BattleBlock Theater (360)
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Posted on April 19th, 2013 by
One of the best, most highest rated Xbox LIVE arcade games of all time is Castle Crashers. It’s a cartoony side scrolling four player co-op brawler with medieval themes. Now Behemoth, makers of Castle Crashers (and also Alien Hominid HD), have FINALLY released their third Xbox LIVE game: BattleBlock Theater! Was it worth the wait? Read on to find out!
Toki Tori 2 (PC, Wii U)
Posted on April 12th, 2013 by
Way back in the year 2001, a little game called Toki Tori was released on the Game Boy Color that was a technical marvel (still have my copy). Toki Tori was a platform puzzler game where you helped guide a little yellow chick as he collected eggs and used tools and powers to solve puzzles. It also looked and sounded great for a Game Boy Color title, and even rivaled the new-at-the-time Game Boy Advance system. Since then, the original Toki Tori has been ported to several other consoles in downloadable form with HD graphics, including Steam on PC and the original Wii. Now, more than ten years later, Toki Tori is finally getting a sequel, downloadable on Wii U and PC (Wii U version reviewed here).
Alien Spidy (360)
Posted on April 10th, 2013 by
On the planet of Aracnia lives a race of super intelligent spiders. One day, a girl spider left on a spaceship and crash landed on Earth. Now it’s up to her boyfriend and the hero of the game, Alien Spidy, to go to Earth himself to save her. But he ends up crashing on Earth, too! Now he must brave this strange new planet to find her in this 2-D platforming game downloadable for Xbox 360.
GungHo Releases Six More Japanese Classic PSOne Titles on PSN
Posted on April 8th, 2013 by
A few months ago, GungHo released six import PSOne games that were previously Japan-only. You could download them via PSN and you can read my reviews of them here. Now they’ve done it again with six more PSOne Japan classics downloadable on PSN. How well do they stack up against the first batch? Read on to find out!
Super Black Bass Fishing 3D (3DS)
Posted on April 3rd, 2013 by
One of the longest running fishing video game series is now flopping about on the Nintendo 3DS. Compete in fishing tournaments to earn money to upgrade your gear so you can catch better fish. Or just relax and enjoy reeling in fish in the Free Play mode. Get into the action with unique casting and reeling controls, too.
Psych Yourself (PS3)
Posted on April 1st, 2013 by
Remember in school when you’d have to take one of those psychology IQ tests and you had no idea why? Well that’s what Psych Yourself is all about. It’s similar to brain training video games, except instead of answering questions about numbers or letters; you’re taking quizzes that test your perception and interpersonal skills. You can download it on the PSN store for PS3.
Reader Review: SimCity (PC)
Posted on March 29th, 2013 by
When I was in Middle School or High School (can’t remember), the first SimCity game came out and it was a huge hit. I even remember what the box for the PC game looked like! One of my friends would even save and print out his city layout on printer paper and show them to me at school! Many years later, I bought and downloaded the Super Nintendo version of SimCity, one of the first Virtual Console games available on the Wii. I remembered how addicting it was when I rented it back in the day, so I wanted my younger brother Jeff to experience it, too. He instantly loved it and a few days later, he had bought SimCity 4 for his computer! So since my brother Jeff enjoys SimCity so much, I decided to let him take a stab at reviewing it here!
Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk (PS3)
Posted on March 27th, 2013 by
Ayesha lives all alone in a frontier land full of ruins. She makes medicines to sell to travelers and nearby towns. But after a chance meeting with an alchemist and some glowing flowers, she receives a clue about her missing sister, who disappeared two years prior and was thought dead. Now Ayesha must travel the world, learning the ways of alchemy and gathering clues about how to bring her sister back in Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk for PS3, the latest in the popular Japanese RPG series.
The Croods: Prehistoric Party (Wii, Wii U, 3DS, DS)
Posted on March 25th, 2013 by
Just in time for the release of the new DreamWorks computer animated movie, The Croods, comes a prehistoric party game for up to four players starring the cast and setting from the new film. The game is available for all current Nintendo consoles, but the DS version is reviewed here.
Abalone (iPad)
Posted on March 22nd, 2013 by
The poplar strategy board game is now officially on iOS devices! (iPad version reviewed here) At first glance it looks like a cross between Othello and Chinese Checkers. But it’s really not. The object of the game is to push your opponent’s marbles off the edge of the board. You can move one, two, or three marbles at the same time as long as they’re next to each other. If you have more marbles of your color next to an opponent’s, you can push their marbles. But you can only move three. So a chain of four marbles against three won’t work. I know I didn’t explain that very well, but luckily the game does a much better job.
