Mario Kart Wii Review / Nintendo's Poor and Broken Online Implementation

Our Nintendo Wii had sat idle for quite awhile — after an initial daily usage/play of Wii Sports and Wii Fit. But, the Wii's been resurrected in the past few weeks with the purchase of Mario Kart Wii. Graphically, the game looks pretty much like its Gamecube predecessor, but the Wiimote as a controller [...]

Scene It! for Xbox 360 Makes Me Long For More You Don't Know Jack Titles

So we just snagged a great deal on a used copy of Scene It! for the Xbox 360 at our local Game Stop – $19 (though I see now you can get it new for $30). That's great for a game that retails for $60 with its four specialized buzzer controllers. Amanda and I just [...]

Gears of War 2 Rocks

So my copy of Gears of War 2 for the Xbox 360 (as opposed to what other system, right?) arrived this afternoon. Finally! It couldn't have come at a better time – it's been a rough and stressful week, and it's only Wednesday. Anyway, as soon as I got home, I started playing through the [...]

Grand Theft Auto IV Initial Review and Thoughts

So I snagged "Grand Theft Auto IV" for the Xbox 360 last week and finally got to put some real time in with it last night and I'm really enjoying it. Thus far, I'm not finding anything crazy different from the prior games, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. The previous games were hours [...]

Rock Band Rocks, Except For the Faulty Hardware

So last Monday when I was working from home, I also took the time to call around to see if any of the local Game Stops had any of the Rock Band Special Editions in for the Xbox 360 (Special Edition is just the game, the drum kit, guitar and mic). None did initially, but [...]

Worms Armageddon: Game Opens a Delightful Can of Worms

The Worms series has been alive and exploding worms since the old 8-bit Nintendo.

The newest in the series from Team 17, Worms Armageddon, adds features and improves slightly on its most recent predecessor, Worms 2.

The game is a team vs. team game. While there is a one-player mode, it comes to its full potential in [...]

Dark Angel: Short-Lived Fun From Short-Lived Series, But Fun For Fans

Dark Angel was a great little show on Fox, created by T2's James Cameron and starred the beautiful Jessica Alba as Max, a genetically enhanced soldier in a post-apocalyptic near future. The first season of the television show was great sci-fi / action. The second season stretched a little and my interest waned, as did [...]

Top Gun's Change of Pace Arcade Play, Mission Variety Make Worthwhile Title

A lot of my focus and enjoyment from the PS2 thus far has been through sports and driving games (and always will be), but I've always had a thing for the iron eagles of the sky and really loved the 80's flick, Top Gun. While Top Gun: Combat Zones does not have a thing to [...]

Road Rage Loses Appeal Faster Than Game's Load Time

The Simpsons Road Rage sounded like a great concept for the die-hard Simpsons freak. The concept is sound, but in practice, it's amusing and fun initially, but very swiftly becomes monotonous and lacks any real challenge or fun.

The premise of the game is billionaire Montgomery Burns has taken over Springfield's mass transit system with a [...]

All-Star Baseball 2002: Cool Pitching and Batting Interface, But Nothing Else

I rented All Star Baseball 2002 by Acclaim as everything I've read thus far puts it ahead of the other two baseball sims available on the market, but let's hope the reviews I've read were wrong, because there's not much here that I liked about the game.

I will note that I'm writing this review after [...]