Author: Alex Williams

  • THE TRIBUNAL: Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction (PS2, XB)

    Mercenaries received a 6.5 when it was initially reviewed here in Inside Pulse. But how will the game fair in…THE TRIBUNAL?!?!? THE SESSION HAS NOW BEEN CONVENED *The crowd gathers into the fabled Inside Pulse Tribunal Stadium* Attention! Attention! All will come to order! *As the gavel slams down, dust rises from the podium.* Wow…I…

  • Review: Dai Senryaku VII: Modern Military Tactics (XB)

    Game: Dai Senryaku: Modern Military Tactics System: Microsoft XBox Genre: Modern Turn-Based Strategy Developer: Kemco Publisher: Kemco Release: 2/15/05 There are a lot of different genres of games on the XBox in this country today. Platformers, sports, FPS games, puzzle games, party games, racing games, RPGs, etc, etc, etc. However, we haven’t seen any sort…

  • Encore Extra Stage #16

    Today is Friday! Unless you forgot to read this on Friday and logged onto the site late Saturday night. In that case, today is Saturday! I’m Alex Williams, and this is my weekly space where video games and logic come together to stick it to the idiot fanboys. Either that, or I ramble on for…

  • Encore Extra Stage #15

    Hello once again, and welcome to Friday! I’m Alex Williams, and we’re in for a short one this week! Yes, this week’s column is a bit short, but everyone has one of those weeks where other things take precedence, like school and whatnot. So the topics for this week get skimmed down as a result.…

  • Encore Extra Stage #14

    Greetings all, and welcome to Friday once again! I’m Alex Williams, and I’ll be rushing right into the first segment of the column as soon as this sentence ends; which should be right about…NOW! DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION: A BEGINNER’S COURSE Once again, I find much of my material for these weekly nuggets of joy come…

  • Encore Extra Stage #13

    Greetings all, and welcome to another Friday BONANZA of DDR talk and sour grapes towards the video game conglomerate we love to hate. And no, I’m not rehashing the same stuff just for the sake of rehashing it. Find me something more important happening in video games right now, and I’ll cover it with guns…

  • Encore Extra Stage #12

    Hello again everyone, and WELCOME to Friday. Is everyone in good health and good spirits? I’m not. Being sick sucks. Besides my recent sore throat / nasal congestion combo band playing in my head for a three week tour, I’ve spent the week productively wasting time with GTA and the games I’ve rented from GameFly.…

  • THE TRIBUNAL: Jak 3 (PS2)

    The official review of Jak 3 scored a 7.5. But how will Jak’s final(?) adventure rank in…THE TRIBUNAL?!?!? THE SESSION HAS NOW BEEN CONVENED *The crowd gathers into the fabled Inside Pulse Tribunal Stadium* Attention! Attention! All will come to order! *The crowd quiets down…huh?* Taking my Lowrider comment to heart, eh? Let’s see how…

  • Review: NFL Street 2 (XBx)

    Game: NFL Street 2 System: Microsoft XBox [Also On: PS2, GC) Genre: Extreme Sports/ Football Developer: EA Sports Publisher: Electronic Arts Released: 12/26/04 Last year, EA released their first “extreme” football game entitled NFL Street. It took the 32 teams of the NFL, brought them outside the rules and regulations of organized sports, and threw…

  • Encore Extra Stage #11

    Welcome to the first Friday of 2005! I’m Alex Williams, and I’ll be occupying this space for as long as I feel like. Not much happening so far in the new year, which is how I like it. No school to get in the way of my gaming. Oh, and I have a Live Journal…

  • Encore Extra Stage #10

    Welcome to Friday! The last Friday of 2004, as a matter of fact! Come to think of it, my column will be the last TWO columns you’ll read this year in the Games section. No one else, other than Alex Lucard, managed to write anything in between last Friday and this Friday. Dipping into the…

  • THE TRIBUNAL: Halo 2 (XB)

    The official review of Halo 2 scored an impressive 8.0. But how will this overhyped game fair in…THE TRIBUNAL?!?!? THE SESSION HAS NOW BEEN CONVENED *The crowd gathers into the fabled Inside Pulse Tribunal Stadium* Attention! Attention! All will come to order! *The crowd refuses to quiet down.* Not even on Christmas Day, huh? You…

  • Encore Extra Stage #09

    Hello all, and welcome to Encore Extra Stage, back from the dead! Miss me? You DIDN’T? Well…shit… Seriously, I know I took another long break. But at least I WARNED you way back in early November that this would happen. School was very demanding in recent weeks, and I needed to put forward 90% of…

  • Review: Feel The Magic: XY/XX (Nintendo DS)

    Game: Feel The Magic: XY/XX Systen: Nintendo DS Genre: Mini-Game Compilation Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: Sega Released: 11/21/04 At one time, Nintendo and Sega were bitter rivals. All of us 16-bit generation gamers can recount the titanic battles fought between these two giants. System VS system. Mascot VS mascot. Brother against brother. (Well, maybe two…

  • Review: Super Mario 64 DS (DS)

    Super Mario 64 DS Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Nintendo Genre: Action System: Nintendo DS Finally, the Nintendo DS is upon us. We’ve been waiting for months and months to get our hands on this system, and it’s finally here. With its two screens and unique features, it shows the most promise out of any new system…

  • THE TRIBUNAL: Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (PS2)

    The official review gave this game a 7.0. But how will the game fair in…THE TRIBUNAL?!?!? THE SESSION HAS NOW BEEN CONVENED *The crowd gathers into the fabled Inside Pulse Tribunal Stadium* Attention! Attention! All will come to order! *The crowd refuses to quiet down.* We meet in the fabled Tribunal hall today to pass…

  • Review: Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2 (XB)

    Game: Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2 System: Microsoft XBox Genre: Music/Rhythm Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Hawaii Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment America Released: 19, November 2004 For those who know me, you know that I am probably the biggest DDR fan on this site. I gush on it in my columns, I gush on it in…

  • THE TRIBUNAL: Midway Arcade Treasures 2

    THE SESSION HAS NOW BEEN CONVENED *The crowd gathers into the fabled Inside Pulse Tribunal Stadium* Attention! Attention! All will come to order! *The crowd refuses to quiet down.* STOP CUTTING DOWN TREES AND CHOPPING OFF PEOPLE’S HEADS! Soon we’ll be without forests and audience members entirely! *The crowd reluctantly quiets down.* We meet in…

  • THE TRIBUNAL: X-Men Legends (Multi)

    For the first time on Inside Pulse, we had three different reviews on the same game, albeit for different platforms. X-Men Legends is the game, but how do the opinions differ in…THE TRIBUNAL?!?!? THE SESSION HAS NOW BEEN CONVENED *The crowd gathers into the fabled Inside Pulse Tribunal Stadium* Attention! Attention! All will come to…

  • Review: Dead or Alive Ultimate (XB)

    The Kliq Comics: 11/17/04 Starring: Alex Williams & Bebito Jackson (w/ The Rumor Monkey!) Game: Dead or Alive Ultimate System: Microsoft XBox Genre: 3D Fighting Developer: Team Ninja Publisher: Tecmo Release: 10/26/04 Okay, I know what you are all thinking right now: “Whoever reviewed THIS particular game was influenced by the fact that half the…