Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity Unboxing April 17, 2013

Maniac and his Pikachu unbox Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity for the Nintendo 3DS.  The game is the first of the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series made popular on the Nintendo DS to be on the 3DS.  He also shows off some of the special gifts he got when visiting Nintendo World in New York City on its release.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity is out now exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS.

“Waiting for Halo 4” Deleted Scenes April 11, 2013

Recently, we posted a video titled “Waiting for Halo 4” which was a fully-produced 30-minute documentary where Maniac talked about what it was like waiting years for the release of Halo 4, his history with the Halo franchise, and what has made the series last for as long as it has.

Well, there was a lot more we shot for that documentary than what ended up in the final version.  In fact, we ended up shooting well over an hour’s worth of footage and planned to shoot even more.

Recently, a fan requested that we release a DVD or Blu-Ray of the documentary.  Well, we can’t do that, but we can do the next best thing, and that is release a DVD style special feature online that anyone can watch.  Maniac has decided to finish the scenes that were cut from the documentary (and even shoot a scene that was scrapped in the planning phase!) and release them as a short featurette.

Included with the scenes is a special introduction by Maniac with some behind the scenes information on why the scenes were cut.  Enjoy.  And remember, if you’re interested in checking out the final cut of the full documentary, “Waiting for Halo 4” you can view it here on our site!

Spring 2013 Guide Books Review April 8, 2013

Since 2010, the publishers of video game hint guides have released premium hardcover guide books that combined together what you would find in a guide-book and include extra exclusive content like concept art or codes for exclusive downloadable content.  This season, a lot of these premium hardcover books have been released as well as all new art books.  In the second part of the Spring 2013 Review, Maniac takes a look at some of the books that have come out in the past two months.

Can’t get enough of these books?  Princess Angel has a series on this site where she reviews a wide array of video game art books you can watch here, and she plans to review more later on.  If you’re interested in seeing us review any of these books, please feel free to post a comment!

Bioshock Infinite Ultimate Songbird Edition Unboxing April 6, 2013

Maniac has been picking up Bioshock Collector’s Editions since the original game was released in 2007. Now, Maniac picks up the Bioshock: Infinite Ultimate Songbird Edition, which retails for $150US.

But thats not all! We have two full sized hardcover Bioshock Infinite books out as well. One is the Art of Bioshock Infinite book published by Dark Horse and the other is the official premium hardcover guide book published by Prima. With these sweet books out is the Ultimate Songbird Edition worth the purchase?

Bioshock Infinite is out now for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.

Spring 2013 Games Review April 4, 2013

Maniac takes a look at over half a dozen games that came out between February and March 2013.  All of them were backed by a major property and had a huge marketing blitz behind them.  Also, almost all of them were released with premium Collector’s Editions.

The past two months were a bigger season for game releases than Christmas!  Maniac takes a look and tries to find out why.

Super Mario 3-DEES Sour Gummis Review March 26, 2013

It’s been a staple of the internet for many years now to try some new or exotic food or beverage and review it for everyone to see.  We haven’t done one in quite a while, but that is about to be rectified.  While in New York City for the Luigi’s Mansion Dark Moon review, Maniac and Princess Angel picked up some Super Mario 3-DEES candy.  They’re officially licensed by Nintendo and are made into the likeness of popular Mario characters like Mario, Yoshi and Donkey Kong.  They can come in regular and sour flavors.

Maniac happens to like sour candies like Sour Patch Kids, and decided to try out the new sour flavor Super Mario candies and see how good they are.  With Luigi’s hat on, lets take a look.

Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon Unboxing March 25, 2013

The original Luigi’s Mansion hasn’t seen a sequel since the days of the GameCube.  This past weekend, all of that changed.  Princess Angel and I happened to be in New York City on Saturday, where Nintendo World was hosting a huge release party for Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon and the new Pokémon Mystery Dungeon game.  Because we decided to join in the festivities, we got a copy of Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon a day early, and a whole bunch of other goodies to go along with it.

So take a look at what we picked up, and what’s inside Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon.

Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon is out now exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS.

Gears of War Judgment Unboxing March 19, 2013

Maniac cracks open Gears of War: Judgment for the Xbox 360 and the Hardcover Guide Book.  Judgment is a prequel game to the Gears of War universe, which focuses on the exploits of Baird and Cole, who normally have been secondary characters in the previous games.

Lets see what’s inside, and what’s included in the Hardcover Collector’s Edition Guide Book.

Gears of War: Judgment is out now exclusive to the Xbox 360.

God of War: Ascension Collector’s Edition Unboxing March 12, 2013

Maniac unboxes the God of War: Ascension Collector’s Edition for the Playstation 3, the newest game in the God of War franchise which takes place at the earliest point in the God of War timeline.  Lets open it up and find out if it’s worth the $80US.

God of War: Ascension is out now exclusive to the Playstation 3.