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So I hear folks are upset with Nintendo...

E3 came and went with a whimper this year. None of the big three had a strong showing but since I'm a Nintendo fan, most of the whining I listen to is from other Nintendo fans. I have heard the wailing, the accusations, the proclamations of swearing off Nintendo forever more, and I can only wonder if anyone pays attention to industry history.

I've been around long enough to have seen this all before.

Trailer Review: The Conduit

The Wii has a reputation as being a console devoid of more traditional games and home to piles of mini-game collections and children’s-license hatchet jobs. It has earned this reputation because, well, there aren’t very many traditional games available for the Wii and there are many, many mini-game collections and licensed hatchet jobs. So it’s always worth noting when a developer takes a stab at making a “hardcore” game for the system and its unique controller. High Voltage Software’s The Conduit certainly falls into the "hardcore" classification, a first-person shooter with, from the looks of this trailer, an emphasis on story and frenzied fire-fights. It’s a visual mixed bag at this early stage, delivering on High Voltage’s impressive tech demo one moment and looking like a game that barely utilizes the eight-year-old Gamecube hardware the Wii is built on the next. Still, the b-movie dialogue is campy fun and the organic looking weapons certainly seem, if nothing else, unique. High Voltage still hasn’t found a publishing partner for The Conduit but if they continue to polish it up, their game will undoubtedly find its way into the hands of Wii owners hungry for something a bit meatier than Carnival Games. Hit the jump to check out the debut trailer.

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John Constantine, our superhero, was raised by birds and then attended Penn State University. He is currently working on a novel about a fictional city that exists only in his mind. John has an astonishingly extensive knowledge of Scientology. Ultimately he would like to learn how to effectively use his brain. He continues to keep Wu-Tang's secret to himself.

Derrick Sanskrit is a self-professed geek in a variety of fields including typography, graphic design, comic books, music and cartoons. As a professional hipster graphic designer, his recent clients have included Nerve, Pitchfork and MoCCA, among others.

Amber Ahlborn - artist, writer, gamer and DigiPen survivor, she maintains a day job as a graphic artist. By night Amber moonlights as a professional Metroid Fanatic and keeps a metal suit in the closet just in case. Has lived in the state of Washington and insists that it really doesn't rain as much as everyone says it does.

Nadia Oxford is a housekeeping robot who was refurbished into a warrior when the world's need for justice was great. Now that the galaxy is at peace (give or take a conflict here or there), she works as a freelance writer for various sites and magazines. Based in Toronto, Nadia prizes the certificate from the Ministry of Health declaring her tick and rabies-free.

Bob Mackey is a grad student, writer, and cyborg, who uses the powerful girl-repelling nanomachines mad science grafted onto his body to allocate time towards interests of the nerd persuasion. He believes that complaining about things on the Internet is akin to the fine art of wine tasting, but with more spitting into buckets.

Joe Keiser has a programming degree from Johns Hopkins University, a tiny apartment in Brooklyn, and a fake toy guitar built in the hollowed-out shell of a real guitar. He writes about games and technology for a variety of outlets. One day he will stop doing this. The day after that, police will find his body under a collapsed pile of (formerly neatly alphabetized) collector's edition tchotchkes.

Cole Stryker is an American freelance writer living in York, England, where he resides with his archeologist wife. He writes for a travel company by day and argues about pop culture on the internet by night. Find him writing regularly here and here.

Peter Smith is like the lead character of Irwin Shaw's The 80-Yard Run, except less athletic. He considers himself very lucky to have this job. But it's a little premature to take "jack-off of all trades" off his resume. Besides writing, travelling, and painting houses, Pete plays guitar in a rock trio called The Aye-Ayes. He calls them a 'power pop' band, but they generally sound more like Motorhead on a drinking binge.