Trip to Nintendoland Episode 4- We’re Back! Super Mario 3D All-Stars, Indies on Switch, Hyrule Warriors

Join us on a trip to Nintendoland! Your monthly source for Nintendo News and games chat from IrrationalPassions.com! In this episode, Mike & Alex return from a bit of a hiatus! We talk about the recent Nintendo Partner Showcase announcements, Super…

Input Ep. 32: Trump Meets the Video Game Industry, ESRB Finally Talks Loot Boxes?, and Haunted Oculus Rifts.

All of New Jersey is apparently without power, so Jarrett is sadly missing in action, but Jurge and Logan have a wonderful episode all the same. Topics: President Trump’s Meeting with the ESA and key industry figures on video game…

Persona 5 Coming to PS3 & PS4

Atlus’ JRPG franchise is debuting on PS4 in 2015.

Weird PS4 System Failure?

I’ve been running into this odd PS4 system failure. It just started happening randomly. Definitely not the TV, which has been functioning completely normally. The system starts sending buzzing noises through the speakers, then the TV starts flickering. Eventually the controller…

A Good Friend is Gone, Ryan Davis

Ryan Davis, founder of GiantBomb.com, host of the GiantBombcast, and ever-smiling funny man, has passed away.

Kingdom Hearts Final Mix Coming this Fall

So Square has finally come out and said when the Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD ReMIX is coming to the west, which happens to be this fall. Now it was an assumption up until this point, but The Playstation Blog has…

Tragic Diablo III-Related Death

Think your parents are overbearingly concerned about your gaming habits? They have reason to be now. About a week ago one 18 year old gamer, known only by his online alias Chuang, rented a room at a local internet cafe…

Release Date for Next WoW Add-On

Looking forward to Pandas and more World of Warcraft? We got some good news for you.

Amalur and Mass Effect DLC Crossover

Play game demos. Get free loot. Win-Win.

PSP2: Irrational Passions Thoughts/Hopes

Today, January 27th 2011, Sony announced their next handheld console: the NGP (Next Generation Portable). Yeah, we know its dumb, but its just a code name. This IS the long-awaited PSP2, which is hitting sometime holiday this year… in Japan…

Nintendo 3DS: An Outsider's Perspective

Now, as much as I wish I could, I just can’t go up to New York and play some 3DS in person. This is more of a breakdown of everything we’ve learned, and my perspective, as an outsider looking in.…

Final Fantasy XIII-2 Coming Proves Interesting

*Has been updated with release date. So if you have not yet heard, Final Fantasy XIII-2 was announced for PS3 and Xbox360 today. Apparently, it will be coming out in 2011, but whether that is for Japan only, or in…