David Oxford
Review Round-Up
Just because I'm not always writing here doesn't mean I'm not writing! Here is a look at some reviews I've written elsewhere. On Slide To Play: Ghostbusters: Paranormal Blast - An AR-styled game for the iPhone/iPad in which you bust ghosts in the environment around...
Blast from the Past: Cool Art from The Legend of Zelda Folder
It’s The Legend of Zelda art, and it’s really rad.
Check Out the Cosplay of OtaRockman
25 Years of Mega Man - Otakon 2012 by ~LBDNytetrayn on deviantART Image courtesy of JackScarab. Okay, so I've been away for a couple of weeks. Last week, I was in Baltimore for Otakon, and you can see me and my costume at right in the picture above. That's just the...
Charles Martinet Wants More Super Mario Sunshine
In the above video posted to YouTube by user CooperMcHatton (via GoNintendo), we see Charles Martinet say at an autograph signing at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con that he would love to see another Super Mario Sunshine game. And I have to say that I'm of mixed feelings...
Urban Champion: The Movie
Hmm, update time... what to do? I don't want to do another review just yet; I'm doing some of those on Mario's Hat (look for them this week) and Slide to Play already, and I don't feel like more. Ah, I know! I've been holding on to this one for some time; it was meant...
Review: Pizza Hut’s White Pizza with Garlic Shrimp Signature Single
As is ever the case, just because the U.S. and Canada may share chains-- be it stores, restaurants, or something else-- that does not mean they share anything else. For instance, while KFC has been willing to bring its infamous (but tasty) Double Down to Canada...
The Forgotten Super Mario World Commercial and What It Means to Me Now
It's a funny thing: When it comes to commercials for Super Mario World, in such instances that such a topic would come up, it seems the ones people remember are always either this one or that one. And while I do remember both well, the one which has always remained...
Review: Burger King’s Maple BBQ Tendergrill Chicken Sandwich
Okay, first things first: My apologies for this update coming so late. I know I said on Twitter that I would have something new up a lot sooner, and I had every intention of it, but working on other things has sapped my writing energy when it came time to turn my...
Look Back: The Top 6 Most American Video Game Characters Revisited
Here's a little blast from the past I thought I'd dig up for this wonderful Fourth of July holiday. "The Top 6 Most American Video Game Characters" is a silly little piece I wrote for fun back when I was working at Kombo. The interesting part of this list is that none...
Looking Back: When Mario Became a Badass
I had planned to make this post sooner; it was meant to be the first post on the newly-relaunched PMO, but thanks to E3 and the time needed to get Mario's Hat up and running, it fell by the wayside. This one's a bit of a personal story, but one I wanted to share just...
Introducing Mario’s Hat
I would just like to take the opportunity to let everyone know that I have started up a new website called Mario's Hat. Mario's Hat is focused on video game news from across Canada, and despite the title, is not strictly about Mario or Nintendo. If you want to know...
‘Where’s My Perry?’ Review at Slide to Play
Sorry for not updating much this week, but there has been a bit on my plate... ...such as Where's My Perry?, a new iPhone release from Disney Mobile and the creators of the hit Where's My Water?, to which this is like an indirect sequel. Is it worth your hard-earned...
Full Frontal Nerdity Has a “New” Home
Back in early March, one of my favorite webcomics, "Full Frontal Nerdity," mysteriously stopped updating for some reason. In mid-storyline, the last comic seen was the one you see above. I didn't understand it, but kept checking back each week in the hopes that the...
Have a Mario Christmas with Pepsi
Now here's an interesting piece GoNintendo linked to earlier today (sadly, the auction for it has ended, but I didn't have the $108 anyway). It's a store display sign from 1989, and if you're familiar with vintage video game commercials, you might remember the ad...
Same Quest, Different Goals
IGN posted the above image on their Facebook page, and I couldn't help but think that no, my goal was to find out what Princess Toadstool really looked like. I mean, she couldn't actually look like the simple question mark that the instruction manual implied, right?...
The Nintendo Download – 6/21/12
Curious about the latest downloadable titles for Nintendo platforms this week? Then head over to the Toronto Video Game Examiner to see what's available and how how much it will cost you. The big highlight this week is Double Dragon II for the Wii Virtual Console....
Spider-man? No, It’s Spider-Stan!
So, Spider-man has a new movie coming out, and... Zzz... Okay, so admittedly, Spider-man has been on the outs with me ever since that whole "sold my marriage to the devil" thing Marvel did to nearly ruin him. And honestly? A reboot isn't really what I want in a new...
1UP’s Retronauts Explores the Legend of Castlevania’s Lost Belmont
Recently, I expressed my delight at the original Belmont, Simon, seemingly preparing to get his due in the upcoming Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate for the Nintendo 3DS. But all of the talk of gender in games-- that is to say, the treatment of females in...
Check Out My Interview with Mega Man Writer Ian Flynn at The Mega Man Network
Over at The Mega Man Network, we've just posted a recent interview I conducted with Ian Flynn, a writer of many hats at Archie Comics. His works include Sonic the Hedgehog, companion title Sonic Universe, and the Archie superhero revival known as The New Crusaders,...
Is Bowser Kidnapping Peach Really What We Want?
The similarity between the four New Super Mario Bros. titles is "intentional," says Producer Takashi Tezuka in an interview with GameSpot. "That similarity in the visual style and the control style is all intentional. The things we feel like we've already promised the...
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