Red Dead Redemption was a widely-anticipated Rockstar game that hit shelves May 18th this year. Rockstar are the same guys that brought us the hugely popular Grand Theft Auto series, as well as Max Payne, the Midnight Club series, and others. Although it is a spiritual successor to 2004′s Red Dead Revolver, not much relates back to it, other than the western setting. You play as John Marston, an ex-gangster in the early 1900′s who is... Read→
“Skate” is the skateboarding series that overtook the subgenre of sports games, knocking Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater out of the public eye. (They also helped to do that themselves with their latest failure of a rebuttal, Tony Hawk: Ride.) With its very advanced and refined Flick-It control scheme, it eliminates the button-mashing trickgasm that once was skateboarding video games. Precision and skill overtaking randomness and luck, it... Read→
Uncharted 2: One of the most linear, scripted, predetermined games I’ve ever played in my life. Oh, and one of the best. Normally, these qualities hit below the belt, decreasing the overall fun factor of a game. The same cannot be said for Uncharted 2. This game takes linear gameplay, mixes in lots of scripted events that happen around you to make the world come to life, and, with all of this, tells a great story that is very gripping and has... Read→
It took 3 years of developing, and for the fans 3 long years waiting on the end, but now the wait is over, and God of War III has arrived, bringing us the grand finale to Kratos and his relentless quest for revenge. God of War III may not be the last installment of the series that continuously hovered in the top 3 on many gaming fans wish lists, it does bring the final part to this story. There aren’t many changes made to the game play, just a... Read→
As one of the greatest shooting games ever made, Call of Duty Modern Warfare seemed to have it all; great graphics, an exciting story line, awesome gameplay, and cool multiplayer features. Now after high anticipation and much excitement Activision has finally brought us Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 which has completely blown away the original Modern Warfare game. Modern Warfare was full of dramatic moments, action packed scenes, and intense game... Read→
Now, I know that this is just a demo, so it doesn’t really deserve a review, but it’s a pretty hyped-up game, so I figured I’d give it one anyway. The demo hit the Playstation Network today, and I grabbed it as soon as I could. After the long download, and the short-but-seemingly-endless installation, I jumped right on in. I’m actually playing as I type this up… Taking breaks in-between sentences. I can’t put... Read→
James Cameron’s Avatar Game was one of the games I had to buy after I had seen the outstanding movie, 5* rating on the movie. The game was a big let down considering the movie was amazing, I mean overall the game looked really good visually but the game play itself was not as good as it could of been had they had put more thought into it. This game really reminds me of Prince of Persia but in the way that Assassins Creed doesn’t, the... Read→
Hustle Kings is a pool game available exclusively on the Playstation Network for $10. The game was released prematurely in the UK (or just a month late in the States), so it took me a while to get my hands on it, but the videos and screenshots built up enough hype for me that I grabbed it the moment I could. I’m a big fan of playing pool in real-life… I can’t play it often, due to the lack of owning a table, but when I do play,... Read→
The Playstation Network is an awesome platform for developers to get their games to the masses. The equivalent to the Xbox Live Marketplace, it has a wide variety of games, as well as other goodies. We’re going to focus on the games, though, and I’m here to tell you about the best of the rest. There are lots of games to choose from, but you don’t want your money going to waste… I’ve tried a good bit of Playstation Network... Read→
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