Star Trek: Conquest — Ouch.

Feb. 13, 2008   Leave a Comment  

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 [...]

No More Heroes

Feb. 11, 2008   Leave a Comment  

It’s a bloody, sex-driven romp filled with a mix of styles and gameplay elements that make it one of the most eclectic and intriguing titles to hit the North American market in quite some time. [...]

Showtime Championship Boxing should be knocked out

Feb. 8, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Somehow, Joe recommends the graphics in Wii Sports boxing over this title. Can “Showtime” really be that bad? Yup.

Sea Monsters, an awful adventure

Feb. 1, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Let us never speak of it again.

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 [...]

EA’s Smarty Pants

Dec. 3, 2007   1 Comment  

You have to wonder if someone else — and not EA — made this game, would it be $19.99 instead of $49.99?

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 [...]

The Bigs

July 18, 2007   Leave a Comment  

From the “it should be obvious” department comes the second attempt at capturing the national pastime on the Wii.

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 [...]