With the NFL Season underway, it is time for gamers to satiate their pigskin frenzy with the latest in the best selling Madden games from EA Sports. Madden 09 features a host of new features including a new animation system for even great realism and immersion into the world of the NFL. Players can select [...]
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Interview with Star Wars Force Unleashed’s Haden Blackman
Recently I got the chance to speak with Haden Blackman, Executive Producer for The Force Unleashed the upcoming Star Wars game from LucasArts GVK: What is the background and setting for the game? HB: The Force Unleashed takes place in between Episodes III and IV. It bridges the gap between the two movie trilogies, and [...]
NCAA Football 09 Review
With Fall on the horizon, it will soon be time for collegiates all over the nation to gear up for fierce gridiron combat. In NCAA Football 09 by EA Sports, fans can get into the action in style. Playing on my Playstation 3 with the Dual Shock 3 control, I was easily able to setup [...]
GameFly Review (Is it right for you?)
Receiving movies in the mail has rapidly gained popularity over the last few years. Once seemingly impossible, movie fans now make a list of movies they want to see and get them in the mail once those movies become available. It seems so long ago that I trekked to the store and dealt with rain [...]
Space Ace Blu-Ray Review
If you are a fan of arcade games, especially those that have the tendency to empty your pockets quicker than a trophy wife, the fact that a classic like Space Ace is now available in Blu-Ray format is a dream come true. For more specifics about Space Ace, please visit Alan’s review of the Space [...]
Haze Review
Title Haze Publisher Ubisoft Developer Free Radical Design Release Date May 20, 2008 Genre Action Platform Playstation 3 Rating Mature In the year 2048, The Mantel Corporation is waging an all out war for the freedom of civilization. At least that is the company line they are putting forth as they send legions of drug [...]
Interview with Haze’s Rob Yescombe
Recently I got the chance to speak with Rob Yescombe from Free Radical, Screenwriter on the hot new PS 3 Shooter Haze. I got the chance to play an early version of the game at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, and Rob was kind enough to take the time to update me on what [...]
Tom Clancy’s Rainbox Six: Vegas 2 Review
Title: Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 Date: Tuesday, March 25th 2008 Developer: Ubisoft Release Date: March 20th, 2008 Genre: Squad-based shooter Console: Xbox 360, PS3, PC Rating: Mature Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 is the heavily anticipated follow-up to one of the most successful shooters on a next-gen console. Does it follow in its predecessors [...]
Army of Two Review
Title Army of Two Publisher Electronic Arts Developer Electronic Arts of Montreal Release Date March 7th, 2008 Genre Shooter Platform Xbox 360, Playstation 3 Rating Mature After an extremely long waiting period, EA has finally released Army of Two. Originally hyped during last summer as a hot Christmas title, Army of Two missed the holiday [...]
Playstation 3 Hardware FAQ
1.1 – WHAT IS THE PLAYSTATION 3? The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is the third major console release in Sony’s PlayStation line of game consoles. The original PlayStation (PS1, or “PSX” for a while until Sony released a different console with that abbreviation), was a state-of-the-art game console when it was released back in 1995. It [...]
Sega Superstars Tennis Review (Wii, PS3, 360, DS)
Title: Sega Superstars Tennis (Wii) Vendor: Sega Release Date: March 20th, 2008 Genre: Sports Console: Wii, PS3, PS2, Xbox 360, DS Rating: E 10+ (Mild Blood, Mild Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes) Wii players have been crossing their fingers that Sega Superstars Tennis would be the answer to our tennis itch. A fun, interactive, accurate [...]
Rock Band Review (PS3, Xbox 360)
Title: Rock Band Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3 Rating: T for Teen (Lyrics, Mildly Suggestive Themes) Players: Up to 4, online play available Genre: Rock Band sim…groupie sim…yodeling sim…. (rhythm game) Guitar Hero and Singstar now have some mighty competition. Rock Band combines both of these worlds, adds drums, offers a buttload of downloads and customization, [...]
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune Review (PS3)
Platform: PS3 Developer: Naughty Dog Rating: T for Teen (Blood, Language, Mild Suggestive Themes, Use of Tobacco, Violence) Players: 1 player adventure Genre: Action Adventure Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune is a combo of all of the best action platformers I’ve ever played. Nate Drake is the new Indiana Jones (without the grimy clothes and whip) in [...]
Tomb Raider Anniversary Review
I’m a rarity in the gaming world in that despite some two decades of gaming I have never played the Tomb Raider series before. Except for the utterly forgettable movies, I had no pre-conceived notions or opinions about the franchise that would make me gloss over glaring faults or scream “What the hell did you [...]
Playstation 3 Release Party
Some die-hard Sony fanboys started camping outside of Best Buy and other stores on Tuesday, an entire three days before launch, but they have been waiting for years for this day. November 17, 2006 marks the launch of the Sony Playstation 3 in the U.S., one week after the PS3 was launched in its home [...]
Everything You Wanted To Know About Playstation 3
The PlayStation 3 (Japanese: Pureisuteshon Suri, trademarked PLAYSTATION 3, abbreviated PS3) is Sony’s seventh generation era video game console, third in the PlayStation series. It is the successor to PlayStation and PlayStation 2 and will compete against Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Nintendo’s Wii. The PS3 was released on November 11, 2006 in Japan. It will [...]
Final Fantasy XII Review
Title: Final Fantasy XII Rating: Teen Publisher and Developer: Square Enix Release Date: October 31st, 2006 Platform: PS2 Players:1 Genre: RGP Final Fantasy fans, we wait no longer. The years of anticipation are now behind us as we hold in our hands the next wonderful, remarkable, exciting (etc, etc) installation in the Final Fantasy series. [...]
Guitar Hero 2 Preview
Title:Guitar Hero 2 Developer:Red Octane Players:1, 2-player multiplater Release Date:November 7th, 2006 Rating:T (Mild Lyrics) The release of the much anticipated Guitar Hero 2 is growing nearer…. are you ready for it? November 7th people, less than a week away! I had the chance to play GH2 at my local gaming store, and I got [...]
Report: Japanese PS3 Launch Numbers Cut
Reports emanating from Japanese newspaper Nikkei Keizai Shimbun suggest that Sony has been forced to cut its day one Japanese allocation for the PlayStation 3 by 20 percent to just 80,000. When originally announced in September, the day one launch allocation for the PlayStation 3 was put at 4000,000 for North America and “about” 100,000 [...]
Bully Review
Title: Bully Rating: Mature Publisher: Take Two Developer: Rockstar Release Date: October 17th, 2006 Platform:PS2 Players: 1 Have you ever wondered what a day in the life of a white-trash 15-year old delinquent would be like? Here’s your chance! Bully is Rockstar’s latest attempt at creating the most controversial game on the planet. Have they [...]
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