Waiting for Halo 4 (A Halo Fan’s Documentary) March 9, 2013

Microsoft made gamers wait five years after the release of Halo 3 to continue the story of the Master Chief.  In this fan made documentary (filmed before the release of Halo 4), Maniac talks about his history with the Halo franchise, and how much he looks forward to the Master Chief’s return.

Pokémon Game Deals February 28, 2013

Fresh off his last haul, Maniac and his pet Pikachu have found some recent deals on Pokémon games for the Nintendo DS, and decided to share them with all of you.

Playstation 4 Analysis Part 2 – Games February 26, 2013

The Playstation 4 is coming.  Last week, Maniac talked about the Playstation 4’s hardware, but we know it takes more than hardware to sell a gaming console, you need some great exclusive games.  In the final part of his analysis, he tackles the inital batch of games Sony announced will be coming to the platform.

Video Game Guide Book Deals February 25, 2013

You may be familiar with Princess Angel’s video game art book video reviews that we’ve posted on the site.  With all the new games coming out in the next few months, a lot of high quality guidebooks and art books are getting released alongside them.  Maniac got some good deals on some hardcover game guides and art books which we plan to review later on.

If you’re interested in picking up some of these books, here’s where you can currently get the best deals on them, and what you need to do to get the best deal.

Wii U eShop Demonstration February 23, 2013

Nintendo has just released the second game to their brand new Wii U Virtual Console service, F-Zero.  Maniac demonstrates the Wii U’s Nintendo eShop to help people out in taking full advantage of their thirty cent game special.

Playstation 4 Analysis Part 1 – Hardware February 22, 2013

The Playstation 4 has officially been announced, and Sony has promised a ton of new features will be coming with this console in order to entice gamers to upgrade.  In this video, Maniac will go over every single detail that Sony has released about their next console’s hardware ranging from the very advanced internal hardware to brand new social features and breaks down the good and bad about everything.

This Analysis is being broken up into two parts.  for the first part, we’re going to talk exclusively about the console itself.  Hardware, features, and the controller.

Stay tuned later this weekend for Part 2, where we will be talking about the games.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Limited Edition Unboxing February 19, 2013

Maniac unboxes Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, a game he’s been looking forward to playing since Kojima announced it at E3 2009. This is the PS3 version and it includes a soundtrack CD, and replica of part of Raiden’s HF Blade inside of a Plasma Lamp. He also shows off what he got for preordering the game, and for preordering something unrelated that was recently announced.

Note: GameStop and other sources have informed us that the preorder codes for the game’s downloadable content was not active as of this afternoon, for either the Xbox 360 0r Playstation 3. If you preordered Metal Gear Rising: Revengance at any retailer which may have offered a special download code for unlockable content, it may not be active yet, but the retailers have assured us that the codes are indeed valid and will activate as soon as the content comes online on your platform of choice.

So, don’t lose those codes, they will work soon. We’ll keep you posted when the content becomes available on either platform.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is out now on the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Dead Space 3 Official Dog Tags Unboxing February 14, 2013

Maniac is a huge fan of collecting Dog Tags, and this week he has a new set to show off.  These are the official Dead Space 3 Dog Tags, given out free through GameStop Power Up Rewards and hints to what may be coming next for review on the channel.

You must be a member of GameStop’s Power Up Rewards program, which you can sign up for at your local GameStop.  The Tags are currently 6,440 Points in the Power Up Rewards Catalog.

Aliens: Colonial Marines Collector’s Edition Unboxing February 12, 2013

Today, Aliens: Colonial Marines was released to the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC.

This the second week of an incredible two month span of major game releases.  A year and a half after first demoing it at E3 2011, Maniac unboxes Aliens: Colonial Marines Collector’s Edition for the Xbox 360.  This is going to be more than just an unboxing, we’re going to be looking at everything that’s in this box and giving it a full review.  Lets see what’s included for $100 US, and if it is worth the money.

Note:  The two index cards which included the download codes for the Collector’s Edition’s downloadable content were not properly marked.  The download code on each card worked, but redeemed the special content that was written on the OTHER card.  I have no idea if this is an issue across all of the CEs or all of the platforms, or if it was just a problem with my edition of the game, but I just wanted to make a mention of that on the site so people who redeem these codes know there may be an issue with them.

Aliens: Colonial Marines is out now for Xbox 360, PC and PS3.  A Wii U version is coming but has no set release date.

Dead Space 3 Limited Edition Unboxing February 5, 2013

It’s February 5th, and it is now the start of the craziest release window for new high profile games that we have seen in years.  Over the next two months we’re getting no less than seven major game releases.  Seriously, we’re talking about a major release once a week, and almost all of them are getting Collector’s Editions.

So, lets kick off this gaming season with today’s release, Dead Space 3 for the Xbox 360, which boasts Kinect support.  This is the Limited Edition version of the game, which means it includes some exclusive downloadable content the player can use through the game for no premium charge over a regular edition of the game.  Lets see what is included.

Oh and by the way, you can check out our unboxing of the Dead Space 3 Dev Team Edition here.

Dead Space 3 is out now for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC.