Chelsea "Nintendoll"

Bio  

I'm a woman who enjoys video games. My first system was a Super Nintendo and I've been a bit of a Nintendo fangirl since. I don't really favor any one system though, I love all games equally. They can't help it if they were born from different developers and publishers!

I currently reside on the East Coast of the United States. Apart from videogames, I'm a bit of a Japanophile and a lover of Marvel comics. If I could be anything in the world, it would be a guitar so I could rock your face off. I also enjoy grabbing a pint of Yuengling with friends or curling up with a particularly good Kurt Vonnegut book.

I'm blogging at Negative Gamer because I believe far too often, people just gloss over all the bad aspects of games and their companies. Well-written, constructive criticism is what will save videogames from becoming a homogenized pile of game mush. Good games indeed deserve to be praised, but there is no such thing as a "perfect game." Therefore any aspect of a game that takes away from the experience should be analyzed for future gamers and developers to keep in mind as they search for the next big game.

Comments  

2008-12-30 15:11:24
Worlds is also purposely taking legal action against NCSoft in Texas--an area notorious for their nationalistic attitude, as well as leniency towards plaintiffs in patent cases. I think it was Slashdot that was talking about that.

2008-12-30 14:02:24
"We don’t need stupid people calling others people names like they do at xbl." Um, didn't you just call us "fucking retards" in your complaint? How does that make you, a PS3 user, any different from the XBL users you criticize? I'm not saying at all the XBL is necessarily a better service than the Playstation Network. In fact, Home aside, PSN is an excellent service. I also agree with you that $50 is a bit pricey for an online service, however NXE is easy to use and they've cut down the ads on the dashboard significantly, so I can't complain. The yearly cost, added to the price of a new console, is still not as expensive as a PS3. In fact, you could buy almost two years of service and the price would be comparable, not to mention the included headset. So price isn't really the best factor to argue here. I can understand how you might mistake me for a Nintendo fangirl, however there is absolutely nothing I have written that compares Home to XBL. The point of this article is that Sony still had many VERY obvious problems to iron out before releasing Home into open beta. Glitches like purchased items disappearing should not even have made it out of the alpha testing stage, let alone slipped through the private beta. I understand Sony is moving quickly to remedy this problem (from what I've heard in the PS3 forums) but should they not be criticized for letting the censorship issue get this far, especially when Home has been in development for so long? I personally don't think it's acceptable.

2008-12-22 23:04:44
The graphics on PaRappa the Rapper hold up pretty well because of the unique art style. I think a new trend we are seeing with increased capacity for graphics are games that are more artistically styled. Castle Crashers, Eternity's Child, Mad World, and even games like Katamari Damacy have a distinct artistic style, unlike some older games.

2008-12-22 22:45:20
I really dislike that they took the GBA slot out. Although I've been playing HM: More Friends of Mineral Town on my Micro anyway :P

2008-12-10 22:16:15
I only play with people I know, and the few times I've played with strangers I haven't had too many problems. I also tend to play late at night,when all of the children have gone beddy-bye.

2008-12-04 20:24:41
Whaaaaat Left 4 Dead at number 7?! I guess I'll just have tp play more to get the stats up :P But this is also only for the 360 and doesn't count PC players. So Halo 3 is only the most popular online game on 360, not out of all Microsoft games. Not that it makes a difference to the fanboys.

2008-12-04 20:16:50
That IS tha game I wanted to play! I want to explore my parkouring options without having the distraction of constantly being shot at. NOW they are doing something truly innovative, with a first person puzzle runner game. I just wish it wasn't costing me $70 to get there.

2008-12-01 13:55:36
The use of orange is just [i]so[/i] forward-thinking.

2008-11-30 15:21:56
@Marsupial Sam I think that relates to the part where she talks about how some games can't spend as much on marketing.

2008-11-26 03:25:21
I love this article. It should be on the front page of ever major news site. This is going to be the cultural topic of 2009.

Misc And the most innovative game of the year is…Prince of Persia?

Chelsea "Nintendoll"
December 30th, 2008 2 Comments »
This isn't huge news or anything, but Shamus Young posted a really intriguing mini-documentary on his blog, Twenty Sided. It goes into detail about the accessibility of games to the ... Read more..

News Home is where the heart is–the heart of the problem in Sony’s case

Chelsea "Nintendoll"
December 29th, 2008 11 Comments »
In the most recent (and disappointing) news about Sony's Home program, reports of censorship are popping up all over the place. The outrage is at the words that Sony has ... Read more..

News 360 Virtual Fireplace will have you asking, “Why the fuck did I pay 400 points for this?”

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December 22nd, 2008 5 Comments »
Christmas with my family is a little strange. My parents get up around 5 am, excitedly trying to pull my 24-year-old sister and me out of bed yelling "Santa was ... Read more..

Article Glitch Watch: Left 4 Dead

Chelsea "Nintendoll"
December 12th, 2008 6 Comments »
Welcome to Glitch Watch, the first of what will hopefully become an ongoing series of funny, annoying, or just plain bizarre glitchs in current games. Left 4 Dead has already seen ... Read more..

Editorial Rumors and Hype: The Source of Misinformation on Games

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November 14th, 2008 No Comments »
In the last couple years as game blogging has become one of the more efficient ways to get news, overhyping and misinformation have also developed into serious problems.  Games like ... Read more..

Editorial Video Games: From Boy’s Club to Girl Clique

Chelsea "Nintendoll"
November 1st, 2008 15 Comments »
Whilst browsing the pages of my favorite community Destructoid, I stumbled upon an interesting article in Candice's blog. She found she found a quite....erm...opinionated article by a one Raychul Moore. ... Read more..

News Gamestop being a bunch of dicks; won’t be carrying Korg DS-10

Chelsea "Nintendoll"
October 23rd, 2008 5 Comments »
The Korg DS-10 is not so much a game, as it is a music composition program. It's a pretty neat little gadget for people who would like to make their ... Read more..

Rant WiiFit ABSOLUTELY WILL OVERTAKE GTA IV SALES: Because the Internet says so

Chelsea "Nintendoll"
October 22nd, 2008 2 Comments »
So, if you've seen any major games sites you know that the "projected" sales of WiiFit are said to overtake those of GTA IV. It will definitely happen of course, ... Read more..

Rant Is Sony Secretly Ripping off Customers Through Repairs?

Chelsea "Nintendoll"
October 16th, 2008 7 Comments »
I know Wardrox likes to rip into Microsoft a lot, so I figured I'd balance the fanboyism out by telling a little interesting story. This happened when I was still working ... Read more..

News The Wii Lifestyle doesn’t require you to actually turn the system on

Chelsea "Nintendoll"
October 9th, 2008 3 Comments »
Nintendo has released a PR photo that shows how they envision the homes of tomorrow. And tomorrow looks like a bad photoshop with no couches or wires. Everything about this photo ... Read more..

Article Erepublik: The game where real money equals virtual power

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October 5th, 2008 No Comments »
The new, browser-based game called Erepublik is starting to gain some momentum. Founded by Alexis Bonte, the game is an online strategy MMO. TechCrunch refers to it as "online virtual ... Read more..

News Wii’s “Let’s Tap” is FUTURE TAPPING GAME!

Chelsea "Nintendoll"
October 3rd, 2008 3 Comments »
This is the trailer for the new game Let's Tap by Yuji Naka (of Sonic the Hedgehog fame) that he claimed even penguins could play. You know, if penguins where ... Read more..

News Sense of Wonder Night 2008 Finalists Part 2: Randy Balma, Municipal Abortionist

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October 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
Continuing on with a look at SOWN's finalists, we have our next competitor from the US, Mark Essen. His entry is the controversially titled "Randy Balma: Municipal Abortionist." The game has ... Read more..

News Gamestop continues plan for world domination with acquisition of Micromania

Chelsea "Nintendoll"
October 1st, 2008 1 Comment »
Gamestop continues to act upon it's Napoleonic campaign for money and power by buying France's leading game store chain, Micromania. In the midst of a financial disaster, Gamestop has decided ... Read more..

News Sense of Wonder Night 2008 Finalists Part 1: Twin Tower

Chelsea "Nintendoll"
September 30th, 2008 2 Comments »
Alright, so the finalists for SOWN 2008 were announced a couple weeks ago. However, it doesn't seem like many people have actually heard of or played these games besides the ... Read more..

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