Game Review: The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga (PS2, PSP, Wii)
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Posted on November 10th, 2008 by
Arcade game maker SNK is best known for its 2-D one-on-one fighters. And now you can enjoy one of their longest running fighting game series with The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga for the PS2, PSP, and Wii. This collection contains five KOF games: KOF 94-98, along with special challenges and unlockable bonus material.
Game Review: Ninjatown (DS)
Posted on November 9th, 2008 by
In the peaceful land of Ninjatown lives a band of cute yet honorable ninjas. But one day, a horde of wee devils from the forest came to steal Ninjatown’s secret ninja cookie recipe. Can you help Ol’ Master Ninja lead his ninja troops and defend Ninjatown’s honor? Ninjatown is a real-time strategy (RTS) game. Normally I HATE these kinds of games. Maybe it’s the cute characters or the easy to understand gameplay, but Ninjatown has won me over. How good is Ninjatown if it converted an RTS hater like myself? Read on to find out:
This Week in Games: November 9 – 15
Posted on November 9th, 2008 by
Another week, another massive list … and perhaps the biggest release this week is ‘massive’ indeed – World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Pack (PC). Other highlights include Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360/PS3/Wii/PSP/DS/PC), Mirror’s Edge (Xbox 360/PS3), Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts (Xbox 360), and Star Wars Clone Wars games for both the DS and Wii. Check out the rest of the list! more…
Game Review: Igor: The Game (Wii, DS)
Posted on November 8th, 2008 by
In the land of Malaria, evil scientists from all over come together once a year to compete in the Evil Science Fair. But behind each evil scientist is a hunchbacked Igor to pull the switch. But one Igor has a dream to be an evil scientist himself. In Igor: The Game, based on the recent animated movie, play as Igor as he overcomes all odds to enter the Evil Science Fair. The Igor game for the Wii is a typical movie-based 3-D platformer, but the DS version is, surprisingly, a puzzle game!
Welcome to the Namco Museum’s 360 Virtual Arcade Tour!
Posted on November 8th, 2008 by
Welcome all, to the Namco Museum! We all have dream jobs that will probably never come to fruition because those jobs may be too far away from reality. Well I have one such dream job. I’d like to be a curator and tour guide of the Namco Museum! Too bad there’s no such thing as a REAL Namco Museum, huh? But hey, this is MY blog and I can do whatever I want, so today I’d like to take you all on a tour of the newest edition to the Namco Museum series: Namco Museum Virtual Arcade for the Xbox 360! And we’re walking, we’re walking…
Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon Wii/DS
Posted on November 6th, 2008 by
Spyro the cute little purple dragon is back with The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon, a 3D game that promises flight, fire, and fearsome foes. Spyro and his friend have to save their world using elemental magic powers and players have to switch between the two characters frequently to get through the game. In what should be a standard feature in every game aimed at families, they offer drop-in cooperative gameplay. Yep, at any time a more (or less) skilled player can drop in to give the youngster a hand and then jump back out again to continue making dinner. Content review comes in Wii and portable DS versions.
GD Keynote: Reviewed Part 2
Posted on November 6th, 2008 by
The American Library Association’s Official Gaming Blog posted a summary review of my keynote: “Andrew Bub, parent and game reviewer and creator of the site Gamer Dad promised that by the end of the session we would all be gamers. He built on comments from our other kyenote speakers: that everytime a new art form enters our media, hysteria ensues. Movies, horror comics, rock & roll, even penny dreadfuls etc. The video game discussion always seems to boil down to violent or catharsis? Perhaps Nintendo did a disservice by promoting the concept that video games are for kids.”GD: Again, thank you kindly ALA – I recommend clicking in. It’s a great summary.
GD Keynote: Reviewed Part 1
Posted on November 6th, 2008 by
Greg Landgraf of the AL Inside Scoop (the blog for the magazine for the American Library Association) reviewed my Keynote at the Gaming Libraries and Learning Symposium:“GamerDad was born of my frustration at what passes for common sense in the media,” explained Bub, particularly in the wake of the Columbine shootings, where the media treated the fact that the shooters played Doom as a cause of their actions, rather than observing that most kids did. GD: Here’s the article. It dramatically shows that I reached them, I think, and maybe taught them a few things about gamers. All in a days work. We’ll have the video soon. Promise! Oh, here’s another review!
NBA Live ’09 All-Play for Wii
Posted on November 5th, 2008 by
NBA Live 09: All-Play makes the round ball a little more easy and arcade-friendly for the presumably more casual Wii audience. It also adds a couple unique modes and subtracts the career mode and the create-a-player mode found in the PlayStation3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game. It’s basketball with all the teams, all the stars, all the likenesses, but presented in a way that makes the game a lot more party friendly. Passing is done via a gesture with the remote, the nunchuk handles movement and easy to reach buttons let you switch players or make a shot. Check the rest of the content review here.
Soul Bubbles DS
Posted on November 5th, 2008 by
Soul Bubbles is exclusively sold at Toys R Us, which is shame because the game literally feels like a breath of fresh air (assuming you don’t have halitosis) in that you blow into the microphone to play the game. Soul Bubbles is a gentle game. The protagonist is a strange little cherubic creature who’s job it is to shepherd lost souls to the underworld. The souls are fragile, so he creates bubbles to protect them and guide them through ever-increasingly complex and hazard-ridden mazes. Click here for the content review.
