Yes, I know I have not posted much on here as of late. I could give the usual excuse of “I’ve been busy” but I don’t think that would be fair. Instead I’ll just tell you what I’ve been playing lately.Nintendo DSYes, I still spend far too much time playing the Pokemon games on the…
Tag: Video Games
DS Review: Dementium:The Ward – A DS Game That Isn’t Annoyingly Cartoonish
The cover of Dementium: The Ward quotes Hardcore Gamer Magazine as saying that the game is Doom 3 meets Silent Hill. Be afraid. My first thought after reading that quote was, So I should be afraid because it’s filled with cheap thrills and crappy controls? I mean really, Resident Evil taught me that personal horror…
DS Review: Drawn to Life
>How do you take a traditional side scrolling platformer game and make it stand out on the Nintendo DS? For one thing you could incorporate the DS touch screen in a new and interesting way. Drawn to Life is just such a game.Created by 5TH Cell, and Published by THQ, Drawn to Life is a…
Highlights from the EA Second Quarter Report
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced preliminary financial results for its second quarter ended September 30, 2007. Net revenue for the quarter was $640 million, down 18 percent as compared with $784 million for the prior year. Beginning in fiscal 2008, EA no longer charges for its service related to certain online-enabled packaged…
Comparing the Consoles: Weekly Sales Data
After I posted the article last week with the chart of console sales synced by release date I got to thinking. We now know that the PS3 is not doing as badly as some in the video game media like to report. I’m not about to go into some sort of conspiracy theory that suggests…
Fighting the Corruption with Samus
I still remember way back in the mid 1980’s when I saved up my money to purchase the original Metroid. Back then we did not have fancy game graphics or amazing controller schemes. All we had was D-Pad and a couple of buttons. You know what? It worked.Metroid purists do love the original Metroid game…
Orange Box Takes the Lead
According to VGChartz Valves “Orange Box” has taken the top spot in weekly sales away from Microsoft heavy Halo 3. With first week sales of 348,049 the Xbox 360 release of the game has pushed Halo 3 down to second place with a respectable 285,860 units sold (3,482,376 sold in total).What is most important to…
Building a town with MySims
I have been spending the last week or two with EA’s new MySims game for the Wii. Before I get to telling you what my personal thoughts are about the game as a whole let me take a few minutes to talk about the background of this game.The Sims line of games has been a…
Wii Preview: Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Fire Emblem: Radiant DawnFormat: WiiLaunch Date: 11/05/07ESRB: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older): Fantasy Violence, Mild LanguageGame Type: Strategy/Role-Playing GamePlayers: 1Developer: Intelligent SystemsThree years have passed since the great war that ended in the death of Mad King Ashnard. His country of Daein suffers under the rule of the war’s victors. Now, a small band of…
PSP Review: Brooktown High
Do you remember your senior year in high school? I know I do.Brooktown High (Konami for PSP) is a dating simulation game, or date-sim for short. These games are very popular in Japan but have never been able to break into the American market. Will Brooktown High be the one? That is up to you…
People still buy video game magazines?
>SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IDG Entertainment (IDGE), a leading interactive entertainment-information provider, announced today that GamePro magazine now reaches 3,836,000 readers, according to the recently released 2007 Spring Mediamark Research Inc. Survey of American Consumers.The survey states that GamePro magazine’s readership has grown by a record 27% in the last 12 months, the largest growth rate of…
Metroid Prime 3, new images and a release date
If you read my Wii Preview: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption article then you know I am a fan of the Metroid games. Today Nintendo released a few new screen shots for the game and the release date has been set for August 20, 2007.