DualShockers writes:
Did you ever wonder what or who is behind the clothing company that gamers know and love as J!NX? I definitely wondered. I recently had the privilege to sit down with Sean "Jinx" Gailey, the Creative Overlord of J!NX, for a one on one interview. We discussed how J!NX came into existence, what their motivation is and what gamers can expect to see from upcoming lines (MLG and pro-gamer lines) and products. As Kyle McCarthy (J!NX's Deacon of Sales & Networking) refers to Sean "He's kind of the face of the company."
The collaboration you’ve all been waiting for is here – Yorkshire Tea and your favorite console’s controller.
Hmph, you were lucky enough to be playing games with a yorkshire tea controller!
Back in my day we only had rectangular controllers that would give you blisters and wear your thumbs down to a nub!
The new rules set by Japanese gaming giant, Nintendo, might threaten future content, directly impacting the profitability of many community-driven events.
"The profit of these tournaments is directly impacted by these new rules, as sponsorships are being forbidden, maximum prize money is limited to $5,000, and food/drinks can’t be sold at the tournaments."
Why even bother.
1 thing I've realized over the years is that Nintendo likes bragging about "fun", but it's "fun" how they see fit, and they often go against their consumers for the dumbest reasons. Just gonna do this stuff underground style, who are Nintendo to stop anyone from organizing community based tournaments anyway? How does this actually hurt em?
They've always wanted smash to be seen as a fun, casual game and nothing remotely competitive, which is in stark contrast with how Sakurai develops smash. He puts in so many little things to master for high level competitors. It's just sad, especially for the melee community. They kept the community going for 2 decades now even while all the time nintendo was trying to sabotage them.
Best Buy is offering the LEGO Sonic the Hedgehog Green Hill Zone set for an aggressive rate this Cyber Monday.
Some interesting info about J!NX and what they do. As well as what they have panned inthe future.
J!nx is awesome. I bought a bunch of T-shirts from there. They sell pretty funny gaming T's. J!nx and ThinkGeek.com are pretty cool sites for gaming apparel.
I love Jinx gear, I own a few shirts from there, maybe time to buy some more. ;)
This looks great, can't wait to see what J!NX has in store next.
Very illuminating report about the J!NX company's inside workings as well as an interesting story about how they got started, what their plans are, and more.