Eric’s Take: Being the fighting game addict that I am, one of my missions is to try as many franchises from the genre as possible. Back around 2005, that mission led me to cross paths ...
Read More »New Releases for the Week of March 20th-26th, 2013
Across this week’s schedule of new releases, sequels abound. Whether players are ready to get behind the armored masks of Salem and Rios in Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel, grab the Poltergust 5000 to ...
Read More »Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk Review
Look past the coquettish DLC swimsuits and intermittent instances where ditziness serves as comic relief, and the Atelier franchise reveals its principal virtue: it’s a series that focuses on female empowerment. From Rorona’s efforts to ...
Read More »Generation of Chaos: Pandora’s Reflection Review
For PSP owners who cherish the intricacy of micromanagement, both 2005’s Generation of Chaos and 2007 sequel Aedis Eclipse, have provided two of the portable’s most complex time sinks. Teeming with dense menus, a myriad ...
Read More »New Releases for the Week of March 13th-19th, 2013
With reports indicating that the Wii U is struggling at retail, this week’s batch of releases might offer a glimmer of hope for Nintendo’s system. While Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate and Need for Speed Most ...
Read More »Star Wars Pinball Review
When 2007’s Pinball FX was released for the Xbox 360, critics had a common stickling point: the steel-ball simulation failed to recreate actual machines. Although Zen Studios has yet to fulfill that wish, over the ...
Read More »Slam Bolt Scrappers Review
There’s a particular group of friends I catch up with every so often. We head to one of our houses, sit at the TV and play videogames. Only, since we never play party games on ...
Read More »Podcast 12-6: My Pretentiousness
This week the crew offers impressions of Star Wars Pinball, F1 2012, The Cave, Urban Trial Freestyle, and The Guardians of Middle Earth. In addition to our conventional dose of gaming trivia and answers to ...
Read More »Naruto Powerful Shippuden Review
With story sequences which surpass the twenty-minute mark, the release of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 is geared toward stalwart, console-owning, fans of the teenage shinobi. Fortunately, that’s not the case with the knuckle-headed ...
Read More »Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Review
Not long ago, blind-buying a manga or anime-based game was a dicey proposition. Although sporadic standouts such as Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Astro Boy: Omega Factor resisted mediocrity, the majority of ...
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