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  • Retrograding Advance 07.05.03

    Okay. This week’s column came courtesy of the 411 Forum where I commented my favorite out of the current systems is of course the GBA. I got the comment like, “But all the games are ports!” or, “I can’t deal with the little screen.’ Oh! And my personal favorite, “The PS2 has quantity and quality,”…

  • Thank God It’s Thursday News Report 07.03.03

    Hey all. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Thank God It’s Thursday News Report, which is evidently the 2nd longest tenured news report on 411 Games. How crazy is that? Not even five months ago, I was the new news guy, and now I’ve been around longer than almost everybody! I’m impressed… how about…

  • Review: The Hulk (PS2)

    Game: The Hulk System: PS2 Genre: Action/Adventure Developer: Radical Publisher: Universal Interactive Released: 5/28/03 It seems that there is one constant equation that links the movie world with the video game world: One hot summer movie ALWAYS equals a slew of video games to go with it. Let’s take a trip in the way-back machine…

  • Cheat! 07.02.03

    Please allow me to introduce myself. The name’s Alex Williams, not to be confused with Alex Lucard of Retrograding fame. You may have read some of my game reviews that have appeared on the site. You may not have. You may have skimmed over my additions to Lucard’s recent Retrograding columns, thus confusing our identities…

  • Hump Day Otaku News Report 07.02.03

    I’m starting this one on early, Thursday to be precise, so I can be sure to get it jam-packed full of goodies! Sorry to those of you who didn’t like my little vacation synopsis from last week. I guess I went a little overboard and didn’t realize that it would be so damn long. As…

  • 411 Games Rumor Down-Lo 07.01.03

    411 Games Rumor Down-Lo 07.01.03 411 Games Quote of The Week A definite buy for Sonic fans, and a good rent for the nay-sayers; if only to prove to them that Sonic still has fun games to play, and more in store. — Alex Williams (Review: Sonic Adventure DX Director’s Cut – GC) (411 DOWN-LO…

  • Gamer’s Hangover News Report 06.30.03

    Okay, so it had to happen. My torrid pace of reviews had to get interrupted eventually. Of course, loyal readers (both of you), it’s not my fault: Hey, I actually got a copy of Brute Force for Xbox, so I’ve got that one. They watch closely and since they sent me the game, I should…

  • The Gamer’s Conscience 06.30.03

    $1,850.00. One thousand, eight hundred and fifty dollars. Here, let me type that fragment again: One Thousand, Eight Hundred and Fifty Dollars. Now, if you’re like me, there are probably hundreds of ways that this money can be spent. I could purchase fleet of used 1989 Hatchback Geo Metros, and live my own personal thug…

  • Review: Arc The Lad: Twilight Of The Spirits

    Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits Genre: Strategy RPG Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Teen (Alcohol Reference, Mild Language, Violence) Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Release Date: 6/24/03 Official Home Page: Arc the Lad @ Playstation.com In 2002, the popular American company Working Designs released their most ambitious project yet. Even though the games…

  • Retrograding Weekend News 06.29.03

    Right. I’ve spent most of this week doing interviews and resume sending so I haven’t had much free time. I’ve just learned my fiancee is going nuts back in the UK, and I realized no matter what I write, it’s going to be a let down compared to last weeks Adam Ryland interview. So I…

  • Thank God It’s Thursday News Report 06.26.03

    Hello again, and welcome back to the Thank God It’s Thursday News Report, the greatest news report in the entire world. Thanks for stopping by. Unlike Lee, I don’t have any crazy reports on how my weekend was. However, I did lose $80 in Atlantic City on Monday. That sucked, especially when you consider that…

  • 411 Exclusive Interview: Adam Ryland (PC)

    DISCLAIMER! Alex and Adam sat down to do a fun interview. This is two guys having fun and making at least two jokes towards British Pop Culture that most non-Brit’s won’t get. Alex is not warning that if you are looking for an in-depth discussion on visual basic, depth into either Adam or Alex’s soul,…

  • Preview: Sonic Heroes (All)

    Preview: Sonic Heroes (All) Platforms: PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system Xbox® video game system from Microsoft Nintendo GameCubeTM Category: Action Platform Developer: SonicTeamTM, LTD / Sega® Ship: North America: Q1 2004 Europe: Q1 2004 Japan: Q4 2003 Yuji Naka, head of Sega’s Sonic Team, was recently interviewed by Eurogamer where he answered a few questions concerning…

  • Hump Day Otaku News Report 06.25.03

    Ok people, I have to apologize in advance. No, this won’t be a bad column, but it will definitely be different. Usually, when I write a column, I have some things in mind and do a little bit of planning. Well, this one is all spur of the moment stuff. Well, except for the review…

  • Review: Sonic Adventure DX (Nintendo Gamecube)

    Game: Sonic Adventure DX: Director’s Cut System: GameCube Genre: Action/Adventure Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: Sega Released: 6/18/03 Sonic the Hedgehog has been seeing a LOT of re-releases as of late. First came Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, a remake of the original Dreamcast SA2. Fans loved the upgrades it received, while the naysayers lambasted it mostly…

  • 411 Games Rumor Down-Lo 06.24.03

    411 Games Rumor Down-Lo 06.24.03 411 Games Quote of The Week Now I’m probably not the best person to discuss a Star Wars game. I don’t know my Obi Wan Kunobi’s from my Luke Skywalkers, or my Chewbaccas from my Captain Picards, however I am the best person to tell you whether a game is…

  • Review: Brute Force (XB)

    Brute Force was first revealed at E3 2002 and was called “the next Halo” by many people. Several delays later, E3 2003 proved to be another taste of the yet to be released gem from Microsoft Game Studios. Finally, during the last week of May 2003, more than one year after its playable debut at…

  • Retrograding News Report 06.20.03

    DISCLAIMER! Alex and Adam sat down to do a fun interview. This is two guys having fun and making at least two jokes towards British Pop Culture that most non-Brit’s won’t get. Alex is not warning that if you are looking for an in-depth discussion on visual basic, depth into either Adam or Alex’s soul,…

  • Retrograding Mailbag 06.19.03

    Retrograding Mailbag Tagline: The more mail I get, the more of these I have to do. Allright. Lots of emails about the last few columns. All except 1 positive, but that’s because Alex actually did do a pretty big f*ck up, so I’m going to my first ever retraction here as I jabbed EA pretty…

  • Thank God It’s Thursday News Report 06.19.03

    Hello, and welcome to this week’s edition of the Thank God It’s Thursday News Report. Hope this past week has been kind to you all. A huge THANK YOU to Mike Zablow for taking my hours today so that I don’t have to work. Everyone can feel free to IM YankFreak9 and leave anti-Yankee/pro-Mets/pro-Red Sox…