tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129781752011-07-14T16:28:19.110-05:00Zacnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1091100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1141012467037718192006-02-26T20:56:00.000-06:002006-02-26T21:54:27.156-06:00

Arc the lad was one of the first games released for the Original Playstation in Japan. However, it wouldn't be until late in the system's life cycle that it would come over here, thanks to the now defunct Working Designs in the form of a 6 CD pack chock full of extras in the usual Working Designs style. It contained the series's three entries, which gave players the entire saga of the struggle

Will Talleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559006151758684290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1140959397419251582006-02-26T07:09:00.000-06:002006-02-26T07:10:03.583-06:00

penny-arcade forum has the scoop from Nintendo Power's latest issue. It looks pretty clear that this is going to have some of the greatest elements of the original SMB as well as a few things incorporated from SMW and SM64. MAY 7 CANNOT COME FAST ENOUGH.

Zacnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1140886693675581502006-02-25T10:58:00.000-06:002006-02-25T10:58:16.163-06:00

In Meteos, a puzzle game from Q Entertainment, you manipulate falling blocks into patterns of 3 of the same color vertically or horizontally in order to clear them from the screen. No! I swear this isn't like Puzzle League! or Dr Mario! or even Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine! Meteos can be played with the D-pad for greater accuracy, but using the stylus to move blocks around is much faster (

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1140879713579268792006-02-25T09:01:00.000-06:002006-02-25T09:01:56.093-06:00

Head-to-Headrace on the original Super Mario Brothers. Some amazing stunts used on this, runs about 6 and a half minutes.

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1140480649089831352006-02-20T18:10:00.000-06:002006-02-20T18:10:50.416-06:00

Over the weekend Kotaku got the jump on reporting about the SCIII's jump to arcades Now it looks likea preview from 1UP.com has even more details. Oh man, I just notice the owl-looking character and was about bust out some photoshop, but someone beat me to it! O RLY? YA RLY.

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1140399203947125162006-02-19T19:10:00.000-06:002006-02-19T19:33:24.000-06:00

I like star wars, but some people can name every alien in the cantina scene, piss and moan over the extra minutes in the special editions, and argue to this day over weather Han or Greedo shot first, and that's just scary. I'm not big on PC style RPGs, but this game is impressive. From the story line (which evolves as you become good or evil) to the cast of characters, this game is probably

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Not unlike Ferris Bueller, I spent my day off in Chicago having an unheard amount of fun with 2 of my friends (powet forum regulars TheOrange and Phil Bond). First up was GameWorks. Instead of tokens or quarters they use some weird card system that depending on the day will subtract either points or time after you swipe into your cabinet of choice. As advanced and cool as this sound, the system

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1139871273199140202006-02-13T16:54:00.000-06:002006-02-13T16:54:37.166-06:00

Much ado about the slimmed and trimmed DS Lite. But what if we want a BIGGER DS? You could pop on a 4GB MAX Media Playerfor $225 smackers and make your system heavier and more functional! For just heavy and not fucntional, have some cake Damn I'm hungry and want to watch Lost now.

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1139805511917864712006-02-12T22:29:00.000-06:002006-02-12T22:38:31.953-06:00

This is an enhanced version of the third installment of the Elder Scrolls series, complete with all the content from Bloodmoon and Tribunal, the two expansion packs. I wasn't even into PC style RPGS until this came along. Imagine the free roaming gameplay of Grand theft auto taken to a whole new level, in which you could go anywhere and do anything you wanted. THe whole world is open to you

Will Talleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559006151758684290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1139674283624913892006-02-11T10:11:00.000-06:002006-02-11T10:11:41.913-06:00

Kikizo Games has an exclusive hands on with the final PS3 devkit running near final hardware, all backed up by anonymous developer comments. The site is probably getting hammered with links right now so it takes a minute to load a page, but its an interesting read.

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1139622836966422832006-02-10T19:53:00.000-06:002006-02-10T20:13:09.743-06:00

Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy sequelizes probably the best Star Wars game in years, and certainly the best based on the prequel trilogy. Doing episodes 4, 5 and 6 I really, really hope to get a LEGO Admiral Ackbar.

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1139551279742838362006-02-09T23:58:00.000-06:002006-02-10T00:01:19.763-06:00

Well it's getting real close now to the year's most anticipated game*! Super Princess Peach, the Super Mario Bros. style side scroller for the Nintendo DS, is hitting stores in a little over 2 weeks now on Febrary 27th. Check out the official site which has pretty much no information and a weird little flash magazine maker program. * According to aDam

aDamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02070037544880301865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1139462368607465872006-02-08T23:04:00.000-06:002006-02-08T23:19:28.713-06:00

Well not exactly, but you get the idea . Yukes media is at work on 'The dog happy life' a dog training simulator for the PSP. So far this is a japan only release, but I wouldn't be surprised if Sony picks it up for over here. This comes shortly after internet users leaked that the PS3 will at best copy from Xbox live and it's media center functionality. Such originality from Sony is nothing

Will Talleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559006151758684290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1139356013152066972006-02-07T17:46:00.000-06:002006-02-07T17:46:53.246-06:00

Already hotly rumoured, a conference call today according to IGN confirms Activision to develop the game for the Transformers movie. Activision's got some solid developers making Spider-Man and an endless stream of Tony Hawk titles. Few publishers are better suited for this type of license...

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1139270588144672442006-02-06T18:03:00.000-06:002006-02-06T18:03:08.443-06:00

Vaporware: Better Late Than Never comes from Wired, and recognizes the most delayed and missed technology products from 2005. Infinium Phantom and Twilight Princess make the list, as do the MIA Starcraft Ghost and the sequel to Team Fortress. But could anything possible be #1 but... Duke Nukem Forever, which has been in development since 1997. DN 3D was the first game I ever played on a LAN

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1139188822176818042006-02-05T19:00:00.000-06:002006-02-05T19:20:22.336-06:00

Rockstar is pretty much to the video game industry what the South is to hip hop. They may not be as 'abstract' as everyone else, but they add thier own unique twists to tried and true gaming conventions that, other developers will be all too happy to try to emulate. (See Driv3er, True Crime, and Narc) So with that in mind, lets look at 2 of thier most recent games. The warriors is based upon

Will Talleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559006151758684290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1139187294364362402006-02-05T18:45:00.000-06:002006-02-05T18:54:54.396-06:00

Note - The PS2 version may not be $20, seeing as how it just came out a few months ago Since Nemesis and Code Veronica, Capcom's survival horror franchise was stuck in medirocity (The gamecube remake of 1 notwithstanding). At best, there were severly unpolished online games with a lot of potential, and at worst, dreadful spinoffs (Dead aim, RE survivor). Resident evil was slowly seeing itself

Will Talleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559006151758684290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1139185989968342952006-02-05T18:22:00.000-06:002006-02-05T18:33:10.063-06:00

Doom 3 is available on xbox for only $9.99 at Toys R Us now. I have a feeling games left behind by the 360 backward compatibility crew will see markdowns like this more often. Anyway, me and Ernie each got it this week and tried the online co-op last night. I realize a lot of people played this game a long time ago, but we found it kind of scary. Its frequently pitch black, and even though we

Zacnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1138590508340657472006-01-29T21:07:00.000-06:002006-01-29T21:11:19.396-06:00

I'm gonna include the review I did for my own site 2 years ago since It explains it more accurately than I can. "If you want to make your own role playing game, this is for you. However, I'm gonna tell you right now though, if you don't have patience, a deep attention span, and a month of two to spare, you might as well not even @#%$ with this, becuase it is HARD. I mean HARD like a nigga's dick

Will Talleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559006151758684290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1138499759751446692006-01-28T19:30:00.000-06:002006-01-28T19:55:59.976-06:00

A number of years ago I was priveledged to see the Shaolin Monks perform in the United States, showing off their great physical prowess and discipline, and educating the audience on their ancient ways. Finally a video game has been made celebrating their brand of martial arts. Eh, not really. Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks gleefully celebrates the hey-day of the franchise by taking place

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1138329144950500292006-01-26T20:32:00.000-06:002006-01-26T20:32:25.010-06:00

I'm a big fan of gamefly's service as an online rental place for games. Price is right, selection is awesome, and you can opt to keep almost any game you rent for a fair price. One thing I wasn't a fan of was how LONG the return process is. It can be a week between sending a game back and getting the next one on the list. They're based in California and mailing that game all the way just

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1137991133264756582006-01-22T22:38:00.000-06:002006-01-22T22:38:53.370-06:00

60 Minutes interviews Fatal1ty, and you can either watch the whole show or read a word-for-word transcript at that link. Pretty nice. Toward the end of the peice Steve Kroft even goes a couple rounds of Halo 2 with Lil' Poison, the 7-year-old prodigy from the MLG. The story plays up the possibilities of pro gaming as a spectator sport in the US, but doesn't forget to mention that 100,000 people

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1137973385292431862006-01-22T17:43:00.000-06:002006-01-22T17:43:05.466-06:00

Just to continue on the rest of the review I started with the impressions, I'd like to say Sonic Rush is easily the best portable Sonic game to date, and is great fun to race through levels you've already completed trying to get the best time and high scores (I left zone 7 act 2 with over 500 rings on my best run!). It should also be noted that the Chaos emerald stages are super fun and take

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1137955104918498152006-01-22T12:07:00.000-06:002006-01-22T12:38:25.540-06:00

It's gonna be kinda overloaded seeing this here as well as the rockstar double feature I'm typing up, but now that this game has dropped to 20 dollars, it's too good to ignore, not only that, hopefully we can open up some real discussion here. OMG!!! TEH EVIL GTA SAN ANDREAS!!! WTF LOL!!! To the most jaded of fanboys and probably Gamepro magazine, GTA represents everything evil about the

Will Talleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559006151758684290noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1137892490096807382006-01-21T18:58:00.000-06:002006-01-21T19:16:51.980-06:00

Hot on the heels of reading a major japanese retailer is importing Nintendo DS units from the USA to satisfy demand, I walked into Best Buy to find a single, lonesome Xbox 360 core system that nobody wanted. Its funny that the 360 launch has generated so much hype that impression is that its somehow the greatest thing ever, when people are telling Peter Moore to his face that theres serious

Zacnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1137375717908208982006-01-15T19:36:00.000-06:002006-01-15T19:41:57.960-06:00

THQ's the Punisher is among the latest in a long line of excellent comic book based games. Although it's your typical third person shooter without all it's extra flash, this game succeeds by doing what SPider man 2 and Hulk: Ultimate destruction do so well, and that's to place you, as the player inside the shoes of the Punisher. You carry an arsenal of weapons and you can tourture enemies for

Will Talleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559006151758684290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1136758303646246642006-01-08T15:59:00.000-06:002006-01-08T16:11:43.906-06:00

In 1998, Squaresoft released one of the most underrated RPG's ever, Xenogears. The 2 disc PS1 monster told the epic story of Fei, and his quest to find out who, or what he really is in a world filled with giant robot mechs. With plenty of Judiac religion refrences, the story took several complicated twists and turns. THese plot twists, combined with excellent CGI & anime cutscenes, and a

Will Talleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559006151758684290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1136516653028844882006-01-05T20:46:00.000-06:002006-01-05T21:04:13.103-06:00

Beyond Good and Evil was a really good game. I can see why PJ would want Michael Ancel to direct the game for King Kong. As a major movie license its going to give Ancel a boost too. Maybe he'll be able to do that BG&E sequel! I heard it described as a 'thinking man's first person shooter' and thats about right. blowing away the monsters won't clear the game. You've got to set traps,

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1136158695762282562006-01-01T17:32:00.000-06:002006-01-01T17:39:28.473-06:00

If you've already played th eoriginal fable to death, there is little incentive to get this purchase. However, for those new to the world of albion, this is an excellent purchase with it's extra content. THink of it as "Morrowind lite", as that is what it's free roaming gameplay is most reminicent of, only there isn't as much to do. The spell and item interface is fun and easy to use, and

Will Talleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559006151758684290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1136061173600849632005-12-31T14:32:00.000-06:002005-12-31T14:36:39.436-06:00

Sonic Rush is a new game for the Nintendo DS platform. If you've been shut out by the crap Sonic has been taking on consoles lately, you might want to see this. The 2 screens function as one, with Sonic switching between them if he's launched into the air or takes a big fall. This doesn't function as confusingly as you might think, and can sometimes let you peek to those other unreachable areas

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1135922018964514652005-12-29T23:53:00.000-06:002005-12-29T23:53:38.986-06:00

Transformers isn't that old, but its so damn good and was slept on this generation. Its available for less than $20 everywhere, and is the perfect game for any PS2 player who wants a taste of Halo. It rips pretty heavily on Halo, but the big free roaming levels and boss battles give it its own flavor. Here's my original review, posted on the old powet.com There has been much fuss about this

Zacnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1135830777735309412005-12-28T22:32:00.000-06:002005-12-29T06:51:56.156-06:00

I got the RED DS bundle on Dec. 13. I had to return it a few days later due to a dead pixel, which was sad. In doing so, I ended up returning the game and starting over, which wasn't so bad. But after yesterday I'm proud to say I have completed Mario Kart DS for the Nintendo DS, and it is by far the best entry in the series. I'll get my complaints out of the way first and fast. The courses

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1135735515699337132005-12-27T20:05:00.000-06:002005-12-27T21:15:51.093-06:00

Michael Jackson takes on the entire Nintendo catalog, as well as some others. This is from the same guy who did another excellent flash movie Sega Fantasy VI, where consoles and handhelds from all generations take on the dastardly PSP!

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1135554888923673722005-12-25T17:45:00.000-06:002005-12-25T17:54:48.946-06:00

Consolewise, this generation has been a bit lacking for wrestling fans. With the main WWE games ranging from just okay to mediocre, the few avanues for non-WWE gameplay (that isn't Def Jam) are even worse (Backyard wrestling and Legends of wrestling). This leves many to turn to one of the hidden gems of the Game boy advance, the fire pro wrestling series. THis is hard to find, but it's cheap

Will Talleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559006151758684290noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1135313183831703622005-12-22T22:46:00.000-06:002005-12-22T22:46:23.883-06:00

PDZ and Kameo aren't setting sales records or getting rave reviews. But, things could be a lot worse. Battletoads, one of Rare's first big hits wasn't that good. In fact it remains one of the most impossibly hard games ever made. Ask around and all most people remember is the "Pause Music" from this Ninja Turtle knock-off. Amazingly, things went downhill from there. BattleToads VS Double

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1135307799381485802005-12-22T21:16:00.000-06:002005-12-22T21:16:39.983-06:00

I know you don't have enough DS friends yet on Mario Kart. I know you want trade more items in Animal Crossing. Thankfully, number of sites have popped up to encourage just this. DS Meet DSconnect DS Play Wifico and don't forget the Powet Forum to find DS players too!

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1135299714191342622005-12-22T19:01:00.000-06:002005-12-22T19:01:54.393-06:00

thanks gouki

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1134970192852052352005-12-18T23:29:00.000-06:002005-12-18T23:29:52.920-06:00

A recent conversation... Zachery Shipley: are friend codes different for different games on DS? Zachery Shipley: hi, i've got add aDam: Ah. Yeah it's different for each game because it's for both teh game and DS. aDam: Not sure how portable it is if you change systems and try to use the same guy. Zachery Shipley: damn. I was going to try to make some form for profiles on the board where you

Zacnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1134857552144605612005-12-17T16:02:00.000-06:002005-12-17T16:12:50.780-06:00

Convulted storyline aside, Metal gear solid was a huge milestone of gaming for this generation much like the original was a milestone for the last generation. The unique characters, soundtrack, and the plot twists all made this a standout gaming expierence, and we expect no less from Hideo Kojima and Konami. For those wishing for more MGS action, Konami has loaded this up with extra content

Will Talleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559006151758684290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1134798448125409612005-12-16T23:47:00.000-06:002005-12-16T23:47:28.160-06:00

My brother's buddy Tom Breihan writes in the Village Voice: Video Game Music Supervisor: Best Job Ever? And speaks with Activision's Tim Riley about compiling the massive soundtracks for True Crime and Tony Hawk titles. While its true that the expanded legnth and continued replay of a video game demands a more pleasing audio experience, I worry about the future. Custom Soundtracks come in handy

Zacnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1134525210829765562005-12-13T19:53:00.000-06:002005-12-13T19:53:30.843-06:00

The Game Rag is positioned to be to game news what The Onion is to real news. VGMW interviews Nathan Smart about the site. One thing sorely missing is photoshop images to go with the stories. Frequently the images are the funniest bits of the onion! Maybe I should send the guy an email offering services...

Zacnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1134285072859123142005-12-11T01:11:00.000-06:002005-12-22T22:57:00.816-06:00

This is probably one of the most important games ever made. Mortal Kombat stormed arcades with a level of graphic violence unseen in video games before. It arrived on consoles as the first game to ever be given a rating, and was toned down quite a bit. The controversy didn't stop Ed Boon or John Tobias, the fathers of MK. They came back with MKII, adding 7 new characters, 2 new bosses, and

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1134269639644252322005-12-10T20:29:00.000-06:002005-12-10T20:54:00.356-06:00

I'm a big fan of light gun shooters, and Konami is the top innovator of the genre (much respect to sega and namco's virtua cop and time crisis series as well tho). From lethal enforcers to police 911, their shooters add an extra kick to the tried and true formula of blasting the shit out of things while moving with the camera. Silent scope is probably thier greatest contribution to the genre.

Will Talleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559006151758684290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1134155217164911512005-12-09T13:06:00.000-06:002005-12-09T13:15:30.426-06:00

Recently the specs for the Nintendo Revolution have been leaked by one or more developers who are still working on incomplete kits. The reports say that, in terms of system and graphics memory, the Revolution is only 1.5-2 times more powerful than the GameCube. More importantly, as many suspected, the system does not support any kind of high definition output. MOST importantly, the specs

Seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07046992140323634164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1134004884537502672005-12-07T19:21:00.000-06:002005-12-07T19:21:24.546-06:00

The Washington Post reports Microsoft's CEO will have to shop for his Xbox. It is unkown if he threw a chair or threatened to kill anyone when he was handed this news.

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1133830955414056952005-12-05T19:02:00.000-06:002005-12-06T06:42:48.680-06:00

A fella named Sock Master has assembled theVideo Game Controller Family Tree. Far from complete, he does draw a line from some of the most remembered and influential controllers to their natural descendants. Of note is how many bad Atari controllers where were. Hey, they were amoung the first, so we can blame them for not having it right, but that Jaguar pad sticks out like sore thumb as one of

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1133654461021229142005-12-03T17:53:00.000-06:002005-12-03T21:55:17.183-06:00

While everyone is creaming themselves over Halo 2, Doom 3, and Half life 2, here is a worthy addition to the FPS genre that you might have missed. I use the term FPS quite loosley becuase you can switch to 3rd person combat and a big emphasis is put on special moves and meelee combat. If you adapt a mindless run and gun strategy, you'll get beat quick fast by a meelee expert. It's almost like

Will Talleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559006151758684290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1133498706628236482005-12-01T22:45:00.000-06:002005-12-01T22:45:06.636-06:00

While this game is only about 6 years old, its gameplay is very much rooted in classic arcade racers. But the best thing is, its not a traditional racer! Instead of making laps around a set course, you're dropped on a city street in a taxi and charged with picking up passengers and getting them to their destination as quickly as possible. The more crazy shit you do while driving, the bigger

Zacnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1133128607890163562005-11-27T15:56:00.000-06:002005-11-27T15:56:47.900-06:00

Canvascape - 3D walker is a nifty script cooked up using the "canvas" function supported by Firefox 1.5 (on windows) and Safari 1.3 (mac). It doesn't do much, just walk around a very basic maze and jump, but its a really fantastic proof of concept that could easily be turned into any number of homebrew game ideas. And since its done in browser with no additional software needed (not even

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1133047076837491722005-11-26T17:00:00.000-06:002005-11-26T17:19:21.693-06:00

Who said I was limited to this generation? As we enter the next generation, lets step back a little and peep one of th enicest games of th eoriginal PS1. Since Zac placed in Chrono Trigger for throw back thursday, I'm gonna add in it's 'sequel', Chrono Cross. I use the term 'sequel' very loosley since Chrono Cross dosen't so much follow up the events of the original Chrono Trigger so much as

Will Talleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559006151758684290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1133016991980927652005-11-26T08:56:00.000-06:002005-11-26T08:57:15.876-06:00

Found a brand new copy of MechAssault 2 (the collectors edition!) last night in a target clearance rack. it was $20 marked down to $14. When I took it to the register, it rang up for $5. I don't give a crap if its not as good as the first one, any game that doesn't feature a disney channel celebrity that I can get for $5 is awesome.

Zacnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12978175.post-1132878655850314132005-11-24T18:30:00.000-06:002005-11-24T18:30:55.916-06:00

Chrono Trigger is commonly referred to by those who have played it as "possibly the greatest game of all time" I've never been a big RPG gamer. Still not. But I read this game had 10+ endings. Most of the games I like barely had stories, let alone endings for them to pay off in! Add in time travel and I couldn't turn this down, I had to play it! Crono is a boy who sets out to the fair one

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Here on the eve of the 360 Launch, Madden CoverboyDonovan McNabb will be out for the rest of the year. This hasn't exactly been an easy year for the Eagles... More on the Madden Curse Thanks to Crazy for the link, and condolences to RJK for the Eagles.

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I don't speak the language so I can't read anything on this page. But these are some very creative uses of the Soul Calibur 3 character creator, showing off just how customizable and robust the PS2 engine can be.

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THe original Panzer Dragoon was one of the Sega Saturn's flagship titles. The 3d graphics combines with classic shooter action made this a hit for Saturn owners. The game was followed by two sequels before the Saturn was laid to rest. Several years later, Sega would revive the franchise on Xbox, and push both it, and the Xbox's library to greater heights. The tough difficulty, numerous

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Alright, lets just pretend I posted this thursday like I wanted to instead of saturday morning. X-Men have had a pretty interesting past on both consoles and in arcades. Going back so far to the NES X-Men Game isn't such a good idea, and everyone knows about Legends, so I'll try to show off some of the good stuff in between. Arcade's Revenge was a somewhat terrible game from Acclaim (surprised?

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Simply put this is a solid game. Was there any doubt? It's Mario Kart. The SNES version was awesome and every version since then has improved upon this solid formula. Granted this game is not a technical improvement to the Game Cube version by a long shot. The graphics are pretty much on par with the N64 version but still different in a lot of ways. They look nicer in that they're less

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While not officially scheduled for release until November 15, the Midway Home Use Arcade Machine arrived at my local Target tonight and I took some pictures. This is a demo unit that was set up in the electronic department. I apologize if these are kinda blurry, but the camera phone is the only way to go if I'm sneaking around taking pictures of stuff I'm not supposed to. Full Unit Demo

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213 xbox games are listed as being supported at launch, but looking at the list its kind of amazing how many terrible games are on the list. I'm guessing these must've been easy to port over because I can't think of a reason Doom, Farcry, SW Battlefront, and PGR 2 are not supported, but Barbie Horse Adventure is.

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This was capcom's last game with the marvel Licence before it went to Activision and it went out with a swan song. Three on Three tag, the biggest line up at the time (featuring every Marvel Character who has ever appeared in a Capcom fighting game) which included old favorites from Ken and Ryu to Resident Evil's Jill Scott, Son son, and even Cable and marrow. Plently of unlockables gave this

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In a series as loved and revered as Metroid, its weird that this game gets so little love. Metroid II: Return Of Samus was released on the orignal Game Boy in 1992. While it was obviously shackled by the smaller screen limited to 4 colors, this sequel was better than the original Metroid in every single way I can think of. It offered a much larger map, many new weapons, more abilities, and a

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Here are a couple pictures I snapped on my camera phone of the Xbox 360 demo unit as it arrived packaged at a Target yesterday. Its due to be set up by November 13. You can see the Samsung flatpanel TV and a giant box of display and P.O.P. stuff, but in the second picture you'll note that one of the boxes has a pink sticker that says "Contest Prizes" You can be sure I'll find out what the

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In 2003, EA released Def Jam Vendetta, which was not only one of it's better non-sports titles, but a successful fusion of Wrestling and Hip hop. COmbined with the engine from aki, players could take control of hip hop heavyweights such as DMX and Scarface and pit them against a off the wall cast of oddball characters. It was good fun while it lasted, but something always felt missing and th

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In a somewhat unsurprising review, Vintage Computing and Gaming has declared: "The Generation NEX Sucks" and revealed that the system is incompatible with many games acts worse than a buggy emulator on others. I was looking forward to seeing products like this make the market, but if this is going to be the quality then we're all better off getting our revolution and downloading NES games. Or

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What a game! It mixes two great franchises! Sure Mario's been popping up in pretty much every type of game lately but it's Mario! What's not to like? Dance Dance Revolution - Mario Mix takes a solid game which hasn't done anything innovative in years and injects new life into it. Basic gameplay is just like the DDR games from the Dreamcast, PlayStation or Arcade. You have the dance pad and

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One game, two different and equally great ways to play. Turtles In Time was the sequel to Konami's killer 4-Player arcade button masher Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. TMNT was so hot then, and this was without a doubt the best game to come out of that craze. Even a novice game player could walk up to the machine and figure out what to do. Your joystick moved you around in 8 directions, and

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These past 2 months have been a great period for classic gaming fans. Since the end of August, we've gotten no less than 5 Classic gaming compiliations from companies such as Capcom, Tecmo, Namco, Midway, and now Taito. Taito may not have had the arcade prominence that companies like Capcom and Namco do, but they manage to turn out memorable hits just the same. They've given us Space invaders,

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Halo 3 speculation is old news now! In the IGN interviewXbox boss-man J Allard said"games are the biggest content you'll ever download. But we talk about, 'Will I buy Halo 4 online exclusively online?' I don't know. I don't think about it that way. I think about the marketplace as a place to have a real friction-free relationship with a gamer " So there you go, Halo 4 will come out when you can

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This little genius took a One handed PS1 Controller and an Gyration mouse and plugged them into his PC to see how Nintendo's Revolution controller might work. Seeing as Nintendo hasn't shown off any actual games yet, this mock-up is the closest thing we have to seeing in-game play. Posted to the IGN Boards, theres photos of the hardware he used and a short video. Well done, Tsietisin. This of

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I'm late this week (for a good reason), so I'm gonna hit you off with 2 cheap games this week to make up for It, so hopefully there are no hard feelings. WITH MY MIIIIIIIND....WITH MY MIIIIIIINND... As early as last year, Midway has adapted a new strategy: Create new intellectual properties and revamp old ones completly. This has given us some of thier best games in recent years, such as Area 51,

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I'm late this week (for a good reason), so I'm gonna hit you off with 2 cheap games this week to make up for It, so hopefully there are no hard feelings. Super smash brothers meele is probably the one major reason to own a gamecube besides Animal Crossing. It's the sequel to an N64 classic that pits characters from all over the Nintendo universe against each other in a 4 player battle royale.

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10/22/05 Update! New hi-res screens available! Also, this is fast becoming the most popular post in the blog, so here is other posts about Halo and don't forget to check out the forum and the rest of the blog! Original 10/13/05 post: Last week we heard DOA4 would have a Halo character. It was quickly confirmed it wouldn't be Chief. While I was hoping for the villanous Tartarus or even a Flood

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Word is coming in from the east that Nintendo is cutting Gamecube price shackles to whatever retailers want. No word yet if this deal will go anywhere else, but without a killer title this christmas, it might be the only thing to keep the console selling. This was on digg several days ago, but mentioning it to friends not many had heard of it. and yes, i spent a lot of time on that picture.

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Metroid is one of the few Nintendo franchises that has remained pure. With the exception of Samus Aran's appearance in Smash Brothers, Metroid has stayed out of racing, partying, extreme sports, dancing, and the other assorted oddball activities the Mario crew finds themselves in. Metroid has also never had a bad game, putting it far ahead of Star Fox (which now stands at 2 good games and 2

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I already did this once before, but I keep finding interesting shreds of news and gotta report it. Halo 2 by the numbers is a breakdown from Bungie showing exactly how the online multiplayer stats add up. A staggering 2 billion games have been played since the Nov 9, 2004 launch, with 21 thousand years of game time logged. Thats fucked up. I finally got my Game Informer in the mail yesterday

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Developer.apple.com has an article up about Aspyr's development of PC ports to the new Intel-powered Macs coming next year. With such a ready solution to the age-old problem of Apple being years behind on even the games they do get... could we be heading toward more simultaneous release PC and Mac games? And if that happens, will Apple be able to chip away at the hardcore PC gamer audience and

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I had a totally different game in mind for this week, but I just read on gamespot that the PS2 and Xbox versions of this game have achieved platnum/greatest status and will sell for $19.99. In 2002, Midway resurrected it's stagnant fighting game franchise with the incredible Deadly alliance. The game bought back what fans loved about it in the first place (the fatalities!) while adding in a host

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check out this goth's wicked Duck Hunt lego model!

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its delightfully Japanese!

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"WAAAAH! It's mindless button mashing!" Yes, but it's fun button mashing. If you don't buy games expecting the meaning of life in them, they'll be fun. Samurai Warriors is one of those titles. Who can deny how fun it is to run around and smash up a crowd full of enemies as in Koei's Dynasty Warriors series? More then just Dynasty Warriors in feudal Japan, this adds a number of key features

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Unlock a Starfox Ship in Zelda Game It looks like an odd photoshop job, but that arwing in Ocarina of Time is real. the video clearly shows Link target locking and taking it down the with boomerang....

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Keep in mind these are first impressions as I've played this game for about an hour and a half now. This game is solid. It's so similar to it's predecessors on the Gameboy Advance, and in doing so very similar "Castlevania Symphony of the Night" for the PlayStation, that the easiest thing to do in order to make this game good would be to change nothing at all and they pretty much did that. The

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In what seems to be the biggest news Bungie could talk about with the exception of Halo 3, A Halo character will appear in DOA4, and Peter Jackson will produce, and WETA will execute special effect for the Halo movie Edit:just learned the link below is a big fake. kinda figured that, but I'll leave the link for anyone who's curious... And just for fun, here's the latest Halo 3 rumor,

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Warning: if you thought Ninja Gaiden was hard, then wait until you check out this collection. These games are harder than a black man's pipe with Jessica Alba, Alexis Amore, and Heather Hunter taking turns polishing it. THese games are not for hucka bucka gamers who are scared to get thier feet dirty. If you're gonna play this, then do not be ashamed to turn down the difficutly and crank up the

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Kamalot has many many photos of the long overnight line to meet Shigeru Miyamoto at the Nintendo World Store in NYC.

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Reports coming out of Botcon say there is a Transformers game in development to go with the movie, which is due July 4, 2007. Since this is well past the launch of the 360, PS3, or Rev, its safe to assume we're looking at a next-gen title. Hasbro isn't ready to announce who is working on it, only that they are working on it. The bad news is that it won't be done by melbourne house, who did an

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One of the all time greats of the survival horror genre. No evil corporation here, just strict psychological terror. The good thing about the plot is that it leaves so much to the gamer, spawning dozens of fan sites and plot analyses on gamefaqs.com. Complete with one of the most f'ed up plot twists of all time, ths game remains a benchmark for the genre along with Eternal Darkness and

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Oh boy is this scary.

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The Online Video Game Atlas has a lot of fine maps based on screengrabs directly from the games. Some time ago I downloaded Zebes from the NES Metroid. Why mention this now? because my apple g5 comes to a screeching hault every time it loads up on my wallpaper (which rotates a new image from my picture folder every 5 minutes). A lot of these maps make excellent desktop images for your

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Special thanks to Ephrum from Xbox Live and Geezer Gamers for these glitch videos. He's got more on the way, but any serious or amatuer Halo 2 players looking to expand into some of the crazier exploration methods in multiplayer maps (and wondering how friends and enemies end up in odd places) should watch these.

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It made Michael King of the NY Jets 7 inches tall

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I have yet to throw a gamecube game on here, so here goes an excellent one. In a genere cluttered with rip offs, here is an original survival horror game, for of all systems, gamecube. Silicon Knights has certainly outdid themselves thanks to the deep storyline, hallucinating effects, and the innovative "create-a-spell" system. Gamecube owners looking for a more "adult" experience will do

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IGN has the video presentation. thoughts from nintendo power writer Steve Thomason and of course, The Powet forum While the world is still collectively reeling from this and everyone has blogged their opinion, I'll toss in mine as well. It is quite obvious to me that Nintendo has given up the battle with Sony and Microsoft. They cannot win playing by the rules that they themselves established

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On what might be the eve of an official announcement, 4CR presents Revolution Controller Mockups

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This is very old, but it's still a slept on classic. The multiple endings, ability to go about the missions however you wish, "Knights of the old republic-like" plot and the customizable ablities are nice, but Most of this game's appeal has to do with it's physics system. Throwing trash at people, tossing around dead bodies, and beating up people can provide hours of fun. It's more than an

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Alien Hominid might be the last good game to ever come out on GBA. Don't beleive it? play the old flash version!

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The price jump from $50 to $60 is big news with the Next Generation. I'm confident gamers will vote with the dollars as they've done so in the past. Frankly, for all the hours I've logged on games like Halo 2 and Mario Kart, I'd have gladly paid $70 or $80. I'd pay double for a game I know is going to keep me entertained for this long. 10 months later and I'm itching to try Halo 2's playlist

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By the way, if you don't read Wil Wheaton'sGames Of Our Lives, get off your ass. The Onion AV club has been running a games column for a couple months, and while you can expect the same sardonic wit applied to current game release reviews ("Frustration sets in when: Your Nintendog stubbornly refuses to fight space aliens, punch hookers, or perform other expected video-game feats"), but

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Ninja Breadman - Trailer I'm going to go out on a limb and guess this game is Japanese.

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Yeah, it's over a year old, but it's still the best football game of the past 5 years. WIth EA sports in full control of the NFL, Sega's sports classic is the only place to go for non-EA football action. WHile hucka bucka EA sports fanboys fondle over DNA, hotdog prices, and retarded QB vision, you can set your teams practice regime, customize stadium music (Xbox only), and even buy accessories

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