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Nintendo and Sony “Freaking Out” Over Apple iPhone

Written on April 16, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 33 people have commented

If you go and do something like found Electronic Arts, which then goes on to be one of the dominant forces in video games worldwide, people tend to take notice of things you say. Yesterday in an interview with Venture Beat’s Dean Takahashi, Trip Hawkins, EA founder and current Digital Chocolate executive, said that Nintendo [...]

iPod Touch: The New Age Gameboy

Written on January 14, 2009 by Tanner Morrison and 11 people have commented

It’s a device that originated while most of today’s tech generation were just learning to walk, and it took the world by storm.
Of course I’m talking about Nintendo’s Gameboy. The nice monochromatic display, the flat gray casing, and who would forget the monolithic size of the device… but all this aside, the Gameboy completed us. [...]

Will the iPhone Pummel the Nintendo DS?

Written on June 05, 2008 by Jethro Jones and 11 people have commented

Forbes has an interesting article up that claims that the DS needs to be fearful of the iPhone come June 9th. Brian Caulfield points out the features of the iPhone combine the motion sensitivity of the Wii with the touchscreen of the DS. While this may be true, I don’t see the iPhone becoming the [...]