E3 Pictures

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So another E3 has come and gone.  The Gameslave crew was on the floor covering what we could (apparently we are not big enough for media passes yet). In the next few days we will have a full write up of our thoughts and opinions about the show, including things such as WiiU (WTF).  In the mean time we have the photos up for the week in the Photos area.  So go ahead and take a look, we have them split in Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3.

The Gameslave Podcast - Episode 74

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E3 is just around the corner. What are we going to see there, what are we going to do? We are going to report it all to you great people! This is a short podcast in preperation for E3 and and little talking about Rift.  Keep an eye on @TheGameslave for updates and see you all soon.

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I don't really have notes for this show, but you can head to the podcast page if you want to anyway. It is here.

Christmas Eve?

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Well, it feels like Christmas Eve right now.  Here shortly The Gameslave crew will board a plane and head down to L.A. for E3.  I guess technically E3 doesn't officially begin until Tuesday, so I suppose that today would be Christmas Eve Eve.  Anyway, it's late and I can't sleep because I'm pretty stoked about getting to go again.  Just hoping this year we will have a better hotel!

Stay tuned for up to date coverage of E3 as we will be posting updates while on the E3 floor and will have write ups after each day of awesomeness.  Game On!

 

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Release Date

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I'm at Gamestop yesterday getting a game for my wife and they had a sheet of release dates on the counter.  Conveniently it was opened to the page with The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and a release date of 11/02/2011. Of course I had to ask if this was a Gamestop estimated date or an actual release date, with the answer being an actual release date.  The employee even went as far to show me what the date would have been in Gamestop estimated it.  So there you have it.  We should be able to expect the most recent version of Zelda out for this holiday season, but what else does that mean?  Well unless Nintendo is doing a record release time for an announcement of a new gaming console, this game will not be on the Project Cafe system.  It also means that Nintendo actually has something worth buying this holiday season.  WOOHOO!

E3 in Less then a Week

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So E3 is next week, and I really have not said much about it.  Some of you may think this means that I am not excited about it.  That is a lie, in truth I cannot wait for the biggest gaming convention in the states. In preparation for this people have asked me what I am looking forward to this year. My normal answer to this is everything, but giving it some thought I do have a small list.
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Nintendo DS Lite Price and Mario Packages

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The Nintendo DS Lite, despite being now at least two iterations behind, is getting a price drop.  The system priced formally around $129.99 will have the MSRP dropped to $99.99 as of June 5. So just in case you missed getting a DS Lite when it came out in September of 2009 you can now get it for a reduced prince, if you can find it. 

Now for the more relevant part of this entry. Six Mario games are going to get custom red packaging to make them easier to spot for consumers.  New Super Mario Bros, Mario Kart DS, Super Mario 64 DS, Mario Party DS, Mario and Luigi: Bowsers Inside Story, and Mario vs. Donky Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem will all have special red packaging.  The plan on this is to make the games stand out a bit more then they already do, seeing as they say Mario on them and have Mario's picture. But these are supposed to also mark fan favorites based on sales, so it works.

Zelda Universe?

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So apparently this is kind of old, but I had not heard it before so I felt that the rest of you deserved to see this as well.  If you go to ESRB.com and search for Zelda you will find 19 results. Most of these are listed under Nintendo game systems, except for two.  One of these is the much forgotten (on purpose) Zelda's Adventure on the CDI done by Philips (don't ask). The other is called Zelda Universe and it set for online. That is right, apparently a Zelda game was in the works to be online. Now the thing that makes this odder is that apparently this is a 3 year old posting.  Gamespot found a link that shows this same post from the ESRB all the way back in 2008. So why have we never heard anything on this? I guess the folks at Nintendo are the only ones that can answer this for us. So Nintendo, are we looking at a MMO in the Zelda Universe, a co-op over the net game on the new system, or something that we have not even contemplated yet?

Portal 2 Music

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Yes, I have done many Portal 2 posts, and I make no apologies. Todays post gives you free things, so I think you will accept it as well. Valve has been kind enough to release some of the music from Portal 2 for the low price of nothing.  So head on over to grab Portal 2 Soundtrack: Volume 1 and download it for your own listening pleasure.