Cover Art: The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX (Gameboy Color)

Welcome to Cover Art! A section of the site where we look at a retro video game’s box cover art and briefly discuss it’s gameplay and legacy. 

Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening was originally released on the Gameboy in 1993. It was critically acclaimed and considered one of the best handheld games of all time. Later on, Nintendo colorized the game and added a new dungeon which took … [ Read More... ]

Nintendo Announces New Games & More for Wii U (Mario! Zelda!)

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Nintendo has really gotten better at communicating with its fans.  For over a year now Nintendo has been delivering video presentations, known as Nintendo Direct, showing off upcoming software and hardware releases. In North America these videos are generally presented by NOA president Reggie Fils-Aime, but for some larger announcements Nintendo’s head honcho Satoru Iwata would step in. For example, Iwata was the presenter when the final Wii [ Read More... ]

Skrillex’s Video Game: Skrillex Quest

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This is not the newest game, but it’s free. I know thats good news for you cheap gamers out there. It’s also not bad at all. EDM superstar Skrillex has taken the world by storm with distorted take on the dance music subgenre, dubstep. He’s also got a video game. Cheesy, retro and crappy by design,  Skrillex Quest takes you on a Legend of Zelda style adventure to save the … [ Read More... ]

Dead Space 3 Will Have In-Game Purchases Like a Mobile App

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Dead Space 3 will now have the ability to purchase goods in-game…. For real money. What is this? Is Dead Space 3 some sort of Mobile App. Apparently the producer John Calhoun thinks so. The Producer of Dead Space 3 said that these micro-transactions exist because they intend to court in mobile gamers. Here is a small section from an interview that Computer And Video Games had with the … [ Read More... ]