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Nintendo Wii Throw Bowling from Wii Sports, Mario Kart-style weapons, and a handful
of aliens and monsters into a blender, and you get...No! WAIT! NOT
LITERALLY! STOP! OH, THE HUMANITY!!!read more »
Tell you what - go read my review of Guitar Hero 5. Now pretend that I said all that stuff about a game that featured a lot of Van Halen songs, and skip the parts about DLC and the DS. Yay! Review done! Because this is basically a Van Halen-heavy track pack. So what do we have to talk about? The songs and their lyrics! read more »  Which
is more important in a game, play mechanics or graphic quality? The
Final Fantasy series has excelled since Final Fantasy VII in graphics
that push each successive console's capabilities, especially in its
cutscenes, but Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers breaks
through the weakness of its predecessors by merging the beauty of its
cutscenes with the game engine, creating a completely seamless game
play experience.read more »
 The video game industry has become huge, a multi-billion dollar
industry, far from the early days of Pong and Pac-Man. As it has
blossomed, it has developed its own trends and set its own records. To
commemorate the industry's various accomplishments, the Guinness Book
of World Records has published a specific volume just for video games,
the Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer's Edition.read more »
I never knew of Dragon Ball the anime series but was intrigued by the game Dragon Ball Revenge of the King Piccolo by Bandai Namco Games. My sons are fans of a lot of the anime series and games and this title seemed to have a different approach over the standard Pokemon, Bakugan and Chaotic types. This one seemed to be more of an adventure type game rather than just dueling. Rating: 6 of 10
Pencil Sketches read more »
 Food, wonderful food. In a video game. Yup, it's been done before, but
now the Food Network has picked up the spatula and entered into the
fray, but is it a bit too raw, completely overdone, or a culinary
masterpiece?read more »
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Sky Crawlers - Innocent Aces is a pretty game. And parts of the music make me wish I had a better sound system at home to play it on. But some clunky design choices outside of the actual gameplay prevent me from giving it an enthusiastic recommendation. 
What can I say about Guitar Hero: Van Halen? Hmmmm... Well, we didn't know we'd gotten a copy until we'd come back from visiting family over the holidays? Ummmm... it's Guitar Hero?
I recently reviewed THQ’s Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter video game for the Nintendo DS and I was left less than unimpressed. So in this review, my son Nikolai (age 8) got his hands on Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter for the Nintendo Wii. Based on the fact that he still cracked a smile after playing the game for the better part of a day, I’ll assume that he made out a lot better in his review than did I.
Many, many moons ago, I tried adopting a virtual pet in the form of a fish in an aquarium on a PC. My fish, which I named Sushi, lasted about a day--not because it died on me mind you, but because I was afraid it was going to die on me. So I practiced a touch of virtual preemptive euthanasia and saved everyone involved a bit of depressing aggravation. 
Okay, I’ll admit it. I have this secret little place in my heart for ‘racing video games’. I don’t know if it’s because of my need for speed or the fact that when it comes down to it, the closest thing I have in my life to an action-packed video game is driving the family car. 