How to enjoy playing MAG
MAG is not your everyday shooter game. It is a perfect balance between combat skills, strategy and cooperation. Its unique gameplay can make it frustrating for a lot of first time players but trust me, this is a game you need to give it more chance and you’ll most likely enjoy. If you haven’t played [...]
PSP Digital Downloads. My Top 10 games and Top 10 deals! (Plus the full list of games)
With the launch of the PSP Go this week, Sony has done some added a TON of PSN titles to the PSN store. In celebration of the Go’s launch I thought I’d write my initial impressions of the system and do some top 10 lists! Enjoy! First of, if you haven’t been paying attention to [...]
Xbox Games on Demand Service
Download games is without a doubt the wave of the future. While gamer/collectors like me who love having the physical media in hand for a number of reasons are reluctant to accept the new trend, Microsoft is pushing forward with a new full game download service. The games on demand service is an extension of [...]
Club Nintendo rewards gold and platinum members
Less than a year ago Nintendo launched it’s Club Nintendo service in North America. The service has been available in Japan and Europe for quite a while now, but finally we can access it. The premise is simple, you use registration cards on Nintendo published Wii and DS games to register your purchases on the [...]
Series retrospective: Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy was a last ditch effort by Japanese game developer Square to create a hit game. Facing bankruptcy the company took a gamble on creating a game similar to the popular title Dragon Quest. The series was created by Hironobu Sakaguchi. The title Final Fantasy refers both to the game being Square’s last chance [...]
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My thoughts on E3: Nintendo’s Press Conference
Off to a great start with Camielle (Nintendo’s resident hip spokes-mom to hit the housewife demographic) basically saying f#$% the hardcore gamers that have supported us for years. We’re going after non-gamers. At least Nintendo’s been being honest about it this year. New Super Mario Bros for Wii. Basically the DS game but now 4 [...]
My thoughts on E3: Sony’s Press Conference
Uncharted 2: Looks great. This seems to capture all the energy of the original. The rundown city looks like an interesting level, and the new heroine seems cool. Kicking over tables for cover is a great idea (I think the same thing was in the new splinter cell game though) Assassins Creed 2: Mixed opinions [...]
My thoughts on E3: Microsoft Press Conference
Beatles Rock Band: Beatles tunes are great to listen to, but I just don’t think they’ll be that fun to play. This game is for REAL hardcode Beatle fans. Then they brought out Yoko Ono which could only piss off hardcore Beatle fans. Then they actually brought out the Paul and Ringo!!!!! But they said [...]
First Look – Duality ZF – XNA
Shoot’em up fans get ready! Duality ZF looks like it’s shaping up to be the best shmup this gen. This console generation has really been focused on twin stick shooters like Geometry Wars and Super Stardust HD. Good old fashioned shmups just aren’t getting the love they used too. But Duality ZF aims to change [...]
Preliminary XNA Rant
In preparation of my review of A Fading Melody, I wrote this bit to explain my feelings on XNA. What it is and why you should care about it, but don’t. The original XNA beta that launched last year contained some pretty amazing games. I guess I was spoiled into thinking that we would see [...]
