movies, stationary products and manga. Their popularity has become so great that they’ve become worldwide icons. While Hello Kitty tends to steal… Continue Reading »

The basis of any visual novel game is the story. It’s no wonder that a company would look to a famous tale as the inspiration for a new game, and that’s exactly what Baby Eish did with Most Romantic Tales: Romeo & Juliet. The company has adapted the story so… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Most Romantic Tales: Romeo & Juliet

I adore my DS lite, content with its capabilities and GBA slot. One of my friends, though also quite happy with his handheld, decided that the world might possibly end if he didn’t have a DSi in his hands on launch day. This meant that the two of us set… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: dsiware launch titles

With all the promise and potential that the DSi brings, it is somewhat disheartening to hear that the first game created with the DSi in mind not only borders on shovelware, but also isn’t an exclusive. Ubisoft has decided to immediately jump on the DSi boat with My Cooking Coach,… Continue Reading »

The most recent issue of John Carroll University’s alumni magazine features professors who are utilizing the 3D virtual world Second Life as a virtual classroom, bringing together distant professors and students. In this case, a professor working on a novel that included Second Life (Black Market Truth by Sharon Kaye,… Continue Reading »

The last time I played Oregon Trail was in high school during a typing class I was forced to take for English. The bet was to see who could finish first and friends at the time all fell causality to the world’s diseases, the big killer being the Measles. Now,… Continue Reading »

Last week, Gameloft’s iPhone and iPod Touch revision of the classic game pretty much everyone who went to school in the ‘90s played around with in the computer labs, The Oregon Trail, was released to the anticipating public (if you have been looking for it, its under Educational in the… Continue Reading »

Scholastic Inc., a children’s book publisher, is in trouble for selling more then just books in its classroom book clubs. Everyone remembers getting those handouts in school from Scholastic Book Clubs (or Arrow for you older kids) where you could buy all those Goosebumps books. Well, now Scholastic is in… Continue Reading »

The cover story for the most recent issue of the Kent State University alumni magazine (Kent State Magazine, Vol. 8, Issue 3, Spring 2009) highlights the efforts of several professors using Second Life as an educational tool. Although a feature story about Second Life might seem, “Like, so two years… Continue Reading »