Author: Matt Yeager
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Review: Champion Jockey: G1 Jockey & Gallop Racer (PS3)
Champion Jockey: G1 Jockey & Gallop Racer Genre: Horse Racing Developer: TecmoKoei Publisher: TecmoKoei Release Date: 11/08/2011 In order to understand what Champion Jockey is, it is important to know about the two video game franchises that preceded it, Tecmo’s Gallop Racer and Koei’s G1 Jockey. Over the last decade, both series’ have seen several…
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Review: Saints Row: The Third (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Saints Row: The Third Genre: Sandbox/Open World Developer: Volition Publisher: THQ Release Date: 11/15/2011 If you read my review of the last Saints Row game, you would know that it was one of my favorite games for the Xbox 360. Sure, it wasn’t perfect, but it was the most fun I’ve had with a sandbox…
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Review: Active Life: Magical Carnival (Nintendo Wii)
Active Life Magical Carnival Genre: Party Game Developer: Namco Bandai Games Publisher: Bandai Release Date: 10/25/2011 A few years ago I reviewed the first Active Life game, Outdoor Challenge, and since that time there have been multiple releases in the series (Extreme Challenge and Explorer), though while I have not played those titles I did…
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Review: Jimmie Johnson’s Anything With An Engine (Sony PS3)
Jimmie Johnson’s Anything With an Engine Genre: Kart Racing Developer: Autumn Games Publisher: Konami Release Date: 12/01/2011 When I tried Jimmie Johnson’s Anything With An Engine (which I will just refer to as JJAWAE from now on in this review) at E3, I was pleasantly surprised. I had not heard of it and what I…
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Review: Cabela’s Big Game Hunter 2012
Cabela’s Big Game Hunter 2012 with Top Shot Elite Genre: Hunting Developer: Activision Publisher: Activision Release Date: 09/27/11 When this game came in for review I jumped at the opportunity. While I’ve hunted in the past, I never really enjoyed it. Something about sneaking up and killing an animal just doesn’t appeal to me, though…
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Review: Rotastic (Microsoft Xbox 360)
What flies through the air with the greatest of ease? A Viking.
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Controller Review: Wii MotionPlus Combo
A few months back, Memorex sent us their Wii MotionPlus controller to test, and they’ve recently sent us the Nunchuck to test with it. See how they perform here.
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Review: Bloodrayne: Betrayal (Xbox 360)
Bloodrayne: Betrayal Genre: Action/Platform Developer: WayForward Publisher: Majesco Release Date: 09/07/2011 If there is one video game franchise that, despite several attempts in multiple forms of media, noone has really been able to make successful, it would be Bloodrayne. How noone has managed to take a barely clothed hot half-vampire chick who kills Nazis AND…
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Review: Ms. ‘Splosion Man (Xbox 360)
Ms ‘Splosion Man Review Genre: 2D Platform Developer: Twisted Pixel Games Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Release Date: 07/13/2011 Price: 800 MS Points ($10) I have a confession to make. I’m deeply in love with Ms. ‘Splosion Man. She ‘sploded her way into my heart. I know it will never work out as I’m a married…
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Review: Runespell: Overture (PC)
How good can a game that combines poker, RPG, and CCG into one be? Very good, apparently.
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Review: Dead Block (XBLA)
Dead Block Genre: Zombie Tower Defense Publisher: Digital Reality Developer: Candygun Games Release Date: 07/13/11 Price: 800 MS Points ($10) Playing single player means playing occasionally with the computer AI of the game, which you do not want to do. It will stand there, sometimes running up against an object instead of around it, it…
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Controller Review: Memorex Wii MotionPlus Controller
Memorex Wii MotionPlus Controller MSRP: $29.99 Buy it at Amazon.com. Ask any person who has been playing video games for a long time about their experience with third party controllers, and you will likely hear an angry rant against them. Whether it is from memory cards, controllers, or other peripherals (with the exception of arcade…
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Hands-On Impression: Driver: San Francisco
The Driver series has been in a state of decline, and Driver: San Francisco looks like it’ll turn that around.
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Review: The Adventures of Shuggy (Xbox Live Arcade)
The Adventures of Shuggy Genre: Platform/Puzzle Developer: Smudged Cat Games Publisher: Valcon Games Release Date: 06/15/2011 Ever play a game that you knew very little about and it ended up blindsiding you with just how much fun it is to play? That is exactly what happened to me with The Adventures of Shuggy, a puzzle/platform…
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Hands-On Preview: Blades of Time
X-Blades is getting a sequel, and it takes a somehow different direction from its predecessor.
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Hands-On Preview: Final Fantasy XIII-2
Final Fantasy XIII-2 is yet another direct sequel to a Final Fantasy title, and carries all the positives and negatives that entails from the start. Find out if it deserves them here.
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Hands-On Preview: Need For Speed: The Run
The newest Need For Speed combines the thrill of traffic dodging races with the enjoyment only an Active Time Event can bring. Yup.
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Preview: Prey 2 (Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony Playstation 3, PC)
Much like Duke Nukem, the Prey franchise was snapped up by another publisher once 3DRealms bit the dust. Will Prey 2 get the same response that Duke Nukem Forever has recieved?
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Hands-On Preview: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo Wii)
The newest Legend of Zelda game is on its way. Our own Matt Yeager’s had a chance to play it. What does he think fo the current build?
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E3 2011 Impressions: Jimmie Johnson’s Anything With an Engine (Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony Playstation 3)
One of the first things the representative for the game asked me when I arrived for our meeting was, “You know who Jimmie Johnson is, right?”Â, and the look on his face when I said I had no idea who he was talking about could only be described as Oh-Great-Not-This-Crap-Again. It’s amazing how expressive the…