The Birds and the Bears: A Brief History of Banjo-Kazooie
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Posted on November 24th, 2008 by
NeoPets Puzzle Adventure Interview
Posted on November 22nd, 2008 by
Neopets Puzzle Adventure is an upcoming puzzler for the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, and PC. It features characters from the popular NeoPets Web site mixed with gameplay similar to Othello/Reversi. I recently got a chance to ask a few questions to Sean Epperson of Griptonite Games, developers of Neopets Puzzle Adventure (DS). Read on for some great insight about the new game!
Pac-Man Christmas Ornament
Posted on November 15th, 2008 by
In my 10+ years reviewing video games for various publications, I’ve written about some pretty weird stuff. When I was writing for the Dallas newspaper, Chex cereal at one point included a prize in every box: a PC game called Chex Quest (a family friendly Doom clone). Thinking it would never be published, I wrote a review of it as kind of a joke. But the joke was on me because the newspaper actually published it and it garnered some pretty positive feedback! Later, when I was also writing reviews of video game accessories and gadgets, they had me review a PlayStation memory card that was shaped like Lara Croft. I mean, how do you review that? I wanted to say, “It’s the only memory card with breasts,” but this was a family newspaper so I wisely used some restraint. And then there was the time where I wrote The Grinch video game review entirely in rhyme. Well today I’m going to continue that tradition of writing reviews of weird stuff with the Hallmark Pac-Man Christmas Ornament!
Game Review: Monster Jam: Urban Assault (Wii)
Posted on November 14th, 2008 by
For my fifth or sixth birthday (can’t remember exactly), my dad took me to a monster truck show. You know, “Sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY” and all that. Early childhood memories can sometimes be a little fuzzy, but I have a vivid memory of going to see that monster truck event. I remember that the big wheels crushing all those cars was so loud that we had to wear earplugs. And for the grand finale, they had a demolition derby with three Mac trucks with trailers attached! For a little kid, that was the coolest thing in the world. Heck, even as a grown up, that sounds kind of cool. Now, surely at some point, most likely while being stuck in traffic, maybe you imagined what it would be like to take one of those monster trucks out on the town, smashing and bashing anything in your way. Well now you can do that in the comfort of your own home on the Nintendo Wii with Monster Jam: Urban Assault.
Game Review: Rapala’s Fishing Frenzy (Wii)
Posted on November 12th, 2008 by
Game Review: PBR Out of the Chute (Wii, PS2)
Posted on November 10th, 2008 by
Game Review: The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga (PS2, PSP, Wii)
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:
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…
