I have a strong appreciation for Monster Hunter as a series for a number of different reasons. The game world and design elements are outstanding, the gameplay, though frustrating at first, is great once you learn it, and frankly, it’s a whole lot of fun slaying giant monsters with my friends. As such, when Capcom [...]

As we already know, Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver contains a lot of content that can only be accessed by very specific Pokemon that need to be transferred into your cartridge. These Pokemon tend to unlock a subquest that leads to a bonus Pokemon which you can obtain. The Pikachu coloured Pichu unlocked the [...]

Last year about this time, for Pokemon Platinum’s Pokemon Week, I did a little piece called “The Evolution Solution! In it we looked at three non-evolving Pokemon in Skarmory, Militank and Pinsir and showed how they could still be a vital part of any Trainer’s team. Due to the popularity of that article, I’m back [...]

In the original Pokemon Gold and Silver, there was a secret battle pitting you against Red, the titular character from the first generation of Pokemon games and who Ash Ketchum from the anime series would be based on. Back then his team of six Pokemon had levels ranging from 73 to 81. Well, he’s back [...]

The earliest version of the Battle Frontier, aka the Battle Tower made its first ever portable Pokemon appearance in Pokemon Crystal. With this in mind is should be no surprise that a Battle Frontier shows up in the Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver remakes as well. Here however we have a fully expanded Battle [...]

In the original Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal, when your Trainer traveled to Kanto you found that the Safari Zone had moved out of Fuchsia City. This meant no Safari Zone Pokemon for your character. In Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver, the Safari Zone is back… just in a brand new location. It’s the [...]

In this article, we’ll be looking at all the legends that you can get in Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver without a Wi-Fi based download like Mew, Celebi, Arceus or items like the Enigma Stone. There are nearly twenty Legendary Pokemon to catch between the two games, so keep this guide handy and you’ll [...]

When I was a little kid the USA Network used to re-run old cartoons from the 1960s and 70s on a show called Cartoon Express. One of my favourites was a show called Laugh-A-Lympics where Hanna-Barbara characters would compete against each other in comedy versions of Olympic events. You’d have Scooby-Doo Vs. Yogi Bear, Hong [...]

When the original Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal, you were able to buy an strange cross between a pedometer and a Tamagotchi virtual pet known as the Pokemon Pikachu 2 GS. This digital device could be clipped to your belt and would count the number of steps you took. These steps could then be traded [...]

Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver has just been released. As with the original version of the game, your first Gym Leader is Falkner of Violet City. He has two Pokemon, a Level 9 Pidgey and a Level 13 Pidegotto. We’re going to take a look at the Pokemon you can collect before you [...]

Like with any of the core Pokemon games, Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver offers you a choice of three Starter Pokemon. There is Chikorita, the Grass Type, Cyndaquil, the Fire Type and Totodile, the Water type. Now back in 2000-01, I chose Totodile first for Gold because I thought he was the cutest and [...]

To kick off Pokemon Week and to celebrate the remakes of the Johto Generation with Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver, we’ve prepared strategy guides for you on the Johto Gym Leaders, the Elite Four, and the Kanto Gym Leaders. Click on any (or all) of the three topics below to see what each Trainer [...]

What was the worst gift you ever got for your birthday? Mine was a box of cat poop (true story), though even that was probably not as bad as the gift received by the main character of Rooms: The Main Building. Imagine a jigsaw puzzle that transports you to another world where the only means [...]

Facebook fans will be happy to know ohai is beta testing its latest MMO creation City of Eternals, a social adventure placing players in the role of modern vampires. In cooperation with Diehard GameFAN, ohai is giving away 100 free beta testing codes that will not only get you into the game, but will [...]

Ceiling Cthulhu is watching you go insane.

In the first of what is hoped to be a new regular series of audio podcasts, Diehard GameFAN’s Ian Gorrie and Jonathan Widro kick things off by talking about some of the biggest console and third party publishers taking the online component of their games offline.
Topics include Microsoft taking Xbox Live offline for the [...]

On Tuesday, February 16th, XEED released Ragnarok DS for the well…Nintendo DS. This action RPG sports the visuals, locations and overall feel of the MMORPG it is based on, Ragnarok Online. This Korean MMORPG has entertained millions, but I am not one of them. I’ve never been into MMORPG’s, with the only two I’ve [...]

While we originally covered Ace Team’s Zeno Clash back in November thanks to Guy Desmarais’ glowing review of the PC version, the title is looking to come back in a big way thanks to an upcoming Ultimate Edition title. This update will be making its way to another global stage on Xbox LIVE Arcade [...]

The path from independent to retail is a long and selective journey, but given the resources available to aspiring developers today, we are seeing a resurgence in original ideas akin to when computer games could be written by a couple of programmers on a computer in a garage. While the advance in technology has [...]

A few years ago, I read a book called The Terror, by Dan Simmons. The book is a fictionalization of what happened to a pair of exploratory vessels that tried to force the Northwest Passage and sail through the Arctic Ocean in 1845. Bad things happened in no short supply, and the combined horrors of [...]