Category: Video Game Musings

Star Wars Hunters To Get Mothballed In October

Source: https://starwarshunters.com/news/sunset-on-vespaara/

Remember that F2P game on Switch called Star Wars Hunter?

Neither do I.

Apparently, they’re sunsetting the servers in October, which means you have another online-only game that’s going the way of the doo-doo. This almost surprised me because, as I mentioned in a comment on the NintendoLife page that presented this piece of news, I had genuinely forgotten that this was even a thing that had existed and will soon cease to be.

But, yeah, I really never gave this one much thought. I don’t care for these free-2-play, spend real money for real good shit type of games of any sort and everything I’ve seen of Hunters looks like a poor man’s Battlefront game… which is funny once they released the Classic Collection and THAT ended up looking like a poor woman’s Battlefront game… which is why I refunded that stuff in the first place.

So the game launched in June 2024 and will die in October of this year, so a little over a year and a third. Is this a licensing issue or perhaps simply a matter of the game not quite attracting as large an audience as this sort of game should get to sustain a long lifespan of sorts? I neither know nor care.

Oh, well… another one bites the dust, I suppose.

Is The Console War Over? No, But Let’s Reminisce About Xbox Anyway

Source: https://www.ign.com/articles/is-the-console-war-finally-over

With Xbox exclusives making their way over to other consoles and the current line of Series XSLwhatever not quite hitting sales numbers to people’s liking, there’s a question as to whether Xbox should give up on making their own hardware and just go third-party like Sega ended up doing after the Dreamcast failed. Is it time to throw in the towel and declare Playstation the winner of this console war… and then remember that Nintendo still exists, but are perfectly content doing their own thing (as they should.)

And then word broke that Xbox is considering their own handheld Switch-like device… or maybe it’s more like their own Steam Deck-like device… so maybe we’re jumping the gun on Xbox waving the white flag on hardware.

Oh well, since I’ve got your attention, let me tell you about my Xbox adventure.

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WWE 2K25 DLC Packs Revealed… Not A Lick Of Belief…

Source: https://www.sescoops.com/gaming/wwe-2k25/wwe-2k25-dlc-packs-revealed-legends-nba-stars-attitude-era-more/

For anyone who gives a shit, the DLC packs for the upcoming WWE 2K25 video game was revealed and anyone hoping that a certain TNA World Champion who appears whenever his name is said… well, his name was never mentioned. And therefore, he doesn’t appear. However, one of the DLC packs does include Abyss as a playable character, so it’s not all bad.

Otherwise… eh, I don’t care. Including that fellow who shall not be named in one of your stupid DLC packs would have been enough incentive for me to actually fork over money for this thing… alas, I can rest easy and stick with what I’ve got, which is more than enough.

Return Of Acclaim… Again…

Source: https://hardcoregamer.com/return-of-acclaim/

Apparently, some folks (including WWE Hall Of Famer, TNA Co-Founder, and AEW producer Jeff Jarrett) are involved in the revival of Acclaim Entertainment, which went bankrupt back in 2004. I suppose some folks are going to be excited by this, but what’s the point? Most of Acclaim’s most popular properties are currently under new ownership and licensing isn’t as cheap as it used to be.

There was an attempt to bring back the Acclaim label in the late-2000s, but this was focused on online gaming and didn’t last long. I’m curious to see where this new take on Acclaim goes from here and whether there’s any old Acclaim properties that haven’t been bought out by anyone else… who knows? Maybe they can make a new Destination Earthstar or something. That may be enough to bring back Classic Game Room for another round before falling back into obscurity due to low viewership numbers.

Aww… now I’m sad again.

Forever Physical Damaged Goods.

Source : https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/02/be-warned-two-nes-titles-from-limited-run-games-may-damage-your-console

Apparently, a couple NES games from Limited Run can potentially damage your consoles if played enough times. See above article for further information.

You know, this reminds me of the time when another reproduction cart was being sold and it came with a fire hazard warning. Do people not test these shitty carts before they release them?

Nintendo Shuts Down Zelda Fanfilm Asking For Money… Why Are You Surprised?

Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/02/nintendo-shuts-down-live-action-zelda-fan-film-lost-in-hyrule

So stop me if you’ve heard this one before… but a few friends get together and decide that they want to make a Zelda fan film. Okay, cool… we’ll see if Nintendo is cool with that. But then they decide, “Hey, we need money. Why don’t we start a kickstarter?” Um… yeah, okay. Good luck with that, son. I give it about two weeks before Nintendo shuts you down.

Sure enough, two weeks later… Nintendo laid down the hammer and those fans can no longer make their Zelda fan film.

Forgive me for coming across as a prude here and part of me feel sorry for these folks who had their hearts in making this thing. Hopefully, they can pivot towards something else and pursue that instead.

But how stupid do you have to be to announce that you’re making a fan film based on a property owned by a company who is known to be quite protective of its intellectual property, for better or worse, and then to ask people to SEND YOU MONEY to help make this film? As soon as I heard that they were making this thing and then started a Kickstarter, I gave it a couple weeks before it got the axe and sure enough…

I remember a time ages ago when Star Trek fan films were a dime a dozen, almost getting to the point where the actual actors were even taking part in these. And then something happened involving one particular fan film punching above its weight class (I don’t recall the name) and Paramount/CBS (or whoever owned the property at the time) laid down the hammer and that golden age of fan film came to a halt.

Look, I’ve got nothing against fan films. I’ve seen a few fan films, I’ve enjoyed a few fan films. There’s nothing wrong with a bunch of kids getting together, making a silly movie pretending they’re their favorite characters from that thing or whatever, and having a bunch of fun in the process. We’ve seen some quality stuff out there and not so quality stuff. But there comes a point in making your fan works where you reach a certain line that you probably shouldn’t cross if you don’t want to risk the ire of the people who own the IP. Asking people to send you money to make a movie based on a property that you don’t own the rights to is probably not a smart idea and I’m not just saying that because it’s Nintendo.

You wanna make a film? Come up with something original. You wanna make a fan film. Do it out of pocket and on your own free time… and don’t show it to anybody or sell it or put it on Youtube or anything like that. That way, nobody will sue you unless they go over to your house and raid your tape library or something like that.

Hold on, what was I talking about, again?

I Finally Saw Tetris

After what seems like ages, I finally resolved this whole Apple TV business for the expressed purpose of watching one movie and one movie alone. It’s the movie that’s been teased on every video I’ve done of every interpretation of the game that this film is based on to the point of it becoming a running gag.

So after all this time, what did I think of Tetris: The Movie: The Game Game game?

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New AVGN Game For NES… From Limited Run (Grrr….)

Source: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/01/the-angry-video-game-nerd-is-getting-his-very-own-8-bit-mega-man-esque-adventure

Good news for you AVGN fans out there – the Angry Video Game Nerd is getting his own genuine, honest-to-fuck Nintendo Entertainment System gamepak that isn’t a glorified ROM Hack or anything like that, but a brand-fucking-new game!

Even better news – there’s even a genuine NES cart that’s being put out if you want to play it on your actual NES (though it’ll also be available for modern platforms as well via digital release.)

The bad news – the NES version is sold through Limited Run… so you can pre-order your NES version, wait two years before it finally ships, and by the time you get it, you’ll have forgotten all about it until you open up the package and go “Oh yeah, I forgot. I bought this.”

Speaking of things we forgot, what’s the news on that new SNES version of DooM that was announced months ago? We haven’t heard so much as a arch-vile’s limp dick’s worth of updates since that time. When is that going up for pre-order?

If these chuckleheads are supposed to be the paragons of physical media going forward, then I’d rather embrace DRM-laced digital rentals for the future.