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  • Review: Rock Band Country Track Pack (Nintendo Wii)

    Rock Band: Country Track Pack Genre: Music Developer: Harmonix Publisher: Electronic Arts Release Date: 07/21/2009 Story/Modes: Once again, not that I expected a Track Pack to rectify this, the Tour mode present on the 360/PS3 platforms is completely missing here. Moreover, since all songs are playable from multiplier from the first time you put the…

  • Review: Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This? (Sony PSP)

    Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This? Developer: SCEI/Acquire Publisher: NIS America, Inc. Genre: Strategy Release Date: 07/16/09 Earlier this year I did the preview for this game. I’ll admit that at first glance, I misread the title as “Holy Invasion of Privacy, BaTman” and wondered why NIS and DC…

  • Dissida: Final Fantasy First Impressions (Sony PSP)

    So the demo for Dissidia hit the Playstation Network yesterday and I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. Most of that comes from my deep dark desire to pummel Tidus from FFX into the ground for about ten hours or so, but I digress. Now it should be noted that the demo seems…

  • I Only Play Here Because It Beats Starving, Week 2

    Everyone knows about World Football’s (that’s Soccer to you Americans) greatest transfers. Players like Cristiano Ronaldo moving to Real Madrid for the ridiculous amount of 132 Million US dollars and Real Madrid President Perez boasting about a transfer budget in the vicinity of 800 million Euros which means they can pretty much buy out buy…

  • Review: King of Fighters ’98 Ultimate Match (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    King of Fighters ’98 Ultimate Match Genre: 2D Fighting Developer: SNK Playmore Publisher: SNK Playmore Release Date: 07/01/09

  • Review: Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir (PC)

    Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir Publisher: WRF Studios Developer: WRF Studios Genre: Adventure Release Date: 07/15/2009 Get It Here: http://www.lasthalfofdarkness.com It’s been a really disappointing year for adventure games. I’ve reviewed six adventure games this year: three god awful ones in The Path, Art of Murder 2 and Cevile, two mediocre ones in…

  • Review: Classic Word Games (Nintendo DS)

    Classic Word Games Developer: Ubisoft Publisher: Ubisoft Genre: Education Release Date: 06/23/2009

  • Review: MadBalls in Babo: Invasion (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    MadBalls in Babo: Invasion Developer: Playbrains Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Genre: 3rd Person Shooter Release Date: 7/15/2009 My youth was filled with collecting odd things from Garbage Pail Kids to M.U.S.C.L.E. men. Another one of those collections included MadBalls. These squishy little foam balls looked cool but I could never find a purpose for them.…

  • Review: Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (PC)

    Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Developer: Techland Publisher: Ubisoft Genre: First Person Shooter Release Date: 06/30/09 Ahh, First Person Shooters. The game genre that dominated my earliest PC playing games, from Doom through Quake II, few other genres captured my attention. My tastes have changed dramatically over the years, needing more story to keep…

  • Review: Overlord II (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    Overlord II Genre: Action/Strategy Developer: Triumph Studios Publisher: Codemasters Release Date: 06/23/09

  • Review: Overlord: Dark Legend (Nintendo Wii)

    Overlord: Dark Legend Genre: Action Developer: Climax Publisher: Codemasters Release Date: 06/30/2009 Across different video game forums an ongoing debate rages over the Nintendo Wii: are there too many casual games and not enough games for the hardcore gamer. Casual and Hardcore – both of these are the new buzzwords of the video game world…

  • Review: Overlord Minions (Nintendo DS)

    Overlord Minions Genre: Action/Puzzle Developer: Climax Publisher: Codemasters Release Date: 06/30/09 If you aren’t familiar with the original game that was released on the 360 and later on the PS3, Overlord let you step into the shoes of the antagonist of a fantasy setting. Instead of playing around as Hobbits attempting to get rid of…

  • Review: Bust-A-Move Plus (WiiWare)

    Bust-A-Move Plus Publisher: Square-Enix Developer: Taito Genre: Puzzle Release Date: 07/06/2009 I hate Bust-A-Move. Rather I hate the name. I prefer the franchise under the Puzzle Bobble name. I mean, it’s a Bubble Bobble spin-off, featuring Bub and Bob. Why not leave the connection apparent. Plus Young MC was so two decades ago. Unlike the…

  • Pokemon Platinum: Mastering the Moveset – Espeon and Roserade

    This month it’s two different requests from two different people. The first is a fellow staffer over at Diehard GameFAN who requested a moveset for Roserade. The other is a reader who called himself “RISK.” He writes, Ok, I’d like a strong Psychic type on my team, but I’m not too enthused about using Alakazam…

  • Vanguard Princess: The Hot New Free Doujinshi

    Through PC development tools such as MUGEN and Fighter Maker, from time to time we see some pretty amazing homebrewed fighters. The flavor of the moment, hailing out of Japan and getting a ton of recognition, is ヴァンガードプリンセス, or Vanguard Princess if you’re more apt to the English tongue. The game is credited to Sugeno…

  • Review: Bionic Commando (Sony PS3)

    Bionic Commando Genre: Platformer Developer: Grin Publisher: Capcom Release Date: 05/19/2009

  • Review: Mad Dog McCree Gunslinger Pack (Nintendo Wii)

    Mad Dog McCree Gunslinger Pack Publisher: Majesco Entertainment Developer: American Laser Games/Digital Leisure Genre: Full Motion Video Rail Shooter Release Date: 06/16/2009 Wow. Now here’s a set of games I NEVER thought would get re-released. I remember playing this a few times in the Arcade and eventually getting the first game in the series for…

  • Review: Fight Night Round 4 (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    Fight Night Round 4 Developer: EA Canada Publisher: EA Sports Genre: Realistic Boxing/Sports Release Date: 6/25/2009 Though known for their yearly release cycle on just about every sports game they have, EA Sports haven’t kept to that schedule with their boxing franchise. Dating back to the Knockout Kings years on the PSX, Fight Night has…

  • Treasure World (Nintendo DS)

    Treasure World Genre: Collection Developer: Aspyr Publisher: Aspyr Release Date: 06/30/2009

  • Review: Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 1: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal (PC)

    Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 1: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal Developer: Telltale Games Publisher: Telltale Games / LucasArts Genre: Adventure Release Date: 07/07/09 The latest in the Monkey Island series, Tales of Monkey Island marks the return of some of its former creators to the game, but does it contain the magic and fun…