Author: Michael O’Reilly
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Pulse Cannon – Nov 17
Pulse Cannon Michael O’Reilly Hi and welcome to the Pulse Cannon. Or Gaming Armageddon, as I’ve been calling this month for half a year now. This week I’m responding to more reader email…yes, I know, I’m stunned too, and I will be getting into my experiences with San Andreas and Lord of the Rings The…
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Review: X-Men Legends (XB)
X-Men Legends System: Microsoft Xbox Published by Activision Developed by Raven Software Players – 4 player Co-operative They are Marvel’s superteam, rivalled only by the Avengers and DC’s Justice League. They are also the underdogs, mutants in a world where superpowers are common but mutants are hated and feared. They are the Uncanny X-Men. Led…
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Pulse Cannon
Pulse Cannon Michael O’Reilly Greetings and welcome back to the Pulse Cannon. Today I’ll be returning to my normal column style as I have run out of Star Wars games to talk about, and I wasn’t able to think of any more game series that I had played where I could come up with 10…
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Pulse Cannon 09.23.04
Pulse Cannon Michael O’Reilly Well the day I’d been waiting on for who knows how long finally arrived yesterday, as I was finally able to watch Star Wars on DVD. Today I’ll be watching Empire and tommorow I’ll be watchin Jedi. This isn’t a DVD review column, but from what I saw on the A…
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Review: Sly Cooper 2: Band of Thieves (PS2)
Sly Cooper 2: Band of Thieves Genre: Action Platformer Developer: Sucker Punch Studios Publisher: SCEA A couple of years ago Sony introduced a series of new mascot games in order to make up for the loss of Crash Bandicoot exclusivity. Those games were Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Daxter, and finally Sly Cooper. Of the…
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Pulse Cannon – Sept 15
Pulse Cannon Michael O’Reilly Hello again and welcome back to the Pulse Cannon, my little window on the world of gaming. This past week went by even quicker than normal due to rescheduling, and as a result I’m now writing this column every Wednesday. Update your calendars, work it into your datebooks, it’s the Pulse…
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Pulse Cannon
Pulse Cannon Sept 9, 04 Michael O’Reilly Welcome to another edition of the Pulse Cannon, where today I’ll be talking about Doom 3 again….no not really. This week I’ve got a special treat, as I rented some games and managed to avoid talking about Doom 3 yet again. I know, I’m all happy about that…
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Pulse Cannon – Sept 2
Pulse Cannon – September 2 Michael O’Reilly So long August and hello September, this is O’Reilly with another Pulse Cannon coming at you live. Ok I wrote this yesterday, but that’s beside the point. (Actually I’m writing this now, you’re reading this tommorow. Where’s Doc Brown and Marty McFly when you need em?) The past…
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Pulse Cannon
Pulse Cannon August 26, 2004 Michael O’Reilly You know someday I’m gonna be used to writing a column and I’ll look back at these early ones where I complain about it being a week already and laugh at myself, so feel free to laugh at me now. Go on, I know you’ve been secretly snickering…
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Pulse Cannon 08.19.04
Pulse Cannon Michael O’Reilly Wow a week goes by pretty fast. No time to stop and smell the roses, no time to look and see if anybody actually read my first column, no time for nothing but eating (sometimes) sleeping (maybe) and working (lots of that). Just enough time to turn around and see that…
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Pulse Cannon 08.12.04
Pulse Cannon Michael O’Reilly Wow what a week. I start not one but two new jobs this week. One being a paying job, the other being this here column on this here brand spanking new website. And since my other job is an overnighter I have been adjusting my sleep schedule to find the right…
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Review: Spider-Man 2
Title: Spider-man 2 Developer: Treyarch Publisher: Actvision Platers: 1 System: Xbox (Also on PS2, Gamecube) When I heard that Treyarch had decided to take the go anywhere do anything approach of Grand Theft Auto 3 and apply it to their next Spider-man game, I instantly realized what had been missing from all his previous games.…
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Review: Full Spectrum Warrior (XB)
Full Spectrum Warrior Developer: Pandemic Studios Publisher: THQ Multiplayer: 2 Player Co-op on X-Box Live The US Military has seen the potential for using videogames as training tools ever since The Marines had somebody modify Doom way back when. Even before then, the Air Force had been using simulators to train its pilots. These simulators…
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Review: Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes By Konami/Silicon Knights 1 Player Gamecube Rating: M For Mature In 1998 Metal Gear Solid was released on the Playstation to much fanfare and hoopla. Many to this day hold it to be the greatest game of all time. Deciding that it never met a remake it didn’t like,…
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Review: Maximo Vs. The Army Of Zin (PS2)
A little while ago Capcom America went and developed a tribute to the old Ghost’s and Goblins games from long, long ago. Titled Maximo: Ghosts to Glory, the game was true to its roots by being as hard as or harder than anything to come out on this generation of systems. Because of this, word…
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Review: Star Wars Rogue Squadron 3: Rebel Strike (Nintendo Gamecube)
Rogue Squadron 3: Rebel Strike Genre: Space/Arcade Platform: Gamecube 2 players Publisher: LucasArts Developer: Factor Five Plot Rebel Strike is another game set in that galaxy far far away, focusing on the exploits of Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles as they struggle valiantly to free the galaxy from oppression. Taking a page from Jedi Academy,…
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OReilly Star Wars Features Part 1
Pulse Cannon: Oct 6, 04 Michael O’Reilly Greetings and welcome to the Pulse Cannon, back once again after a week off to let others hog my glory. No really, it was suggested that 3 columns in one day might be a bit much for you fine folks, so we all decided it was wise to…
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OReilly Star Wars Features Part 2
Pulse Cannon 10/20 Michael O’Reilly Hello and welcome back to the Pulse Cannon, where I meander on about topics that pop into my head and where occasionally I discuss things of interest to you, the reader. Four weeks ago I wrote about my 5 favorite Star Wars games of all time, and that actually got…
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Review: Medal Of Honor: Rising Sun
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun Genre: First Person Shooter Platform: PlayStation 2 EA Games 1-4 Players, 2 Player Co-Op, Online Play. Plot Medal of Honor: Rising Sun takes you across the world to the Pacific Ocean, and plunks you down in the shoes of a Marine named Joe Griffin, who is aboard the USS California…