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Wii Sports
Wii Sports Changes Way the World Plays Video Games
When Nintendo revealed its first game for the Wii at the E3 in 2006, entitled Wii Sports, the entire gaming community was set ablaze. Implementing the latest motion-sensing technology, Wii Sports gives gamers the freedom... Read Full Review
6 of 6 users found the following review helpful
TotemBall
Totemball's Price Tag Prevents It From Being A Waste of Money, But It's Definitely a Waste of Time and Energy
While several games in the 360 library have options that support the use of the Live camera, only one is designed specifically for it. The game, "Totemball," developed by Freeverse software and Strange Flavor, is suppose... Read Full Review
5 of 5 users found the following review helpful
Splatterhouse
Splatterhouse is Still Gruesome, But It's Just as Mediocre
For some reason, throughout the short lifespan of the TurboGrafx-16, "Splatterhouse" was often considered one of the best games on the system. However, while it's arguably one of the bloodiest games released during it's ... Read Full Review
2 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Devil Crash
Devil's Crush is an Underrated Gem that still Shines Bright
Originally released on the TurboGrafx-16 in 1990, "Devil's Crush" was quietly regarded as not only one of the best console pinball games during that time, but one of the best games on the system. Now nearly 20 years late... Read Full Review
4 of 4 users found the following review helpful
Aegis Wing
Aegis Wing Gets It Done With Killer Gameplay
Created by three Microsoft interns in the summer of 2006 and released midyear in 2007, "Aegis Wing" at its heart breathes the air of the classic shooters of yesteryear. Anyone with any solid foundation in gaming will be ... Read Full Review
6 of 6 users found the following review helpful
Yaris
Yaris is Easily one of the Worst Games Available on the 360 Live Arcade
Broken, boring and repetitive. Those are just three words that come to mind when trying to describe "Yaris," the X-Box Live Arcade game that was released at the same time Toyota's new car of the same name was late la... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Uno
Uno Makes a Seamless Transition to the X-Box Live Arcade
Since 1971, "Uno" has been a staple in the lives of everyone from bored teenagers to party-crazed college students looking for a fun way to pass the time. Now, it's a staple on the X-Box Live Arcade and is easily one of ... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Rock Band
Rock Band Revels in Rhythmic Glory, But Doesn't Exactly Steal the Show
For years, games like "Frequency," "Taiko Drum Master," "Guitar Hero" and "Karaoke Revolution" were stalwarts in the rhythm/music genre that turned the average Joe into everything from a fret-burning madman or a future A... Read Full Review
4 of 4 users found the following review helpful
Smash T.V.
Smash TV is Back and Better Than Ever!
A few years before Mark Turmell went on to co-create such classics as "NBA Jam" and "Mortal Kombat," the then little known game developer teamed up with "Robotron 2084" and "Defender" creator Eugene Jarvis and made what ... Read Full Review
4 of 6 users found the following review helpful
Carcassonne
Carcassonne's Simple Gameplay Provides Hours of Gaming Goodness
On the surface, a game as simple as the obscure German board game "Carcassonne," doesn't look to be an enthralling addition to the X-Box Live Arcade library of games. But just like Uno was turned into a cult classic ... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
RockMan RockMan
Mega Man Powers Up In PSP Remake
For over 20 years, the Mega Man franchise has given challenge-hungry gamers something to chew on. Today in 2006, the original NES version of Mega Man, originally released in 1985, still stands out as a game that can prov... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Arkadian Warriors
Arkadian Warriors Can't Cut it in Battle
At first glance, "Arkadian Warriors," Sierra's newest hack-n-slash title for the X-Box Live arcade, feels and plays like a scaled-down version of classics like "Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance," or "Champions of Norrath." H... Read Full Review
3 of 4 users found the following review helpful
All-Pro Football 2K8
All-Pro Football 2K8 Barely Makes the Playoffs
Throughout the early part of the millennium, gamers had their choice between two football games, Electronic Arts' John Madden and 2K Sports' NFL 2K series. The two both had different strong points, as Madden had the bett... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol
American Idol’s Version of Karaoke Revolution Rocks, But the Melody May Be a Bit Too Familiar
For the past five years or so, Konami has made a habit of releasing a new version of there uber-successful Karaoke Revolution series, jam-packed with new songs and characters and 2007 is no different, as the publisher ma... Read Full Review
6 of 6 users found the following review helpful
Bully
PS2 Owners Find a New Best Friend in Bully
Your mother just remarried an old geezer and sent you off to boarding school, in hopes that you turn your little juvenile delinquent life around while she’s enjoying herself on her honeymoon. In this situation lie two ch... Read Full Review
5 of 5 users found the following review helpful
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Raven Continues To Impress With Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Raven Continues To Impress With Marvel Ultimate Alliance By Patrick Hickey Jr. A few years ago, a small company named Raven software created the best super hero game to come out in ages: X-Men Legends. Not only did... Read Full Review
6 of 8 users found the following review helpful
Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action
No one has 'Scene' Anything like This on the 360!
With the success of traditional games like Uno, Backgammon and Poker on the X-Box Live Arcade the past few years, it was only a matter of time until a game like Scene It? made its way to the 360. Packed with over 1,800 m... Read Full Review
4 of 4 users found the following review helpful
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Guitar Hero Still Rocks, But Only for the True Rock Gods
Over the past three years, the "Guitar Hero" franchise has become as evident in our society's pop culture as the slinky and "Seinfeld." However, this year's version, despite new additions like boss battles that add to th... Read Full Review
5 of 5 users found the following review helpful
Killzone: Liberation
Killzone Liberates PSP Owners Desperately Looking For Great Shooting Action
Hardcore shooter fans remember the original Killzone on the PS2 as a game with a ton of promise that couldn’t provide the gameplay experience many were looking for. Backed by a strong marketing campaign and a solid story... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Baito Hell 2000
WTF Succeeds In Taking Simple Gameplay to the Next Level
Over the course of video game history, there hasn’t been anything quite like WTF. Covered in Japanese eccentricities and the most unusual gameplay to ever be featured in a video game, WTF, or Work Time Fun, on the PSP pr... Read Full Review
4 of 4 users found the following review helpful
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007
Smackdown vs. Raw 2007 Barely Gets the Pin on PS2
Well, it finally happened. After six solid games, the Smackdown series on the PS2 has finally reached its peak. While the sixth installment in the series, Smackdown vs. Raw 2007 isn’t a bad game by any means, it doesn... Read Full Review
6 of 7 users found the following review helpful
Tekken: Dark Resurrection
Tekken Dark Resurrection Knocks Out the Competition
Over the past ten years, Tekken has distinguished itself as one of the premiere 3-D console fighting games in the industry. Combining amazing graphics with a host of colorful characters the series has done everything its... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
MLB 06: The Show
MLB 06 Shows Us Something, But Is It Enough?
Over the past decade, Sony’s MLB franchise, while offering a solid baseball experience, never separated itself from the other games in the genre. This year however, Sony has tweaked the gameplay and graphical engines... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
Nintendogs: Chihuahua & Friends
‘Nintendogs’ Is Worth Its Weight In Gold…. Dog Biscuits
When the Nintendo DS was originally created, its purpose was to bring casual and hardcore gamers together in an immersive and creative venue that couldn’t be replicated anywhere else. The DS’s touch screen, combined with... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Greatest Hits)
GTA Liberty City Stories, A Must Buy For Any PSP Owner<br />
Over the past ten years, the Grand Theft Auto has captivated audiences with its grungy and edgy style, making the game a cult classic and cementing its place in pop culture for years to come. Despite being such a fi... Read Full Review
2 of 3 users found the following review helpful
NHL 06
NHL 06 Satisfies The Strongest Need For Great Hockey Action
Now that the NHL has finally returned to action after a year of labor disputes, it’s not only time to watch some great hockey action; it’s also time to play some great hockey on the PS2, via NHL 06. NHL 06 not only captu... Read Full Review
3 of 4 users found the following review helpful
The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
Hulk Mad, But Not At The Quality Of "Hulk: Ultimate Destruction"
Anyone who played the last Incredible Hulk game on Playstation 2 knows that despite the fact that it was a solid game, it didn’t give hardcore Hulk fans the chance to totally embrace the chaotic nature that The Hulk repr... Read Full Review
5 of 5 users found the following review helpful
Family Guy
Family Guy’s Control Problems Limit the Fun
Over the past few years, the uber-popular Fox adult cartoon, “Family Guy,” has become entrenched in pop culture, gaining a massive cult-following, spawning not only a made for DVD movie a few months ago, but also a new v... Read Full Review
7 of 7 users found the following review helpful
NHL 2K7
NHL 2K7 Gets the Job Done, Does Little Else
Over the past five years, the NHL 2K series has been the standard for which all other hockey games have graded on. Unmatched in levels of computer intelligence and in-game depth, the NHL 2K series has consistently domina... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
Brain Teasers are Bigger and Better on the Nintendo Wii
A smash-hit on the Nintendo DS last year, Big Brain Academy is now on the Nintendo Wii and is chock-full of the same brain-teasers and casual gameplay mechanics that made it so successful in the first place, thanks in pa... Read Full Review
4 of 4 users found the following review helpful
Lumines: Oto to Hikari no Denshoku Puzzle
Lumines boxes up the competition
Every successful handheld in gaming history has had a great puzzle game released for it, and the Sony PSP is no different. Combining elements from classic puzzle games like Tetris and Columns, Lumines is not only the bes... Read Full Review
2 of 3 users found the following review helpful
The Bigs
The Bigs Hits a Grand Slam on the Wii
Considering the intuitive controls of the Nintendo Wii, it was only a matter of time until someone besides Nintendo made a baseball game for the system. While 2K’s The Bigs may not be exactly what hardcore baseball fans ... Read Full Review
5 of 5 users found the following review helpful
MVP Baseball
EA Hits a Homer with MVP Baseball for PSP
With the launch of the Sony PSP and the start of baseball almost occurring on the same day this year, it seemed imminent that MVP Baseball would be a PSP launch title. Unfortunately a few delays in the games production p... Read Full Review
1 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Bounty Hounds
Bounty Hounds Offers An Average Handheld Shooting Experience, But Nothing Else
When gamers usually think of Namco, they’re reminded of either the classics of yester-year like Pac Man or Galaga, or the playstation classics Ridge Racer, Soul Calibur and Tekken. Trying desperately to shake the repu... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade
Great launch title destined to kill hours of boredom
During the past five years, gamers have seen the evolution the hack and slash RPG genre with great titles like “Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance”, “Champions of Norrath”, and “Diablo 3”. While all of these games where phenome... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Burnout Legends
Burnout Legends: A Greatest Hit in the Making
A staple in the Electronic Arts stable of games for the past half-decade, Burnout Legends continues the success of the series on the PSP, where it may be the best version of the game available on any console to date. EA ... Read Full Review
5 of 5 users found the following review helpful
Yoshi Touch & Go
Fantastic Gameplay Makes Yoshi Touch n Go A Must Buy
In a day where graphic ability is usually the key to a games success, rather than its overall game playability, Nintendo brings us Yoshi Touch N Go, a tribute to old school gaming that lives up to all the hype around it ... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
WarioWare: Touched!
If Touching is Good, Then WarioWare Doesn't Disappoint
Finally a game that totally takes advantage of the capabilities of the Nintendo DS! Warioware: Touched takes gamers on a wild and fast ride through 200 micro-games that stem from playing classic NES games to just simply ... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee
Hot Shots Golf Open Tee Hits a Hole in One on the PSP
Since it first appeared on the Playstation almost ten years ago, Hot Shots Golf has been one of Sony’s most beloved franchises. Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee on the PSP continues the long line of successful games in the serie... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
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