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 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 adds some fun. The game's classic Mario Kart, so if you're a fan of the series, MK Wii will be your cup of tea. If not, there's nothing to see here. I'm a big fan so this one is a lot of fun. Offline, there's a lot of hours to put into the game, trying to win all of the eight cups in 50cc, 100cc and 150cc. There are ton of unlockables for the game — a ton of characters and karts and bikes. To unlock some, you'll need to put in a ton of hours. Now the online is a lot of fun, lag-free but pretty flawed.
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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 ran [...]
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 single-player [...]
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 upon hours of fun and this one will be too.
Continue Reading Grand Theft Auto IV Initial Review and Thoughts »
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 I'm [...]
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 multi-player [...]
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 others, as a third season never popped up.
The Dark Angel game, available on the PS2 and X-Box appeared on the market months after the series went defunct. It was most likely in development before plans to cancel the series took place and Sierra decided to still release it.
Continue Reading Dark Angel: Short-Lived Fun From Short-Lived Series, But Fun For Fans »
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 do [...]
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 fleet of nuclear busses, that have exorbitant fares. The citizens strike back, using their personal vehicles to taxi others around the city to earn enough money to buy the mass transit system back.
Continue Reading Road Rage Loses Appeal Faster Than Game's Load Time »
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 playing it for an hour and a half against my roommate. To be fair (and also to get my money's worth from renting the game), I'll dive into the game again tomorrow morning, but initially I was pretty appalled at the product that Acclaim has released here.
Continue Reading All-Star Baseball 2002: Cool Pitching and Batting Interface, But Nothing Else »
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