August 29, 2021

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Mike "The Legend"

Ludicrous Leadoffs:

Honus Wagner Baseball Card Sells For Record $6.6 Million
Goodwill Auctions Off Unopened Legend Of Zelda Game For $400k
(check out the auction page for yourself here)

News of the Week:

EA Making Five Of Its Accessibility Patents Open To Everybody
(learn more at the GitHub page here)
Fortnite Hosting A Martin Luther King Jr. Experience
(watch the announcement video here)
Stardew Valley Is Now An eSport
(watch an explanation video here)
Netflix Adds First Batch Of Free Games In Test Run In Poland

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man whose perplexment with original NES game difficulty continues

Blast From The Past:

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August 8, 2021

Posted on August 8, 2021 by Mike "The Legend"

Ludicrous Leadoffs:

New Blindfolded Speedrun World Record Set In Super Mario Bros.
(watch the speedrun here)
Rare Copy Of Super Mario Bros. Sets New Record With $2 Million Sale Price

News of the Week:

Nintendo Switch Has Now Outsold PS3 And Xbox 360
(check out Nintendo’s official hardware sales chart here and software sales chart here)
Netflix Developing Live-Action Pokemon Series
Netflix Planning To Offer Mobile Games To Subscribers
(read the letter to shareholders here)
Playdate Sold 20,000 Units In 20 Minutes

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who used a 4-week staycation to finally beat Breath of the Wild

Blast From The Past:

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November 24, 2017

Posted on November 24, 2017 by Mike "The Legend"

Ludicrous Leadoffs:

Amon Amarth Release Mobile Game
(watch the announcement trailer for the game here)
Axiom Verge Publisher Donating Majority Of Its Share To Developer’s Son’s Healthcare

News of the Week:

State Of Hawaii To Investigate EA For Predatory Practices
(watch highlights of the press conference here, if that’s your thing)
Belgian Gaming Commission Declares Lootboxes To Be Gambling
(read the source Belgian report here)
Battlefront II Microtransactions Controversy Draws Response From Disney
EA Stock Price Drops After Battlefront II Microtransactions Removal
Niantic Launches New Worldwide Event To Catch Previously Region-Locked Pokémon
(watch the announcement trailer for the event here)
Gwent Single Player Campaign Delayed Until 2018
Minecraft’s Super Duper Graphics, Switch Cross-Play Delayed
Final Fantasy XV’s Noctis Coming To Tekken 7
(watch Noctis in action in Tekken 7 here)

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who wishes that more yule logs are like the Old Spice yule log
(see the exploding yule of madness for yourself!)

Blast From The Past:

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November 3, 2017

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Mike "The Legend"

Ludicrous Leadoff:

Speedrunner Beats Every Cuphead Boss Using DDR Dance Pads
(watch it for yourself here)

Nintendo News Roundup:

Other News of the Week:

Razer Officially Unveils New Android Smartphone
(get more on the tech specs here)
First Wave Of Original Xbox Backwards Compatible Games Arrive
Microsoft To Discontinue Production Of Kinect

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who curses the Russians for inventing kettlebells

Blast From The Past:

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September 29, 2017

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Mike "The Legend"

Ludicrous Leadoff:

Sony Giving Away Away Platinum Trophies In Australia
(visit the official site here, and watch the promo video here)

News Of The Week:

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who is hoping against hope that he can get a SNES Classic Edition without having to wait in any lines.

Blast From The Past:

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July 7, 2017

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Mike "The Legend"

Ludicrous Leadoff:

24 Year-Old Rayman SNES Prototype Released Online
(see it in action here and download it for yourself here)

News of the Week:

Nintendo Announces SNES Classic Edition
Sega, Atari Retro Microconsoles Launching This Fall
(see the Sega game list here, and the Atari list here)
Classic Sega Games Officially Coming To Mobile Devices
(watch the launch trailer here)
New eSports League Solely Focusing On VR Announced
Twitch & Blizzard Sign Two-Year Deal For Stream eSports Events
Rocket League Tournament To Be Televised On NBC Sports Network This Summer
Rocket League Coming To This Year’s Summer X Games
E3 2017 Game Critics Award Winners Announced
Cuphead Will Never Be Released For PS4

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who can’t help but be amused when old, out of touch people are in charge of social media accounts

Blast From The Past:

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June 2, 2017

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Mike "The Legend"

Ludicrous Leadoffs:

Google AlphaGo Defeats Worlds Best Go Player
Man Lets Twitch Play Stock Market With His Own Money
(view the stream here, and visit the official site here)

News of the Week:

Ubisoft Reveals Official Details On Far Cry 5
(watch the reveal trailer here)
Microsoft Launches Revised, Rebranded Beam Streaming Service
(watch the announcement video here)
Twitch, Bandai Namco Create Tekken 7 eSports League
(visit the official stream here)
Sony’s E3 Briefing To Be Shown In Movie Theatres Across North America
(visit the official site to get your tickets here)
Sonic Mania Releasing August 15th
(watch the new trailer here)
New Pokémon Magikarp, Pokéland Games Released For Mobile

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who puts the bare minimum amount of effort into his lawn

Blast From The Past:

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February 3, 2017

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Mike "The Legend"

Ludicrous Leadoffs:

Swiss Scientists Able To Communicate With Completely Locked-In Patients
(read the research paper here)

News of the Week:

EA Predicts Super Bowl LI
(watch the prediction video here)
Nintendo To Have An Ad During Super Bowl LI
(watch the official spot here, and the extended cut here)
Nintendo Sells 1.5 Million NES Classic Editions Worldwide
Super Mario Run Surpasses 75 Million Downloads
Nintendo Aims To Release 2-3 Mobile Games Every Year
Animal Crossing For Smartphones Delayed
Indie Game Devs Fight Trump Immigration Ban By Donating Sales To ACLU
Creator Of Pac-Man Passes Away At Age 91

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who wishes that Biff Tannen never acquired the Sports Almanac

Blast From The Past:

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December 2, 2016

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Mike "The Legend"

Ludicrous Leadoffs:

Dead Rising 4 Gets Promotional Holiday Fire Log Video
(watch the fire log video here)
Internet Archive Wants To Build Servers In Canada, Because Trump

News of the Week:

Ubisoft Announces VR Games To Get Multi-Platform Multiplayer
Rovio Launching Netflix-Inspired Service For Mobile Games
(learn more at the official site here)
Halo 5 Getting Own Reality Competition Series
Hello Games Announces Big Update For No Man’s Sky
(watch the announcement trailer here)
Stardew Valley Coming To Consoles In December, Also Coming For Switch
Steam Winter Sale Starting December 22nd
(read the original NeoGAF post here)

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who succumb to the sweet siren song of a Black Friday sale

Blast From The Past:

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November 18, 2016

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Mike "The Legend"

Ludicrous Leadoffs:

Brain Implant Allows Paralyzed Monkey to Walk Again
(read the research paper here and watch a video of it here)
Audi Releasing Special Final Fantasy XV Edition R8 Supercar
(watch the announcement video here)

News of the Week:

Super Mario Run Release Date, Pricing Announced
(watch a new gameplay trailer here)
Nintendo Switch Launch Price Reportedly Set At $249 US
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Reportedly Won’t Release In March
Nominees Announced For 2016 Game Awards
(watch the announcement trailer here)
Telltale Games Reportedly Working On Guardians of the Galaxy Episodic Game

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