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Infinity Blade is basically the iPod equivalent of Punch Out, but set back in the time of swords and magic. What I mean by this is you're going to have to read your opponents moves and then counter attack, trying to create an opening to unleash havoc. This game was developed by Chair, and released by Epic, utilizing the Unreal engine. Needless to say this is probably one of the best looking games on the iPod…
Monster Dash is a game by the development studio HalfBrick. In this game you're playing what can only be described as a monster hunter who is trying to run through several different locations. You'll face off against mummies, demons, vampires, and zombies, all while in a constant sprint. The graphics in this game look like a very well made Flash game, there's no visual lag as your character traverses the levels, and…
Ilo and Milo are best of friends who love to meet up in the park, the problem is that they can't ever seem to remember how to meet up with one another, or perhaps its the park that is constantly changing. You or you and a friend will have to take on the different levels to help those two reunite. Along the way you'll have the chance to collect music, pictures, and memories. Graphically this game looks top notch for…
Trauma Team comes to the Wii courtesy of Atlus, and has you stepping into the roles of several different doctors. You'll be performing surgeries, trying to help out at the scene of an accident, and even playing the part of a forensics expert. You'll be impressed with how every single character has a different style of play and will keep you going for quite a while. Graphically this screams the style that you're used…
Its been a while since last we got to sample this iconic game on the console, but this game has once again appeared, even if it is from the ashes of another game, NBA Elite 11. In this game you will be squaring off in a 2 versus 2 NBA showdown, where there are no fouls, there's no out of bounds line, and slam dunks are spectacular, if not physically impossible. You'll get to choose from all 30 teams, and you'll also…
Guilty Party is basically a simplified Clue-esque type game for the Wii where you will get to explore different locations, trying to gather up clues in an effort to see who committed the crime. As you are picking up evidence you'll have to get through different types of puzzles. The adventure begins with the theft of a character's pudding, and escalates from there. Graphically this game gives you some cutesy looking…
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom will have you jumping into the role of a thief who oddly enough can understand animals. He is on a mission to steal something that could save the kingdom. What he doesn't fully realize is that the thing that he finds is a monster to the gods named Majin. It is with Majin that the thief is able to fight back against the evil entities that have overrun the kingdom. You'll have to face…
Epic Mickey, from the man who brought you so much, Warren Spector, is a game in which you will be playing the role of Mickey Mouse as you try to save a world ravaged by evil with the help of a magic brush that can either shoot out paint or thinner. You will have to piece back what once was, and find away to return home. Graphically this game looks good for a Wii game, I really wish it was a PC game so that I can…
Poker Night at the Inventory is a computer game brought to you by Tell Tale Games. You will get to play Texas Hold'em against some recognizable icons. Those of course would be Max (Sam & Max), Strong Bad (Homestarrunner), The Heavy (Team Fortress 2), and Tycho (Penny Arcade). You have all been invited to an underground tournament where you will have to pit your skills against one another. Done in the comedic formula…
Enslaved puts you in the shoes of a prisoner by the name of Monkey, and shortly after the opening cinematics its painfully obvious why he's named that. You'll be spending a very large portion of the game jumping from pole to hand hold, to ledge, and more. You'll also be doing all of this for a girl named Trip. She's sort of this technology hacker who just wants to get home. You will be battling tons of different…
Another entry into the choose the evil or good side of saving a world torn by strife. You will once again be carrying the mantle of hero, and it will be your job to protect Albion from all that plagues it. You will once again have your trusty dog at your side to help you along the way, as well as a variety of weapons (melee, ranged, and magic). Come explore all of the realm around you, and help the good people with…
Kinect Sports is a game created by Rare, yeah that Rare the one behind GoldenEye, especially for the Microsoft Kinect. In this game you'll be able to take on several different sporting events. You'll be able to bowl, play soccer, compete in a track and field contest, play volleyball, play ping pong, and box. Yes this does sound a little too much like Wii Sports, but there's definitely some differences between the…
The Scribblenauts franchise is back again, once again on the DS, and this time around allowing you to not only harness a ton of nouns to help you solve puzzles, but utilize adjectives as well, to enhance your experience. Once again there isn't a continuous story to speak of but there are plenty of levels that will have you gaming for quite some time to come. Graphically you're going to see the same mute color…
Hydrophobia is a game in which you play a female hacker/swimmer who will have to get to the bottom of the mystery of what is going on on a very large boat as its sinking, and mercenaries are now patrolling the halls. In this XBOX Live Arcade game you definitely see a game that could have easily been a boxed game, but for the price of the game, you're getting a hell of a steal. To be honest this is basically a…
Final Fantasy: The Heroes of Light takes you back to the DS where you will be controlling a much more manageable amount of characters as you try to solve the mysteries of the world as well save the world for evil. Yes I know we've heard that storyline so many times when it comes to something named Final Fantasy, but the story's enough to make you go through it again. The graphics on this average, which to me is big…
This was the first of the two downloadable expansions for the XBOX 360, Alan Wake. I have to say that after one hell of a rollercoaster ride with the actual game, I was pumped to continue on and see if I couldn't get to the bottom of what happened as the game ended. What I found was a sloppy addition. It wasn't bad, it was still Alan Wake, but I was left with the feeling that the expansion changed the game too much.…
Alan Wake's story gets stretched just a little bit more. After following the light of Zane, you are faced with the reality that you are trapped somewhere in the Darkness. You'll have to get back through to the cabin, but the world you exist in splinters more. There will be plenty of enemies that will try to block your way, but you must press on in hopes that you'll be able to rid yourself of this twisted world.…
Professor Layton and his apprentice Luke are back again to solve yet another mystery. This time around the Professor and Luke are attending a demonstration of a time machine, which promptly blows up and everyone close by vanishes. The Professor goes home to find a mysterious note from a Luke 10 years in the future, pleading for Professor Layton to find a way to his time and help save London for the Evil Professor…
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In Bungie's last personal entry into the Halo universe they decided to go a bit further out of the box than they did with ODST. This time you're going to get a little bit more of a taste of different type of player types that you can train with and get a more personalized experience with. You are the newest recruit into a special forces arm called Noble Team. You're the sixth member and you and your team members…
Alan Wake is a game that has been in development for quite a while, and finally we are able to get our hands on it. In the game you play as Alan Wake, a struggling author trying to find some relief in the little town of Bright Falls. You and your wife plan on staying in a cabin on a lake, but there's something wrong. The first night you're there she gets pulled into the lake and you try to save her, only to wake up…
Final the US gets the version they should have gotten many years ago, at least they get to have it on the PSP and with some added extras. Persona is a game in which you will have to take on monsters in a tower that appears during the Midnight Hour, a hidden hour that only a few can actually function during, and most get transported into a coffin. You will play the part of the lead male character, or if you're…
I'd like to start off by saying that I was one of the few that clung onto Disciples more than Heroes of Might and Magic. The second Disciples had me yearning for more and they delivered with the Gold Edition. Then the wait was on for this amazing graphic update of Disciples III. I think I set the bar way too high on this one. First off right out of the box the game, if you had the disc version in North America, did…
From the people that brought you Odin Sphere comes Muramasa: The Demon in which you will play one of two stories, or take on each story at your leisure. You will play the part of a samurai spirit that possess a body to utilize his ancient fighting technique. You will have to defeat enemy after enemy to obtain strong enough sword to break through the barriers place around the land. If you survive the trials you will…
Puzzle Quest 2 is the true successor to Puzzle Quest, a game in which you play two genres of games, Puzzle and Role Playing. You can be an assassin, a barbarian, a knight, and more. You will get to play the game Puzzle Quest, but in a more intimate fashion. What I mean by that is that instead of playing from an over-world map, like the first one, you'll be controlling your character through different rooms/areas.…
There comes a time where an XBOX Live Arcade game that looks so simple can draw you in so hard. This is one of those games. LIMBO puts you in the roll of a lost boy, and it is your job to solve all the puzzles/obstacles that stand in your way. This game was developed by PlayDead and can only be found on the XBOX Live Arcade. Graphically I thought this game was going to feel very flat with the monochromatic design,…
Deathspank, a game imagined and realized by Ron Gilbert and Hot Head Games, thrusts you into the role of DeathSpank hero to the downtrodden, and adventurer extrordinaire. You will find a multitude of weapons at your disposal as you battle chickens, demons, pips, and orques. You'll be given a wide range of quests ranging from collecting felt to collecting cans. The most important quest, however, is to capture the…
You are War one of the Four Horsemen, and you've been called to earth as heaven and hell have broken out into an all out war in front of humans (or as some call them, the "air breathers"). You will learn the basics of what you are capable of through the first level, but then a twist occurs and what you once were, you are no longer. You will have to redeem yourself and stop the forces that move through the world. The…
ModNation Racers is kart racing game for the PlayStation 3 in which you get to not only race but create your kart and your avatar. You'll also get your chance at creating courses of insanity and difficulty. You'll get to race against friends and foes a like, and the fun never quite seems to stop. Graphically this game looks great on the PlayStation 3. All the little changes you make to your avatar and kart are…
Have you been looking for a game that gives you a little bit of a spook on the DS, well this might be the one for you then. In this game you wake up in a hospital where the lights are out, and you're all alone. You're going to have to navigate your way through the hospital to find some answers, and maybe even save your own life. Graphically on the DS you're not going to be blown away but the pixelated images you're…
Do you yearn to return to the days of 2D kingdoms where the task of saving the world was in a simply flat world? Well there is a kingdom that once was exactly that, and had a hero who saved the day. People from all over came and visited, but as time went on less and less people showed up until the day that the king of the lands made the decree that everything was to go 3D. Upon that announcement the world shook and…
Remember the good old days of the Nintendo game, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, where you took on the role of Mac, a boxer on a mission? Well you're going to get to do it all over again, with a couple of extra fighters in the way, and no Mike Tyson. In this updated version you'll get to see that some of the old favorites have some new tricks of their sleeves, but it all comes down to spotting their second of weakness, do…
Ratchet and Clank are back again to protect the universe. This time around you will get to play as both Ratchet and Clank as you try to stop Dr. Nefarious from trying to control the flow of time in the universe. This is the first outing for the franchise onto the PlayStation 3. Graphically, the smooth, cartoony look looks stunning. There's only some slight issues when moving around quickly through the level, but for…
Read the full review Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
You must once again become the boy in green, Link, whose task is to save Tetra, who turns out to be Princess Zelda. This time you will have to take on an evil spirit named Bellum, a spirit who has attacked the Ocean King, and who has gained his powers. You will be sent all over the world to rescue the spirits of Courage, Power, and Wisdom, to have a fighting chance of locating this evil being. This game is played on…
Before I start I know that this game is ancient by today's standards, an early PS2 game, this rhythm game was from Harmonix before they made the huge splash with their titles Guitar Hero and then Rock Band. In this rhythm game you will be taking on a more DJ like feel. You will be utilizing your controller to try to keep beat as the indicators come down the screen. You'll have to be on alert though as when you…
The latest and probably one of the final Final Fantasies can be found on both the PlayStation 3 and the XBOX 360. I decided since the majority of my collection resides on the Sony platform that I would continue to follow that trend, and on the plus side it gave me something other than Blu-Rays to play on that system. Anyways you will be playing the part of multiple different characters at different parts of the…
Pokemon SoulSilver as well as HeartGold are remakes of pokemon games Silver and Gold. This time around you will find that there's an accessory to go along with the regular pokemon action, and that that accessory can change the landscape of the game. As always we're talking about a game where you're going to be collecting creatures called Pokemon in a 3rd person top down view. You'll have to challenge gym leaders for…
I want to start off and say that I've been dreading doing this review for quite sometime now. It isn't that I don't like the game, I just kept wishing that there was more to this game that was going to be able to draw me in and make me say "holy crap everyone needs to get this game". It also helps/hurts that I actually know some of the people that made that magic happen. Global Agenda is a 3rd Person shooter in…
To those out there who couldn't get enough of the Ghostbusters movies and have been dying for more, let me introduce you to the game that is basically Ghostbusters 3. With the entire lead cast voicing this adventure you'll find yourself pleading that this game was a movie. You take on the role as the rookie, and will be fighting along side all the other Ghostbusters as you try to figure out what is going on in New…
This PlayStation 3 exclusive will have you investigating the Origami Killer from four different perspectives. You are charged with trying to save a young boy's life who has been captured by the killer and is slowly drowning as the rain continues to pour. You will take on the part of the grieving dad who will do anything to get his son back, the journalist, the private eye, and the FBI agents. All of these characters…
This XBOX Live Arcade game has you assuming the role of PB Winterbottom a pie hungry thief whose only love in life is to steal and eat pies. You will be trying to capture a very elusive pie, but on the way you'll have to solve puzzle after puzzle to unlock other levels to get your closer to that pie. I really like the graphical style they went with in this game. Almost entirely black and white with an old silent…
This piece of the Monster Hunter franchise finds itself on the PSP where you will take on the persona of a brand new monster hunter coming to town to replace the old one, and keep peace in the village. You'll be taking on numerous quests as well as creating equipment to better suit your needs. Graphically this game does alright. There's definitely a lack of smoothness around the edges of most creatures, character,…
Section 8 is a game in which you take on the role of a fast promoted soldier who is part of an elite squad to try to take out the evil in the far frontiers of space. You'll be tasked with capturing different strategics points throughout a level until you can corner the evil-doers. Graphically this game is kind of blah. It's not bad looking, but at the same time this game does make me want to scream, wow that looks…
First off I'd like to say that the title for this Wii game is way too long. That is one hell of a mouthful to say. Now lets get down to it. This is the next Crystal Chronicles game in which you will be playing the part of a Crystal Bearer who charges himself with trying to discover what is going on with the a particular Yuke. The Yuke race was said to have completely disappeared, and yet there's one running around…
Read the full review Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
Well if you can't guess from the title this a stand-alone Rock Band game featuring the one and only Beatles. Now because of some crazy legal stuff this game truly stands alone, not allowing any other Rock Band to interact with it. Now let's just say up front that if you're not a Beatles fan, you're not going to enjoy this game nearly as much as someone who has grown up listening to them. The graphics, I have to say…
Class of Heroes is a PSP game that will take you and your party of six to a school for adventurers. You'll be able to create a party of 6, take classes, buy items, and explore dungeons. You will get to see several different types of player classes, races, and you'll have to work to make your party of six mesh so that you can bring back incredible treasures, left for you to discover. Graphically this game is what…
In this very unique PSP game you'll have the ability to play it from different modes. Each mode will give you a different taste of game play, and if you are able to successfully navigate through the entire game you'll notice that this game will indeed take longer than half a minute. Some of the modes will have you trying to get from one end of the map to another while dealing with random encounters. Another mode…
Having not seen the movie I can't tell you if this is a faithful adaptation or not, but what I can tell you is it is a gory, fast-pace, thrill ride where you get to play as Wolverine and slice and dice the crap out of countless enemies as you get a little bit of history on the clawed hero. You will get to witness his past, and glimpse the future. You'll get to make Wolverine one badass customer who will let nothing…
Take on the role of Ziggy a person with unknown potential who is on a quest to find the brother that was stolen from him by evil robotic looking characters. This iPhone/iPod touch game by Square Enix will give you a taste of what a solid turn-based strategy game with a little hint of Monster Rancher thrown in there. You will gain characters throughout your journey through the game, but some of them will be created…
