Game Review: The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (PSP)
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Posted on April 12th, 2011 by
The Legend of Heroes from Falcom is a popular RPG series in Japan. Now XSEED is bringing them to the US with The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky for PSP. Join Estelle and Joshua, two young trainees in the Bracer Guild as they take jobs and go on quests to help people. Along the way they’ll team up with some memorable adventurers and maybe even save the world in the process.
The Games of Atari’s Greatest Hits: Volume 2 (DS)
Posted on April 9th, 2011 by
I love arcade game collections, so whenever one comes out, I like to write about it in a blog. So here’s a list of all the games found in the recently released Atari’s Greatest Hits: Vol. 2 for DS. The title is still misleading, as there are more 2600 games on here than arcade games. But at least Vol. 2 is only 20 bucks. The first volume started at 30, but now it’s 20 bucks as well.
Game Review: Zhu Zhu Puppies (DS)
Posted on April 6th, 2011 by
The popular line of Zhu Zhu Pets toys are going to the dogs…literally! First it was scurrying hamsters, then wild animals, and now puppies! Now your kids can play with and take care of their own puppy with Zhu Zhu Puppies on Nintendo DS.
Game Review: Tomb Raider Trilogy (PS3)
Posted on April 5th, 2011 by
Tomb Raider Trilogy combines three of the most recent games in the Tomb Raider series: Anniversary, Legends, and Underworld. Tomb Raider Anniversary and Tomb Raider Legends have been given an HD makeover for the PS3, and the trilogy also includes bonuses like a PS3 background theme, outfits for your PlayStation Home avatars, behind the scenes videos, and other goodies.
Game Review: Chime Super Deluxe (PS3)
Posted on April 4th, 2011 by
Chime Super Deluxe is a block puzzle challenge that’ll please fans of games like Tetris and Lumines. The new ‘Super Deluxe’ version, now downloadable on PS3, adds new songs, levels, and multiplayer modes.
Game Review: Back to the Future: The Game, Episode 3: Citizen Brown (PC)
Posted on April 3rd, 2011 by
Last time we left Marty and Doc in the Back to the Future point and click adventure from TellTale, they had just defeated the gangster “Kid” Tannen back in 1931. But when they go back to their 1986 present, Doc disappears right in the passenger seat of the DeLorean. Surprised by the event, Marty crashes the time machine into a billboard. But it’s not the same present that he knows. Hill Valley has been transformed into a gated conformist community where everyone is deathly afraid to break any law. Now Marty must break a bunch of crazy city rules so he can gain audience with the leader of Hill Valley: Citizen Brown, so he can repair the time machine and fix this mess. But it won’t be easy!
Game Review: Dissidia 012 [duodecim] Final Fantasy (PSP)
Posted on April 1st, 2011 by
OK, first and foremost, that title is way too long. I could barely even spell it, much less say it. Why couldn’t Square-Enix just call it Dissidia: Final Fantasy 2? Or Plus? Or Deluxe? Oh well. For the rest of this review, I’m just going to refer to it as Dissidia 012, otherwise my poor typing fingers are going to fall off! Anyway, the first Dissidia game was a very creative and engrossing 3-D fighter starring characters from the popular Final Fantasy series of RPGs. This newest update adds extra features and tweaks, as well as several brand new characters! One of the best PSP games ever made just got even better!
Game Review: Bust-A-Move Universe (3DS)
Posted on March 31st, 2011 by
The super-popular, long-running bubble bursting puzzle game is now popping on your 3DS. Choose from two games modes: Puzzle and Challenge, as you try to shoot and ricochet bubbles creeping down from the top of the screen. Match three of the same color bubble and they’ll pop. Any bubbles hanging underneath will go away, too, and this is how you set up chain reactions and high scores. If the bubbles reach the bottom, it’s Game Over.
Sims 3: Medieval
Posted on March 30th, 2011 by
The Sims is a dollhouse, so a medieval dollhouse makes a lot of sense. My daughter (11) likes the game because of the fashion doll aspect. She doesn’t seem interested in the setting (who is this girl’s father?), or fantasy. There is the usual sim stuff, nudity covered by a blur effect, some sexual situations (characters can have characters “make love” – it looks like the Tasmanian Devil with cupid hearts_. Anyway, nothing new there). There is more violence in the form of knights and daring do!
Yakuza 4
Posted on March 30th, 2011 by
Japan has a unique underworld where, allegedly, honor rules and back tatoos are a mark of power. I’ve even heard that the Yakuza families have contributed manpower and money to helping victims of Japan’s horrible quake/tsunami one-two punch. So, I guess there can be honor among thieves. Yakuza IV is a game, and in this game you don’t help ANY victims. Instead, like any crime game, you have to navigate an epic tale of… shooting lots of virtual people.
