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The Good Truth is, I didn't get into Star Wars Galaxies until Jump to Lightspeed . I had heard of SWG, but was wary of this "new" MMO idea, and wasn't clear on the compelling reasons to pay a monthly fee for a game. Then, JtL came out and I couldn't jump on board fast enough. This was entirely because I adored the X-Wing/TIE Fighter series, and I thought JtL was a grand-scale sequel to those games. It wasn't - which…
The Good Rage of the Wookies marks Galaxies' third expansion; timed to release as Revenge of the Sith hit theaters in the U.S. The expansion opens up the Wookie homeworld of Kashyyyk to exploration - both ground and space areas - adds new equipment, new quests, and for better and worse, includes some fundamental changes to the Galaxies system. First off, the planet itself: While woodlands had been done before (the…
Read the full review Star Wars Galaxies: Episode III - Rage of the Wookiees
The Good It's a sunny afternoon among the towering skyscrapers of Coronet; capital city of Corellia, and one of the galaxy's busiest meeting places. I'm an older, silver haired gentleman in utilitarian white clothes, seated at an open desk in one of the four main rooms of Coronet's expansive medical center. It's a busy shift today. It's been an unspoken agreement that Corellia is a prime location for medical…
The Good If you've heard anything about Hellgate: London , it’s likely been negative. Regarded as one of the biggest flops of 2007, the high-profile involvement of several Diablo II alums only resulted in high-profile fallout when the studio collapsed shortly after Hellgate ‘s release.The demise of Flagship Studios ended up overshadowing the actual gameplay of Hellgate , and while you can no longer play this online,…
The Good I loved The Matrix when it came out. Loved it. But then, as a mildly rebellious, free-thinking teenage male who also enjoyed John Woo movies, I was pretty much under contractual obligation to. The series went downhill from there, and I personally believe that the marketing firms were so eager to make this the next Star Wars Trilogy that they sunk their own boat by overloading it. I walked out of the third…
Parker is your everyday, strapping young idealist looking to start a new life. He signs up with Ultor, the megacorporation with a monopoly on developing and exploiting Mars. The planet's full of ore Earth needs, and Ultor puts Parker to work as another blue collar on mining detail. Working conditions are miserable. Bunks and environment suits are shared among multiple shifts. A hell of a distance between Earth and…
I liked Half-Life . Hell, I don't know anyone who didn't like Half-Life . I liked its first expansion, Opposing Force . It was a neat twist, and while you never actually played the bad guy per se , it did offer the series a closure that first game lacked (read: KA-BLOOSH!). However, it also unwittingly set a devious precedent - the story of the downfall of Black Mesa could go on forever, so long as you retold it…
I loved Beavis and Butt-Head when it was on, and am provisionally excited that MTV has opted to bring the show back. It got a bad rap for being 30 minutes of moronic, delinquent activity (okay... mostly true), but there was also some real wit, and deserved shots at the "establishment" in there during the best episodes. It wasn't just a bunch of disjointed scenes of two animated teens acting like jackasses. "Come to…
Read the full review Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity
Pros: + One of the better Alien games + Great engine for the PS1 + Good balance of survival horror and action Cons: - Console controls aren’t fluidly precise - Heavy reliance on scripting - Some cheap moments due to spawning enemies You’ll probably recognize the fourth Alien film, Alien Resurrection , as the one you’re going to get stuck with when you buy the new Blu-Ray collection. It represented a pretty…
Wirehead represents MGM Interactive 's foray into the house that Digital Pictures built. I understand the logic in their thinking. "Movie games" were becoming a buzzword, MGM knows a bit about movies, and they can hire someone else to take care of the game. This logic led them to this game, and probably should have resulted in something better than the final product here. It's a reasonably well-made picture…
