It’s been a big year for the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo’s new hybrid and extremely awesome video game console. It outsold its predecessor, the Wii U, in under a year, prepared us for a revolution in cardboard gameplay, and delivered some awesome games like Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. We know the […]
A couple months ago, Nintendo proved once again that they’re not afraid to experiment. With Nintendo Labo, they managed to turn sheets of cardboard into their next big contribution to video games. Labo is a new series of play sets made for the Nintendo Switch that the company plans to launch in April. Each set […]
Every weekend, we’ll cruise around Amazon to find a few good tech deals! Who knows, from time to time we might even spot some non-tech deals we think you might like! Don’t hold us to it. As Chip Chick editors, we write about products we love and we think you will too! Chip Chick often […]
The fun wizards at Nintendo have stumbled upon an ancient truth — building a bunch of stuff out of cardboard is really fun. That’s the core idea behind Nintendo Labo, a new line of toy sets for the Switch that turns out to be a lot deeper than it first appears. Nintendo announced the Labo in […]
Too busy to keep up on all things geeky this week? We’ve got you covered with the trailers, merch, and news coming out of the week that was! The Vampire Chronicles TV show gets Bryan Fuller to help with the pilot When Anne Rice revealed that the planned movie revival of The Vampire Chronicles (the one […]
Remember when Nintendo was dead in the water? The dark ages of the Wii U seem like ancient history now that we’re in the Switch Renaissance! The Switch has already notched 10 million sales worldwide, putting it on pace to blow by the 13.5 million Wii U units they sold all-time. This week, the Switch […]
Like a lot of you, I headed back to the parents’ over the holidays. While quality family time was most certainly had (I’ll spare you from me shoehorning Scrabble into this month’s roundup), the trip home remained, as ever, a bountiful source of quality gaming time. This year was better than ever — as if we […]
Any anxiety about Nintendo being able to stay independent in the world of video games is gone. Since launching in March, the Nintendo Switch has sold at least 10 million units — and that number is from mid-December, before the full holiday shopping numbers have been added. The Switch’s predecessor, the Wii U, only sold 13.5 […]
What are we getting comfy with next year? With the enhanced graphics of the Xbox One X and the PS4 Pro and versatility and flat-out fun of the Nintendo Switch, 2018 is shaping up to be pretty amazing! Here’s what we’ve got our eyes on for the new year! Sea of Thieves (Xbox One/Windows 10) […]
We go through a lot of gadgets around here from year to year, but when it’s time to look back, a few of them always rise to the top — the things we keep on using long after the review’s been written, and the things we miss having once we’ve got to send them back! This […]
The fall video game release season just ended, and that means we’ve got yet another humongous backlog to get through — oh who are we kidding, we’ve never gotten through any backlog. I’ll decline to list the games I’ve bought on Steam and haven’t played, because we have a lot more awesome stuff to talk about that […]
Need to know what’s worth nerding out on this month? We’ve been combing the release calendars to find all the awesome movies, shows, and games headed your way. Here’s what’s got our attention! Movies The Shape of Water – December 1 Out now! The Shape of Water might end up being the most refreshingly original thing you […]
Too busy to keep up on all things geeky this week? We’ve got you covered with the trailers, merch, and news coming out of the week that was! The first trailer for Avengers: Infinity War finally arrives The movie well over ten years in the making is almost here. Next year’s Avengers: Infinity War will include just […]
You can play fighting games with regular controllers, motion controls, or even a keyboard and mouse if you’re a madwoman. But, most everyone can agree that the one true way to play fighting games is with an arcade console complete with huge joystick and buttons — and now you can buy one that works with the […]
Nintendo is unassailable when it comes to fun, but they’ve never been as interested in competition. While developers and publishers alike have been pushing competitive esports-ready games like League of Legends, Overwatch, Street Fighter, and Call of Duty (among many others), the only highly competitive game Nintendo has ever had is Super Smash Bros. Melee — and many of the game mechanics […]
With video games becoming more and more self-serious, Nintendo might be more important than ever. Throughout the growth of video games into a mainstream entertainment medium, the company has remained dedicated to keeping things light, prioritizing fun. Only a few minutes with Super Mario Odyssey will tell you that nothing has changed in the Nintendo Switch […]
Ubisoft being part of a Mario game? Sounds crazy, but that’s what the Rabbids are all about! The Rabbids, off-shoots of Ubisoft’s Rayman franchise, are demented bunnies, and those demented bunnies are officially coming to the Mushroom Kingdom. The developer started off their E3 presentation with Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo to reveal Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, a […]
When the Nintendo Switch was revealed to be a hybrid home/handheld console, a big chunk of the Nintendo faithful got jazzed up about the possibility of a main series Pokémon game on a home console. Well, earlier this week, those fans had to take that jazzy tune down into the minor key — during a Pokémon-centered Nintendo Direct […]
The Nintendo Switch has been a success story so far, but there have been bumps in the road. At launch, the console was beset by complaints that the left Joy-Con controller tended to disconnect or lag — something that Nintendo eventually responded to by repairing affected units. Well, it sounds like Nintendo might have some more […]
It’s been about a week since Nintendo’s hybrid handheld/home console, the Switch, shipped out. One of many units came to my doorstep, and since then, I’ve been playing it as much as this job allows me to (so, more than I should, but let’s keep that between us). The pressure was on for Nintendo coming […]
From the beginning, Nintendo has made it clear that the Switch was intended neither as a tablet nor as a direct competitor to the PlayStation 4 or the Xbox One. That makes sense — Nintendo is still a games company, and they’ve long been more concerned with making fun games than with having the most power […]
