Author: Tom Pandich

  • Gaming Zen 3-13-06

    Yikes. So I had an overwhelming reaction to last week’s column in which I tried something different. By overwhelming, I mean “none” so I suppose that I’ll try something different this time around. Being one of the few Inside Pulse staffers still in college, I’m right in the middle of midterms week so this is…

  • Review: Naruto: Clash of the Ninja (Nintendo Gamecube)

    Naruto: Clash of the Ninja Developer: Eighting Publisher: Tomy Genre: Fighting Release Date: 03/7/2006 So Naruto is an anime tv show that all the kids love, right? Right. In it, ninjas do some crazy shit with like magic or something. So they come out with a game for the Gamecube called Naruto: Clash of the…

  • Gaming Zen: 3-6-06

    Word up. So hey all. I’m Tom Pandich, and I am here to officially push it to the limit this week. The Oscars were last night, and let me tell you, I can officially say that many people won awards. Sure enough, I didn’t watch too much as my favorite film of the year, A…

  • Gaming Zen 2-27-06

    Good day all. My name is Thomas J Pandich and this is your weekly fill of Gaming Zen. We’re almost to March and March is a killer month for gaming. Seeing as how there are so many good games coming out, this week’s top ten will preview the month and give you a feel for…

  • Gaming Zen 2-20-06

    Oh man. Have I had a crappy week? Yeah, I think I have. Shoot shoot shoot. I’ve been fighting off being sick all week. I still am sadly. Oh well. This will probably be a short column. Let’s drop a few different things this week. No feedback so letters is out. There are no real…

  • Gaming Zen 2-14-06

    Yikes! Where did this weekend go? Hey all, I’m Tom Pandich, and I am feeling the love today. Why am I feeling the love? Well I’m a loving person. My usual Sunday mid-afternoon/evening column writing has been forced more to the earlier part of the day because of me covering That Phil Collins Song last…

  • Gaming Zen 2/6/06

    Hey all. Tom Pandich. In the words of a greater man then you or I, “WORD UP!” This will be a shorter column then most considering three things that I’ll talk about in this column. The trinity of me writing a short column consists of three things. The first is I spent a decent amount…

  • Gaming Zen 1-30-06

    So here I am with another column. I’m Tom Pandich, and I’ve hit up about a month straight of columns. Huzzah. Let’s get to the news! The News Remember last week when I bitched about 1up and particularly Dan Hsu’s interview and how they were getting mad props for doing something that they should have…

  • Gaming Zen 1-23-06

    Howdy bowdy faithful readers. I’m Tom Pandich and this is your Monday info blast of all things gaming, some things zen, and a few things Gaming Zenny. There was no real feedback last week (other then a Duke Nukem Forever) joke so that got the axe. There are a few major things to talk about…

  • Preview: Mega Man Anniversary Collection (Game Boy Advance)

    Preview: Mega Man Mania, Developer: Hanhoe Asia, Publisher: Capcom, Release Date: February 15, 2006 Does anyone else remember the old US Mega Man cartoon that came somewhere in between Captain N and Mega Man: NT Warrior? I’ve had the jingle stuck in my head for some time now (Super fighting robot ba ba ba bum…

  • Gaming Zen 1/16/06

    Aloha everyone. I’m Tom Pandich, and I am incredibly exhausted. Last week was absurdly long and my first day off was spent looking for a car after mine was totaled when some asshole crashed their car into our driveway. I ended up with a silver 2004 Kia Spectra that drives like a dream and is…

  • Gaming Zen 1-9-06

    Good morning, afternoon, and good night. I’m Tom Pandich, and I’ve been watching too much Jim Carrey. Well not really. So another column right. Yep it seems that way. We’ve got news, my views, your views (through mail), a return of Game of the Week, another top ten, and another new feature. Let’s start with…

  • Gaming Zen 1/2/06

    Hey hey party people. I’m Tom Pandich, and I wish you and yours a Happy New Year. Now I know my readers are some of nature’s noblemen. The salt of the Earth if you will. In fact, I think I’ll share some of the feedback this column. Besides that, I’ll do another Top Ten, a…

  • Gaming Zen 12-28-05

    Greetings all. I’m Tom Pandich, and while I’m probably not bigger then Jesus, I most likely could take him in a fist fight. Seriously, pacifists aren’t the best people to bet on in any type of fight. Unless that fight is against hunger. Or the British. The British never really could handle a pacifist, could…

  • Gaming Zen 12-19-05

    Well I’m Tom Pandich. Remember me? I used to write a column here about two months ago. It was called Gaming Zen. See, that’s what you’re reading right now. Well yeah, you know that. Where have I been and why hasn’t this column been around for two months? The short of it is I’ve been…

  • Review: Metroid Prime Pinball (Nintendo DS)

    Review: Metroid Prime Pinball Developer: Fuse Games Distributor: Nintendo Genre: Pinball Release Date: 10/25/05 So the first Metroid game on the Nintendo DS is not the long delayed Hunters, which had a freaking demo ship with originally with the DS, but instead we get a pinball game. For the love of all that is good…

  • Review: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Nintendo DS)

    Review: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Genre: Text Adventure/Court Room Drama Release Date: 10/12/05 Every so often a game comes along that is just too weird for words. Last year’s outstanding Katamari Damacy is a great example of how this can work. It seems thought that for every awesome game like that…

  • Review: Busy Days In Deerfield Farm (Mac)

    Review: Busy Days In Deerfield Valley (Mac/PC) Developer: Bold Games Distributor: Cokem Genre: Edutainment Release Date: 9/1/05 It’s not too often at the Inside Pulse offices that we get the chance to review a PC game. Seeing as how I enjoy PC games, I volunteered to take on reviewing a game where you use possessed…

  • Gaming Zen 10-10-05

    Welcome to a shifting Gaming Zen. I’ll be trying out a few things over the next few weeks trying to get a new format down. I think that my old column was too bitchy when my original intent was to point out what was good and what was bad in the gaming world these days…

  • Gaming Zen 9-26-05

    Hello hello. It’s Tom Pandich back another week with more useless opinions and useful information about your favorite games. I had a long weekend where my Saturday was spent vomiting and then cleaning up vomit. For that reason and many more this will be a pretty short column, just covering the game of the week.…