All posts tagged 'Game Reviews'

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F (PS3)

MIKU_BOXVocaloid is a popular voice synthesizer music program. In Japan, they’ve even made cartoon characters to go along with the voices used in the synthesizer. Some of these anime characters have become very well known, especially the blue-haired pig-tailed girl Hatsune Miku. Now she and her friends have their own music game on the PS3 (previously on the Vita).

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Reader Review: Electronic Super Joy (PC)

JOY_BOXIf you like super hard 2-D platformers, then you’ll jump for joy for this new downloadable PC game. I had Leroy, a good friend of mine; review Electronic Super Joy for me since he was a better fit for this kind of game than I was. So click and read on for his take on this one.

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Monster Match (iPad)

MONSTER_BOXWhat happens when you mix Pokemon style monster card battles with match-three puzzle gameplay? You get a match made in heaven. A ‘Monster Match’ made in heaven, so to speak. Monster Match is a downloadable free-to-play game for iOS devices and Android (played on iPad for this review).

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Alphaman (iPad)

ALPHA_BOXHelp Alphaman run through mazes, avoiding enemies and eating letters in this title that’ll remind you of a certain yellow dot-muncher who is very popular (and my favorite video game character). Alphaman is available for iPhone, iPad, and Android, but played on iPad for this review.

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Link the Slug (iPad)

SLUG_BOXA professor has created some strange little slug creatures, and now he needs your help to clear them away before they infest his house! Link the Slug is an intuitive touch-screen puzzler, now available for most smartphones and tablets (played on iPad for this review).

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FlowDoku (iPad)

FLOW_BOXFlowDoku is basically Sudoku without the numbers. It’s available for Android and iOS devices (played on iPad here). In Sudoku, you must fill rows, columns, and squares with numbers from 1 to 9, but each number can only appear once in each row, column, and square. In FlowDoku, you can only have certain shape patterns in each row, column, and square. Like three blue squares, two orange triangles, and one yellow circle for instance. And the same shapes have to be next to each other, too. You can see how the pattern works at the bottom of the screen.

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Disney Infinity (PS3, Wii U, 360, 3DS, Wii)

DISNEY_BOXRecently a report went out saying that Skylanders is the top selling action figure line here in the US. Now Disney wants of piece of the action, too! So here comes Disney Infinity, a video game action figure combo where you place popular Disney character figures on a stand and then you can play as them in the Disney Infinity game! It’s available for nearly all the current popular game consoles, but the PS3 version is reviewed here.

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DuckTales: Remastered (PS3, Wii U, 360, PC)

DUCK_BOXI can describe this title in five words: ‘This game is my childhood.’ I think that’s worth repeating in all caps. THIS GAME IS MY CHILDHOOD. Click here to read a rather gushy review of this remake to one of my favorite NES games based on a fantastic Disney TV cartoon (PS3 version reviewed here).

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Zorbit’s Math Adventure (iPad)

ZORBIT_BOXSchool is starting soon, and now you can give your young space cadet a rocket boost in preschool math skills with Zorbit’s Math Adventure for iOS devices (played on iPad here). Help the young alien Zorbit and his friends practice early math fundamentals as they help Zorbit collect Power Stars so he can have enough fuel to go to a brand new planet: Earth! Your preschooler will hone counting skills, number and shape recognition, size and direction comparisons, and more!

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Phineas & Ferb: Quest for Cool Stuff (Wii U, Wii, 3DS, DS, 360)

PHINEAS_BOXIn Disney Channel’s hit cartoon series, Phineas and Ferb, two boys (the title characters), try and cram as much outlandish fun as they can in the summer break before school starts. Now you and your kids can have one last summer bash with the gang and help them find artifacts for their backyard Museum of Cool Stuff (Wii version reviewed here).

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