Star Trek: Conquest was a low budget game from the start. The game is a feeble attempt at entertainment. The game is so simple that it completely fails at holding any type of storyline, maps or anything. Bethesda disappointed many “trekkies” with this one. The gameplay is turn-based strategy, which in the proper element can be [...]
Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground
Jan. 10, 2008 1 Comment
Proving Ground is the deepest “X-sport” video game ever developed, and that means something considering the Tony Hawk franchise singularly created the alternative sport video game genre. That said, Neversoft should have done a hell of a lot more testing. Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground brings new features like “nail the grab” and the speedy aggro [...]
The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night
Jan. 6, 2008 Leave a Comment
The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night, starts the game off with a recap from the last game, where Spyro defeated the evil dragon Cynder. After Spyro defeated Cynder, she turned into a little dragon, just like Spyro. When Spyro saw that she was like him, he had to save her from the dark power. [...]
Battalion Wars 2
Jan. 1, 2008 Leave a Comment
By Tall Writer The quality real time strategy military game improves on the first installment with the addition of naval forces, the new Anglo nation, and online multiplayer modes. A definite improvement of the previous GameCube title, which was a sleeper hit — with a solid base like the Advance Wars series, how can you [...]
Medal of Honor: Heroes 2
Dec. 19, 2007 Leave a Comment
I’m going to admit it, when I first laid on my eyes on the Wii-mote and its nunchuck attachment, one thing went through my mind; First person shooters are going to rock. I couldn’t wait to try out the new control scheme, that would surely provide more precise aiming, and more realistic combat movements. Then [...]
Super Mario Galaxy
Dec. 3, 2007 Leave a Comment
For someone who got their start as a humble Italian plumber, Mario has sure had his share of occupations. Mario has tried his hand at everything from driving go-karts and prescribing medicine to becoming a multi-sport athlete and even a music producer. In his latest adventure; Super Mario Galaxy, Mario is once again trying out [...]
Arctic Tale game
Dec. 3, 2007 Leave a Comment
Based on the National Geographic documentary, Arctic Tale allows you to fight for survival as three different polar animals. The film dramatically follows the paths of a mother walrus and her calf and a polar bear and her cubs. This Nintendo DS game allows you to utilize four survival attributes through 24 levels, several mini-game [...]
Guitar Hero III
Nov. 26, 2007 2 Comments
Guitar Hero III came into the world with a large reputation to live up to. For months, gamers have been waiting to get their hands on the newest hit in the Guitar Hero franchise. It represents one of the best party games around and with new multiplayer modes, and it’s better than ever. Guitar Hero [...]
Carnival Games on the Wii
Oct. 9, 2007 1 Comment
The best thing about Wii is playing games where you actually act out the real-life motions. That means dropping a redneck into a dunk tank and throwing darts at balloons you really have to be able to get into it when playing Global Star’s Carnival Games. Playing alone or with friends, you really think you [...]
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix video game
Sept. 17, 2007 Leave a Comment
The Order of the Phoenix follows Harry Potter through his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The game takes place throughout the school — which is very large. At the beginning of the game, as in the movie, Harry is supposed to go before the Ministry of Magic to cast a spell [...]
Cooking Mama Cook Off
May 1, 2007 Leave a Comment
The Nintendo Wii has proven itself as a versatile virtual simulator of real life activities presented by bringing life to games with its innovative Wiimote interface. Starting with Wii Sports, the platform has exploded in popularity bringing to life sports play that even your parents can instantly enjoy even without reading the manual. Cooking Mama [...]
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
April 1, 2007 Leave a Comment
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 is yet another installment to the withstanding Dragon Ball Z video game franchise. Whether you’re an avid fan of the Japanese animation series or not, you can pick up the game and jump into the fighting without having to understand any of the drawn out story line beforehand. The [...]