It's NWP AMA Round 2!
Welcome to one of the beefiest episodes of Nerds Without Pants this year, and there were only two of us on this episode! Must be all the E3 hype. Or maybe it was your AWESOME questions for our second AMA edition of Stage Select. It might have even been a hellacious Video Game Cage Match! Regardless of the reasoning, please enjoy this super-sized edition of NWP!
More powerful than two Atari Jaguars taped together!
Welcome to the 64th episode of Nerds Without Pants! As you may have guessed (because Julian is a lazy dude that loves easy topics), this episode is all about the Nintendo 64. Come join the Pantsless Ones as we discuss the mouthwatering anticipation for Project Reality, some of our favorite and obscure games for the platform, and where it sits in video game history. It’s a fun and free-flowing conversation that may be a little different than the usual retrospective type podcasts. Stay tuned after the final song for Julian's mini rant about the Royal Rumble. Enjoy!
The newly re-imagined title comes back in glorious HD and manages to be fun, if uninspired.
The original Goldeneye on the Nintendo 64 should have been just another movie tie-in game. However, with Rare at the helm, it became one of the most important games in video game history. The fast paced gameplay and incredible multiplayer made it one of the best games of 1997. After being a beloved game for 13 years, Activision (now holder of the James Bond license) released a reimagining of the game for the Nintendo Wii. Now that reimagining is available on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and the rules are a bit different because of that. Although there are shooters on the Wii, they are absolutely plentiful and then some on the PS3 and 360. So it’s not enough to be a good shooter; you need to be different as well. So does Goldeneye 007 Reloaded stand out from the crowd?
Bond blasts his way onto the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on November 1, 2011.
A trailer for the upcoming HD remake of the Wii reimagining of the Nintendo 64 classic.
Gamestop, Amazon and Best Buy getting different content.
Remember GoldenEye 007 on the N64? You do? Good. Remember the Wii remake from last year? Sort of? Good enough. You know the HD remake of the Wii remake? No? Well, GoldenEye 007: Reloaded is the current generation remake we all wanted from the Nintendo 64 original. Now Activision has announced that pre-ordering at Amazon, Best Buy or Gamestop will get you additional content; what that content is depends on which store you trusted to save it for you.
A quick debrief of what an Mi6 agent has to be able to do in the "Mi6 Ops Missions" mode.
Last year's Wii shooter, GoldenEye 007, is making its way the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 with improved visuals and brand new content. A reveal trailer is available at the end of the article.
After swirling rumors, today, Activision officially announced GoldenEye 007: Reloaded for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Though a port of last year's Wii shooter, GoldenEye 007, the game will launch with a number of new modes and options as well as higher graphical fidelity this fall.
Don't expect the same experience you got back in 1997; this is quite a different offering.
Yes, you read that right, GoldenEye is back. But it's not back like you're thinking. If you're reading this, chances are you have some fond memories of the original title, released on the N64 by Nintendo and Rare. At the time, the game set the standards for console-based first person shooters, as the genre really had no significant presence in the market. Fast-forward thirteen years and the story is quite different. The first person shooter dominates the market, though its construction has deviated significantly from the design of GoldenEye 007 years ago. Most recently, the Call of Duty series has taken the market by storm, and has clearly had a huge influence on this re-imagination of story and gameplay of the original title. As such, GoldenEye 007 straddles the line between old school and new school first person shooter design, making for an experience that's not nearly as memorable as the title it borrows so much credibility from.
