Diehard GameFAN

Author: Michael O’Reilly

  • Review: Fallout 3 (Sony PS3)

    Fallout 3 Genre: Action RPG Developer: Bethesda Softworks Publisher: Bethesda Softworks Release Date: 10/28/2008

  • Review: Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway (Microsoft Xbox 360)

  • Review: Mercenaries 2 (Sony PS3)

    Mercenaries 2: World in Flames Developer:Pandemic Publisher:EA Genre: Action Release Date: 08/31/2008

  • Review: The Bourne Conspiracy (Sony PS3)

    The Bourne Conspiracy Genre: Action Spy Developer: High Moon Studios Publisher: Sierra Release Date: June 3, 2008

  • Review: The Incredible Hulk (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    The Incredible Hulk Genre: Sandbox Superhero Publisher: Sega Developer: Edge of Reality Release Date: 06/05/08

  • Review: Grand Theft Auto IV (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    Grand Theft Auto 4 Developer: Rockstar North Publisher: Rockstar/Take Two Genre: Sandbox Systems: Xbox 360 Release Date: 04/30/2008

  • Review: Halo 3 (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    Halo 3 Developer: Bungie Publisher: Microsoft Players: 1-4(Campaign) 1-16(Multiplayer) System: Xbox 360 Ah Halo 3. The long awaited conclusion to the Halo trilogy. Let’s face it. There isn’t much chance that what I’m going to type here is going to sway your opinions on the franchise one way or another. If you haven’t had some…

  • Review: Shadowrun

    Shadowrun Developer FASA Interactive Publisher Microsoft System – Xbox 360 (also on Windows Vista) Players 2-16 Shadowrun. The name sends chills up the spines of many older gamers. Not me though. I managed to miss it. But I understand the fear that comes from seeing a game you love translated into another genre for no…

  • Review: Call of Duty 3 (XB360)

    Call of Duty 3 (Xbox 360) Activision The first Call of Duty game was something like a breath of fresh air. On an elevator. After someone farted. Somehow the developers at Infinity Ward showed a war weary gaming population that there was still some excellent gaming to be found in World War 2. Then with…

  • Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War (PS2)

    Title: Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War System: Playstation 2 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Bandai Players: 2 Zero is the new Six. Got that? Ok. Here we go. Ace Combat 4 is the absolute king of the genre. It has been that way for five years now. Some argue that it’s sequel, the aptly named…

  • Pulse Cannon

    So its that time again. Time for raised expectations, hype beyond all sane level, and crushed dreams for fanboys everywhere. Yes, that’s right, E3 is here. So here’s a Pulse Cannon Special Edition (special because I actually wrote one). Anyway, here’s some of the big news: You hear that sucking sound? That’s both the sound…

  • Review: Blazing Angels (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    Title: Blazing Angels Developer/Publisher: Ubisoft System: Xbox 360 (also on Xbox, PC) Players: 1-16 Last summer Ubisoft made its way into the arcade flight game market with Heroes of the Pacific, a fairly solid title that needed just a few upgrades to be considered among the best in the genre. I reviewed that game, gave…

  • Pulse Cannon

    Hey and welcome to the Cannon. Not going to bring you any more letters from the Oblivious this week as I’ve gotten myself a new job, a real job too, so it’s been all work and no play here in the land of O’Reilly. As I write this it’s 7:15 pm and I’m fighting to…

  • Pulse Cannon

    March 22, 2006 Sorry I can’t stay long, I just figured I would write to let you know I’m ok, and living in the wonderful world of Oblivion. Much has happened since I first rented this. I’ve seen the Emperor die right before my very eyes, and I didn’t get blamed much to my surprise.…

  • Pulse Cannon

    Hey lets see if we can’t make this two weeks in a row, if for no other reason then to appease Tom P. Sheesh, you put on the colours and suddenly they expect you to represent every week or some such. So whats happening this week? Aside from my never ending computer problems of course.…

  • Review: Black (PS2)

    Black (PS2) Developer: Criterion Publisher: EA System: PS2 (also Xbox) Players: 1 So apparently the guys who make Burnout were a little…burned out on making car games, and decided they wanted a change of pace. So they decided to make a single player First Person Shooter game full of automatic weapons fire and spiffy graphics.…

  • Pulse Cannon

    Hey, how ya been? Really? Fascinating. Me? Oh I’ve been just swell. One might even go so far as to say I’m downright peachy. Let’s just say that someone somewhere doesn’t want my computer to get back up and running. So that’s why the Cannon has managed to maintain a bi-monthly schedule the past couple…

  • Pulse Cannon

    Have you ever gotten greedy with your PC? You add just one more peripheral, upgrade the box just once too many times and have it cause a chain reaction of pain? That happened to me last week. I’m still recovering. Anyway, thats the explanation for the lack of a PC last week, I didn’t have…

  • Pulse Cannon

    Recently on many message boards I frequent, not to mention some websites too, there has been a great hew and cry regarding the success of the 50 Cent game, Bulletproof, which managed to sell over million copies. Many feel the game doesn’t deserve the sales it got because it was a bad game. They also…

  • Pulse Cannon

    So you may have noticed that there was no Pulse Cannon last week. I intended to do it. But wouldn’t you know it, that bane of online communication, the way I connect to the net, my dsl modem crapped out. Or more specifically it would work fine, overheat and then shut down. So this caused…