Author: William Quinn

  • Review: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Retro PS2)

    Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Subsistence version) Publisher: Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Developer: Kojima Productions & Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Genre: Stealth-Action Original Release Dates: November 14, 2004 (NA) – December 16, 2004 (JP) Subsistence Release Dates: March 14, 2006 (NA) – December 22, 2005 (JP) As I’m sure anyone who reads this stuff…

  • Review: Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis (PS2)

    Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis (PS2) Developer: Gust Publisher: NIS America Genre: Turn Based RPG Release Date: March 31, 2008

  • Review: Justice League Heroes (PS2)

    Justice League Heroes Developer: Snowblind Studios Publisher: WB Games Genre: Action RPG Release Date: October 17, 2006 Just as sure as I have unending loathing for first-person shooters and countless GTA clone engines out there – there are certain genres and franchises that I am a mark for in the land of video games. Specific…

  • Review: Death by Degrees (PS2)

    Death By Degrees Genre: Action Platform: PS2 Rating: M [Mature] Publisher: Namco Developer: Namco Release Date: 02/08/2005 I’m not a fan of Tekken, or any ‘fighting’ games really, so I have no emotional ties to the series. Honestly. Wasn’t expecting much from this game, so I wasn’t disappointed in the end when it turned out…

  • Review: Tenchu: Fatal Shadows (PS2)

    Tenchu: Fatal Shadows Developer: K2 LLC Publisher: Sega Genre: Action/Stealth Release Date: 02-15-05 Where do I start? Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven was my first experience with any title in the series, and I loved it. It had it’s flaws, yes, but the brutal stealth-kills and the fun-as-hell two-player co-op mode made up for a dumb…

  • Review: The Punisher (PS2)

    Genre: Action Platform: PS2 (Also On: Xbox, PC) Rating: M [Mature] Publisher: THQ Developer: Volition, Inc. Release Date: 01-17-05 Well, well, well. Look who it is. After a month of searching and waiting, Frank Castle finally finds his way on to my PS2. Let me just preface this review with a little note to Rogers…

  • Review: Playboy: The Mansion (PS2, XB)

    Genre: Sim/Strategy Platform: PS2 (Also On: Xbox, PC) Rating: M [Mature] Publisher: Arush Ent. Developer: Cyberlore Studios Release Date: 01-25-05 So, you take a strategy/simulation game engine, based loosely on the hugely popular Sims series, add in a “storyline” that allows users to take control of a younger version of ultra-sleazy Hugh Hefner and his…

  • Review: X-Men Legends (PS2)

    Genre: Action/RPG Platform: PS2 Rating: T [Teen] Publisher: Activision Developer: Raven Software Alrighty. So after weeks of waiting, I finally receive my Xbox copy of X-Men Legends.. oh, wait. I don’t have an Xbox. Add another week of trying to find a game shop that would actually do a straight-up trade-in for the PS2 version,…

  • Review: Def Jam Fight for New York (PS2)

    EA’s hip-hop beat-em-up makes a return to the fighting arenas… but this time we get much more than a simple No Mercy clone with rappers. Genre: Action/Fighting Platform: PS2 [XBOX/GC] Rating: M [Mature] Publisher: EA Games Developer: EA Canada Release Date: 09/20/2004 When EA Games first released Def Jam Vendetta back in March of ’03,…