Diehard GameFAN

Author: Mark B.

  • Review: Boom Blox (Nintendo Wii)

    Boom Blox Genre: Puzzle Developer: EA Los Angeles Publisher: Electronic Arts Release Date: 05/06/08

  • Review: SNK Arcade Classics Vol. One (PS2)

    SNK Arcade Classics Vol. One Genre: Compilation Developer: SNK Publisher: SNK Release Date: 05/05/08

  • Review: The World Ends With You (Nintendo DS)

    The World Ends With You Genre: Action RPG Developer: Jupiter Corp. Publisher: Square Enix Release Date: 04/21/08

  • Review: Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo Wii)

    Mario Kart Wii Genre: Kart Racing Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: 04/27/08

  • Review: Okami (Nintendo Wii)

    Okami Genre: Action/Adventure Developer: Clover Studios (I don’t care what the internet says) Publisher: Capcom Release Date: 04/15/08

  • Review: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (Nintendo DS)

    Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness Genre: Dungeon Crawler Developer: Chunsoft Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: 04/21/08 I have something of a love-hate relationship with the Pokemon franchise; on one hand, adorable animal-like things are fantastic and the AWWWW factor of characters like Charmander and Pikachu is undeniable, but on the other hand the games themselves…

  • Review: Space Force Captains (PC)

    Space Force Captains Genre: Turn-Based Strategy/RPG Developer: Dreamatrix Publisher: Dreamcatcher Release Date: 02/12/08

  • Review: Arcana Heart (PS2)

    Arcana Heart Genre: 2D Fighting Game Developer: Examu Publisher: Atlus Release Date: 04/11/08

  • Review: Penumbra: Black Plague (PC)

    Penumbra: Black Plague Genre: FPS/Horror Developer: Frictional Games Publisher: Paradox Interactive Release Date: 02/13/08 Minimum System Requirements: OS: Windows 2000/XP, Processor: 1Ghz or better, Memory: 256MB or more, Video Card: Radeon 8500/GeForce 3 (GeForce4MX not supported). Buy it Here: Gamer’s Gate

  • Review: Baroque (PS2)

    Baroque Genre: Dungeon Hack Developer: Sting Publisher: Atlus Release Date: 04/08/08 Have you ever seen the movie Groundhog Day, goddammit? In case you’ve not had the pleasure, let me try and enlighten you as best I am able. The film is centered on what could more bluntly be described as “a complete jackhole” as he…

  • Review: Octomania (Nintendo Wii)

    Octomania Genre: Puzzle Developer: Compile Heart Publisher: Conspiracy Entertainment Release Date: 04/01/08 April Fools, indeed. Octomania is a weird product; taken as the sum of its parts it’s a weird, quirky little puzzle game that’s generally tolerable but little more than that, but when one examines each of its component parts individually, it becomes an…

  • Review: Lost in Blue 3 (Nintendo DS)

    Lost in Blue 3 Genre: Adventure Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release Date: 03/18/08 The DS has become something of a home for oddball titles with quirky mechanics, and the Lost in Blue series exemplifies that well. Essentially, the franchise is an extension of the Gameboy title Survival Kids (which the series is known as in…

  • Review: Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core (Sony PSP)

    Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core Genre: Action RPG Developer: Square Enix Publisher: Square Enix Release Date: 03/24/08 “Before we begin with this review, I’d like to issue a disclaimer of sorts. If you’re a diehard, hardcore fan of Final Fantasy VII, do yourself a favor: stop reading. Close the window, back up the browser, save…

  • Review: Harvest Moon DS Cute (Nintendo DS)

    Harvest Moon DS Cute Genre: RPG/Dating Sim/Farming Sim Developer: Marvelous Publisher: Natsume Release Date: 03/25/08

  • Staff Bio Week 5 – Mark B.

    Name: Mark B. Nicknames: Rantmaster, Kenny, whatever Kennedy comes up with to replace my last name with for the week. Location: New Jersey. Three Favorite Genres: RPG’s in various flavors. Fighting Games. Adventure Games.

  • Review: Sega Superstar Tennis (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    Sega Superstar Tennis Genre: Sports Developer: Sumo Digital Publisher: Sega Release Date: 03/18/08

  • Review: Condemned 2: Bloodshot (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    Condemned 2: Bloodshot Genre: FPS/Survival Horror Developer: Monolith Publisher: Sega Release Date: 3/11/08 Monolith seems to have something of a hard-on for the horror genre and finding interesting ways to implement it into the FPS genre, like some sort of gun-toting undead version of PB&J. That’s not too shocking, actually; I mean, I thought Blood…

  • Review: Bully: Scholarship Edition (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    Bully: Scholarship Edition Genre: Action/Adventure Developer: Rockstar Vancouver, Mad Doc Software Publisher: Rockstar Games Release Date: 03/04/08 Bully was one of those weird games that, based on the concept behind it, really had no right being as good as it was. Though the product was besieged by controversy for months prior to its release, some…

  • Playing the Lame presents: “Gender Representation in the Media of Video Games, Part 1.

    PRESENTS: “Gender Representation in the Media of Video Games, Part 1.” AKA “The world doesn’t need any more Barbie games, thank you.” Special thanks to the lovely ladies (all one of them) on the staff who inspired me to do this thing. This is your fault. It’s time for one of our favorite words here…

  • Review: Apollo Justice Ace Attorney (Nintendo DS)

    Apollo Justice Ace Attorney (Or Ace Attorney Apollo Justice, whatever) Genre: Adventure Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release Date: 02/19/08 If anyone is experienced in the concept of “revamping a franchise” and the good and bad associated with this, it’s Capcom. They’ve done this thing a significantly large amount of times in the past, what, twenty…