Cary’s Favorite 2-D Side-Scrolling Beat ‘Em Ups

In honor of Castle Crashers being released on Xbox Live Arcade recently, I figured I’d list my favorite 2-D side-scrolling beat ‘em ups.

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Cary Comes to PAX-Land!

The Penny Arcade Expo, or PAX for short, is a huge video game convention in Seattle spearheaded by the guys who do the prolific Penny Arcade web comic. PAX 08 was this past Labor Day weekend, and I was lucky enough to get a chance to go to it. Read on and join me on my PAX ‘08 adventures!

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Welcome to the Namco Museum: Special Galaga Tour!

Get your parents to sign these release permission slips, and pack a sack lunch. Because today we’re going on a back-to-school field trip to the Namco Museum for a special Galaga tour in honor of the release of the new Xbox Live Arcade game: Galaga Legions. I’ll be your tour guide today, so be sure to stay in the group, no photos, and we’re walking, we’re walking…

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Cary’s Summer Movie Roundup

Well, summer’s almost over. This summer I watched a lot of movies in the theater. Last summer I hardly watched any movies at all because they all kinda sucked. But this year it seemed there was a lot of flicks worth watching on the big screen in comparison. So I thought today I’d write a little blog with brief reviews of all the movies I’ve seen this summer, and give out a Best Summer Movie award!  Click here to go to MoviesWithChildren.com to find out what it is. You’ll be surprised, I bet!

Cary’s Summer Movie Roundup

Well, summer’s almost over. This summer I watched a lot of movies in the theater. Last summer I hardly watched any movies at all because they all kinda sucked. But this year it seemed there was a lot of flicks worth watching on the big screen in comparison. So I thought today I’d write a little blog with brief reviews of all the movies I’ve seen this summer, and give out a Best Summer Movie award! Read on to find out what it is. You’ll be surprised, I bet!

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Game Review: SoulCalibur IV (360, PS3)

I HATE fighting games. I stink at them so badly and I can’t figure out all those button combinations and moves. I’m lucky if I can make Ryu poop out a fireball! However, even though I detest fighting games, I still really like SoulCalibur IV. That’s how good it is.

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Game Review: Final Fantasy IV (DS)

Originally known as Final Fantasy II on the 16-bit Super Nintendo in the US, Final Fantasy IV is often picked as the first console role playing game people my age really got into. And now it’s being remade again on the Nintendo DS. Read on to find out if it stands the test of time.

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Cary’s Favorite Live Action TV Shows

While recently watching the new X-Files movie, I started thinking about TV shows I’ve enjoyed throughout my life. I usually don’t watch much TV, and when I do, there’s a good chance that it’ll be something animated, not live action. Blame that to lots of little brothers and kids and just the fact that, well, I like cartoons. If I’m going to watch something on TV, it’s going to be as far from reality as possible. Plus, I really don’t watch TV much anyway since most of what I do on it is play video games. However, over the years there have been some live action TV shows that I’ve really enjoyed, and I thought I’d share my memories of them with you.

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Import Implosion!

I just got three new import games from Japan, so today I thought I’d give a brief review on each one. But first a warning: I may start rambling and talking about ‘hardcore’ fanboy gaming stuff here, so, well, now you’re warned. Anyway, the three games I got were Bokura no TV Games Kentei (DS), Slide Adventure: Mag Kid (DS), and Bit Generations: Coloris (GBA).

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Game Review: We Ski (Wii)

Hey parents! Want to take your family on a ski resort vacation, but can’t afford it because of high gas prices? Then bring the ski resort home for only 30 bucks with We Ski for Nintendo Wii.

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