Game Review: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (DS)
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Posted on February 13th, 2010 by
Percy is a troubled kid who just can’t seem to fit in. But there’s a reason for that. One day, the creatures from Greek Mythology that Percy is studying come to life! Turns out that Percy is actually the son of Poseidon, Greek god of the sea. Someone has stolen Zeus’ lightning bolt, and Percy is to blame! Now the boy must use his new demi-god powers and rely on his newfound friends to save Mount Olympus and the world. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief for Nintendo DS is an RPG based on the popular book and recently released movie of the same name.
The Games of Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection
Posted on February 12th, 2010 by
I love video pinball games. Recently I picked up the Xbox 360 version of Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection for around 15 bucks on sale. I was surprised how addicting it was! So I thought I’d run through the dozen or so pinball tables on the collection!
Game Review: 0-D Beat Drop (Xbox LIVE)
Posted on February 8th, 2010 by
0-D Beat Drop (that reads “Zero-D”), is a falling block puzzle game with a music and rhythm twist. Rotate and match blocks of the same color in threes, but they won’t disappear if you just set them down. The trick is to press a button in time to the beat of the music. This will set the block down to the bottom immediately, and that’s when shapes of the same color disappear.
The Games of Konami Classics Collection vol. 1 and 2 (Xbox 360)
Posted on February 6th, 2010 by
Late in 2009, Konami secretly released two classic game compilations on the Xbox 360. And since I love classic arcade collections, I thought I would get them and write about ‘em for ya!
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Rock Band
Posted on February 4th, 2010 by
I’m really enjoying the Beatles Downloadable Content for Beatles Rock Band. So far they’ve added the incomparable Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and the one that first indicated that the Beatles were going from Pop to Art, Rubber Soul. I can’t emphasize enough how important and kid safe I believe these albums are, and I disagree with the T-Teen rating vehemently. My kids love it, my wife loves it, it’s one of the rare games that always brings our family together. I’m left wondering though, how are they going to encode Revolution #9 when they get to The White Album?
Game Review: 5 in 1 Solitaire (WiiWare)
Posted on February 3rd, 2010 by
Five popular single-player card games are now available to download on WiiWare and DSiWare in 5 in 1 Solitaire (Wii version reviewed here). Play classic standbys like Klondike, Free Cell, and Spider Solitaire as well as two newer ones: Solitaire Golf and Gaps (my personal favorite).
The Crazy Characters of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (well, mostly Capcom)
Posted on January 31st, 2010 by
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom just came out for the Wii in the US. It’s a Vs. fighting game featuring some of your favorite Capcom video game heroes against characters from popular Japanese animation company Tatsunoko (makers of Speed Racer). So in this blog, I thought it would be fun to take a look at the characters in the game! Well, at least the ones from the Capcom side anyway! Warning: if you’re not a Capcom freak, you may want to skip over this blog, as a lot of the references may just go over your head.
Dark Void Zero (DSiWare)
Posted on January 30th, 2010 by
Dark Void is a recently released Capcom game for the big consoles, and to drum up interest for it, they did something incredibly clever: promote the game with an 8-bit DSiWare download called Dark Void Zero. I don’t have any interest in the main Dark Void game, but I’d have to say that Dark Void Zero is probably more fun, especially if you’re a classic Capcom NES fan!
Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games
Posted on January 27th, 2010 by
My son Henry (6) is really smitten with this one and, while I don’t think it’s the best minigame collection available (it’s got nothing on Wii Sports Resort) it’s a solid party game for when you’re eyes are done bleeding from Olympic coverage. The genius is that they kept it simple. Every minigame here, and there are a lot of them, is generally controlled by simple remote movements. Bowl to send the curling weight, if you’re playing curling, as your teammates frantically brush ahead of it as if their remotes were brooms – man that is a weird sport. Bobsledding means tilting the remote to hug the turns, hockey is simple and even skiing is quick and intuitive.
Game Review: Foto Face: The Face Stealer Strikes (DSi)
Posted on January 21st, 2010 by
So you’ve played games starring plumbers, hedgehogs, warriors, mercenaries, and maybe even a lawyer or two. But have you ever played a game starring YOU? Yes, you. Your face, your voice. Well now you can in Foto Face: The Face Stealer Strikes, a downloadable DSiWare game for the Nintendo DSi.
