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Author: Alex Lucard

  • The Daily Pulse 10.24.04 aka Nyogtha iii

    And before anyone freaks out from the title. No I’m not leaving the site. I have three reviews left for the Games section and some features to do, but this is my last Daily Pulse. I’ve been prepping people for the Change to Nyogtha for the past fortnight, and this will continue the momentum. I’m…

  • Review: Kingdoms Under Fire: The Crusaders (XB)

    Kingdoms Under Fire: The Crusaders Genre: Real Time Strategy RPG Developer: Phantagram Publisher: Microsoft Release Date: 10/13/04 Have you ever played a game that elicits no emotional response from you whatsoever? A game you know you either enjoy or dislike, but you can’t tell which. You feel neither highs nor lows playing? A game where…

  • Pokemon Rocks America Report!

    It’s the middle of October, the 16th to be exact. It’s 30 degrees out. It’s 10am. But most of all, it’s Minneapolis. And that explains why, instead of slumbering our weekend away, Matt Yeager and yours truly headed down to Bloomington, Minnesota and the Mall of America to take part in POKEMON ROCKS AMERICA This…

  • Review: King of Fighters: Maximum Impact (PS2)

    I know, I know. A 3D King of Fighters! What is going on here? Never in my wildest dreams did I think that such a thing would ever occur. Mortal Kombat moving to 3D makes sense. That series was always about style over substance. Street Fighter tried a 3D series in EX and well, we…

  • The Daily Pulse 10.18.04 aka Nyogtha ii

    Right. As we’re getting everyone ready for the coming of NYGOTHA, I told you guys to start sending in your questions about folklore/taboo/superstitions/etc and I have two that I’m going to spend this column on. First up, comes a question from Michael Couacaud. Hello Alex, I am changing a story about a vampire. I did…

  • Review: Shadow Hearts 2 (PS2)

    Shadow Hearts Covenant Genre: Turn Based RPG Developer: Nautilus (Previously known as Sacnoth) Publisher: Midway Release Date: 09/27/04 Yes, it’s a bit late. But look how many reviews I’ve been doing! One thing I do want to point out is that YES, Nautilus IS Sacnoth. I have seen so many reviews and reviewers saying Nautilus…

  • How To Catch Deoxys REVEALED!

    Ah Deoxys, You’ll be mine on Tuesday and Saturday anyway when I got to the Nintendo Fusion Tour Concert, and also to Pokemon World Tour at the Mall of America on Saturday with Matt Yeager. But for those of you who can’t, here is what you need to do step by step to catch Deoxys.…

  • Review: Bubble Bobble Old & New (Game Boy Advance)

    Bubble Bobble Old and New Genre: 2D Puzzle adventure Developer: Taito Publisher: Empire Interactive Release Date 09/29/04 YES! YES! MY GOD YES! Bubble Bobble! One of the greatest most classic games of all time is back and on the GBA! Portable Bubble Bobble greatness! Taito, thank you, thank you, thank you! Say it with me…

  • The Daily Pulse 10.11.04 aka Nyogtha i

    To be honest I totally blanked this week. I stared in front of my computer going, “What can I talk about this week? Nothing going on with games or music or comics that I care about.” As many of you know come the week of Hallowe’en, I’ll be going back to my roots and starting…

  • The Daily Pulse MAILBAG 10.04.04

    Yep, it’s my first mailbag here at InsidePulse. Back when I was doing Retrograding, the MAILBAG tended to be a popular add on in addition to my normal column. And seeing as I haven’t had time to do anything but put together couches and move dressers and put things in shelves, I figured I’d do…

  • Review: Second Sight (PS2, GC, XB)

    Second Sight (PS2, XB, GC) Genre: Action-Adventure Developer: Free Radical Publisher: Codemasters Release Date: 9/22/04 It’s interesting to hear a lot of the comparisons between Second Sight and another game that came out a few months ago called Psi-Ops, which I also reviewed. Both feature a main character suffering from Amnesia that happens to have…

  • Review: Fable (XB)

    FABLE Genre: Action RPG Developer: Big Blue Box Publisher: Microsoft Release Date: 9/14/04 Yes. It’s Fable. The game that has been massively hyped for well over a year. A game that was mentioned constantly by every gaming website that it would revolutionize not just RPG’s, but gaming as we know it. Peter Molyneux promised scads…

  • The Daily Pulse 09.27.04

    I hate column openers. I don’t want to share my life with you. That’s why I have a blog. Go read that if you’re looking for some insight as to who I am. Right, let’s begin this week’s column. Games In case you missed AJ’s post about it, yesterday was Pokemon Day at Toys R…

  • Review: Gradius V (PS2)

    Gradius V Genre: 2D shooter Developer: Treasure Publisher: Konami Release Date: 9/15/04 It’s been a good year for 2-D shooters. R-Type Final, Metal Slug 3. And now Gradius V. How sad is that though, that a good year for shooters is when there are 3 of them? Like the 2D side-scrolling beat ’em up genre,…

  • Review: Advance Guardian Heroes (Game Boy Advance)

    Advance Guardian Heroes Genre: 2D Side Scrolling Action RPG Developer: Treasure Publisher: UBI Soft Release Date: 9/15/04 For those of you that don’t know, the original Guardian Heroes is my favorite game of all time. I picked it up back in 1996, not knowing what it was really, but enjoying the cover art and the…

  • The Daily Pulse 09.20.04

    Welcome back to another week here at Insidepulse.com! Of course there’s no better way to start it than with the Showstoppa himself, so let’s get into it. Okay. Today I want to talk about the following article that was on CNN.com Romancing the Phone HONG KONG, China (CNN) — For men seeking true romance there…

  • Silent Hill 4: The Room (Microsoft Xbox)

    Silent Hill 4 Genre: Survival Horror Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release Date: 9/8/04 I’ll admit it. I am NOT a Silent Hill fan. I disliked the first three games immensely. The controls were poor. The graphics were poor. The story was good, but overall the series got far more hype than other games in the…

  • The Daily Pulse 09.13.04

    Well it’s been a long week for me. As you saw in last week’s column, I’ve been doing a lot at the page. Besides the Silent Hill 4 Review which will be up tomorrow, I’ve done reviews of two of the biggest RPG’s of the fall, Phantom Brave and The new Pokemon game. Man, I…

  • Review: Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green (Game Boy Advance)

    Ah Kanto, land of my youth. Where I was first forced to make a decision between Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle (Charmander, duh). When my first Pokemon team consisted of Charizard, Marowak, Raichu, Articuno, Gyardos, and Butterfree. When I didn’t care about type advantage or trainer vs trainer battles or anything hardcore in the realm of…

  • Review: Phantom Brave (PS2)

    Last year at this time, the entire then 411Games staff was foaming at the mouth for the game that was Disgaea. Disgaea proved to be one of Atlus’ biggest hits ever. It had an amazing and hilarious story about the prince of the Underworld, Laharl, and his attempts to reclaim Hades as his own. It…