Yee-haw! This past weekend, I was invited to work at the Tankee booth at the SXSW Gaming Expo in Austin, Texas. (More details on them coming up!) To prepare, I got myself in the mood by playing Red Dead Redemption 2 on PS4. That's right, I've been playing a non-Nintendo video game for a change! …
I don't know why I read these articles that I know will make me mad. But I can't help myself. Yesterday, I read this article from Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/nintendo-reliance-on-first-party-games-huge-risk-to-business-2019-2 I thought, "Seriously? Having amazing first-party content is seen as a BAD thing? Was this written by an Xbox fanboy or what??" Citing Super Smash Bros. …
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Hey y'all! Not too long ago, I took a trip down to San Antonio, Texas to attend PAX South and cohost the Nintendo Feud Game Show at the convention. This was the second year that we hosted the game show panel at PAX South, and they gave us a prime time slot and even streamed …
I just read an article on NintendoLife that I firmly disagreed with and so decided to write my OWN blog about why, in fact, the 2/3DS family of systems should NOT be put out to pasture. First off, let's pick apart that terrible article. It starts by revering the 3DS and appreciating the vast library …
Well, it's about a week later. I made some bold statements about what I would be doing with all of my time off during the holiday week. PS4! Steam! Switch games! And the always ambitious "I'm gonna beat a game" claims!! Here's what really happened: Yes, I played video games. But some of them were …
Ahh was that title misleading? I am not taking a vacation FROM gaming - in fact, I mean the opposite! I just found out that I don't have to go into work on Monday, and therefore will be on vacation for a whole week! Can't even remember the last time I had this much time …
Has it been 10 years already?!?! The Glux Blog's first ever blog entry was on December 18, 2008 and was comprised of two sentences and a photo about the Perfect Snowman I had built. All of the original entries are still here on the blog if you want to go wayyy back in time. But …
The Mario Party series has developed kind of a bad reputation through the years. It's been known as the 'friendship ruiner' due to it's high stakes competition that tends to rely more on chance and far less on skill, causing arguments and pointing fingers among friends. "You stole my star!" "Why did you target ME …
Moments like last night are when I wish I had a Twitch channel so I could have shared my glee with random weebs. Yesterday there was a new Nintendo Direct and it was FILLED with exciting news!! Most importantly... NEW ANIMAL CROSSING FOR SWITCH IS COMING NEXT YEAR! But I'll get back to that in …
It's Labor Day Weekend! Do you have any big vacation plans? I don't! Except of course, my private handheld getaway: Go Vacation for Nintendo Switch! This game is packed full of different activities and mini-games to play. Let's take a quick look at what the different resorts have to offer. Marine Resort https://twitter.com/gluxbox/status/1035906953321492481 I've never …
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