Last week’s PSN update was lacklustre in terms of big names. Outside of Mega Man 10, there wasn’t really much to move the needle. This week is no better; in fact, if this was a wrestling match, the crowd would be doing a “BORING” chant. In terms of sexiness, this isn’t the update for most [...]

Lunar: Silver Star Harmony Limited Edition
Genre: RPG
Developer: Game Arts
Publisher: Xseed Games
Release Date: 03/02/10
Lunar, or more specifically Lunar: The Silver Star, in all of its different incarnations, can quite rightly be considered a “classic” by RPG standards. Anyone who considers themselves a fan of Japanese RPG’s has some version of the game somewhere on their list [...]

I’m going to let our readers in on a little secret: trying to do these things in a reader-friendly manner is a pain in the ass.
I do two weekly wrap-ups: this one, and the Nintendo Wrap as well. Each one carries it’s own set of issues. The Sony piece usually gets done in a timely [...]

Age of Zombies
Developer: Halfbrick Studios
Publisher: Halfbrick Studios
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 2/25/2010
When we first got a chance to review this one, I kind of shrugged my shoulders and poked around and wasn’t all that impressed with the screens. It falls under the Minis category for PSP and PS3 games, which means it can’t be all that [...]

This hasn’t been a good week for Sony. First, the paid DLC from Heavy Rain wouldn’t work; they fixed that literally as I started typing this. Then, they had a bug come about in their older, “fat” model PS3 systems that makes the system think 2010 is a leap year, which rendered any game with [...]

Last week’s PSN update was dominated by one big name: Yakuza 3. The demo was good, though the fighting engine pissed me off some. Since then, there’s been a spot of bother about the game, with the word that Hostess Clubs, as well as a couple of other cultural items, were removed from the game. [...]

I consider myself a professional. I feel that I can get past whatever comes to me, get past it, and get my job done properly.
The Winter Olympics are one of the few times when I decide to hell with professionalism. They have hockey on literally all day! I just watched Canada beat the Swiss in [...]

I don’t really think I can lead this off with a “witty” lead-in this week. We all know what the big elephant in the room is. There’s no sense in beating around the bush: the Heavy Rain demo is the only PSN release this week that actually, truly matters. This is the first PSN update [...]

SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3
Developer: Slant Six Games
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
Genre: Tactical Third Person Shooter
Release Date: 2/16/2010
AUTHOR’S NOTE: We received word about Sony’s registration policy for PSN play after this review went up, and after the game was released. For our full stance on this, please refer to my Unbranding the Sheep [...]

The past few weeks have been weak for the Playstation Store. For two straight weeks, we had weak updates with little content. Then last week, we had an update with a lot of content, most of which sucked (on that note, expect my Hustle Kings review sometime next week!). This week brings us a bunch [...]

Puzzle Chronicles
Publisher: Konami
Developer: Infinite Interactive
Genre: Puzzle RPG
Release Date: 01/28/2010

Dracula – Undead Awakening
Publisher: Chillingo
Developer: Moregames Entertainment/Abstraction Games
Genre: Run n’ Gun Shooter
Release Date: 01/28/2010
I haven’t been to impressed with Sony’s would be recommitment to the PSP. Purchasers of the PSPGo have been screwed overly a lack of content for it and a lot of the DLC only content that has come out since October has [...]

I think after the past couple weeks, I got a little lazy. I got kinda used to not having to worry about writing a whole lot, because the last couple updates have been absolutely pants. As a writer on a tight deadline that also deals with Sony’s awful update schedule (which can basically be summed [...]

Creature Defense
Genre: Tower Defense
Developer: Hudson Entertainment
Publisher: Hudson Entertainment
Release Date: 11/04/2009
I enjoy a nice tower defense game every once in a while, but with access to the Internet, at the same time, it’s kind of spoiled me in regard to the genre. When you jump on the Internet, you can find a massive number of [...]

Metal Slug XX
Publisher: Atlus
Developer: SNK
Genre: Platform Shooter
Release Date: 12/23/2009

Buzz Quiz World
Genre: Quiz Show
Developer: Curve Game Studios
Publisher: SCEA
Release Date: 12/17/09

Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! 2: Time to Tighten Up Security!
Developer: SCEI/Acquire
Publisher: NIS America, Inc.
Genre: Strategy
Release Date: March 2010
This past July, NIS released Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This?, which charged you with raising an army of monsters to squash any heroes who tried to invade Badman’s lair [...]

Tekken 6
Publisher: Namco Bandai
Developer: Namco Bandai
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 11/24/2009

Kurulin Fusion (PSP)
Genre: Puzzle
Developer: Tozai Games
Publisher: MTO
Release Date: 12/10/2009

It seems I’ve been assaulted with puzzle games to finish out the decade, but you’ll hear no complaints from me. Instead of trogging through multi-hour RPGs or generic movie-based titles, the puzzle genre just lets me sit down, relax, and have fun, which, given the hectic [...]

Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
Publisher: Lucasarts
Developer: Rebellion
Genre: Third Person Shooter
Release Date: 11/03/2009