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Thoughts on Windows 7 After 3 Days
Introduction It is no mystery that I’ve been part of the parade yelling “Vista Sucks!” since it’s inception – I’ve even taken the time to review Vista’s shortcomings for everyone willing to read it by only taking a look at changes in one program as an example of the half-assed decisions made throughout the entire OS. The [...]
Continue reading...Resident Evil 5 (Xbox 360) Review
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Summary [9.0 out of 10] Resident Evil 5 continues the saga and ties the early games in the series back into the new storyline started in Resident Evil 4. The game trades solitary survival horror for intense co-op action. Retaining the control scheme and third person, over the shoulder perspective seen in Resident Evil 4, this [...]
Continue reading...Street Fighter IV (Xbox 360) Review
Monday, March 2, 2009
Summary [9.8 out of 10] After nine long years, the series that launched a genre is back and brings with it an enormously tight fighting system, gorgeous animation, a modest suite of extra modes, a solid online multiplayer, and all the characters that made it so dear. Street Fighter IV brings everything one would expect from [...]
Continue reading...Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (Xbox 360) Review
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Summary [7 out of 10] Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is the latest Spider-Man game to hit gaming consoles. Like previous Spider-Man games it is an Action/Beat-em-Up game where you play as Spider-Man in New York City. Web of Shadows focuses on how Spider-Man chooses between his classic red and blue suit and his black Symbiote suit. [...]
Continue reading...Mad Catz Arcade Fight Stick vs Hori EX2 Review – May the Best Arcade Stick Win
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Introduction In preparation for this week’s release of Street Fighter IV, I thought it would be a good time to take a look at available arcade fighting sticks. There aren’t a lot. The two main contenders for your arcade stick dollar are the Hori EX2 and the new Mad Catz Arcade Fightstick. Before I get into the [...]
Continue reading...Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels (Wii) Review
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Summary [7 out of 10] Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels is a 3D fighting game that focuses on using lightsabers and force powers. There are ten playable characters including: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka Tano, Mace Windu, Count Dooku, Asajj Ventress, General Grievous, Kit Fisto, Plo Koon, and EG-5 Jedi Hunter Droid. It follows [...]
Continue reading...Tom Clancy’s Endwar (Xbox 360) Review
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Summary [8.5 out of 10] Tom Clancy’s EndWar is a Real Time Strategy (RTS) game set about 10 years in the future. In EndWar you play as either the United States of America, the European Federation, or Russia in the battles that lead up to and include World War III. Unlike most RTS games in EndWar [...]
Continue reading...Lord of the Rings: Conquest (Xbox 360) Review
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Summary [6.5 out of 10] The Lord of the Rings Conquest is an action game created by Pandemic Studios. It is essentially Star Wars: Battlefront but set in the Lord of the Rings universe. You can play as either the side of good or evil. The good story line follows the plot of the movies, but [...]
Continue reading...Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Xbox 360) Review
Friday, January 30, 2009
Summary [7 out of 10] Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is a third-person shooter. As the name suggests you play as a mercenary. At the start of the game one of your employers double-crosses you. The remainder of the game is spent working your way up the food chain until to can get your revenge. The [...]
Continue reading...Fallout 3 (Xbox 360) Review
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Summary [9.8 out of 10] Bethesda’s take on the Fallout series re-imagined as a spiritual successor to the Elder Scrolls series, Fallout 3 looks a bit suspect on paper. It seemed kind of like Bethesda was just trying to shoe horn the series into an already familiar mold to take the easy way out. As it [...]
Continue reading...Turtle Beach Ear Force X4 Wireless Gaming Headset Review
Monday, January 26, 2009
Summary [8 out of 10] The Turtle Beach Ear Force X4 are an excellent set of wireless gaming headphones that get dinged a point for the IR-interference issue from Plasma HDTV sets and dinged for the voice monitoring and auto-volume adjustment not behaving very effectively. Review Any gamer that lives with non-gaming family members has had to compromise [...]
Continue reading...Mirror’s Edge (Xbox 360) Review
Monday, January 19, 2009
Summary [7.5 out of 10] Mirror’s Edge is listed on EA’s site as a First Person Action-Adventure game, but really it is a First Person Platformer. Set in the future you play as a “runner” named Faith. Runners live just outside the law by delivering packages for their employers without the normal over site and regulations [...]
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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