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Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 2 Review

Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 2 » More predictable than a soap opera storyline, SNK Playmore USA returns with yet another compilation of its arcade and Neo Geo lineup in Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 2. For those keeping score...

May 14, 2008

Battle of the Bands » Planet Moon has had a history of developing humorous and quirky titles. I don’t think a game has ever made me laugh harder than a few key moments in Armed and Dangerous. Battle of...

May 13, 2008

Galactic Civilizations 2: Twilight of Arnor Review

Galactic Civilizations 2: Twilight of Arnor » Two years ago Galactic Civilizations II knocked our socks off with its endless turn-based playability and fun gameplay. Then the first expansion, Dark Avatar, came along and did it again, cleaning...

May 12, 2008

Boom Blox » When it was announced that Steven Spielberg was developing a game for the Wii, thoughts of Medal of Honor started swimming through the heads of the Nintendo fanboys. Big stories, big explosions,...

May 6, 2008

Grand Theft Auto IV » You’re reading a Grand Theft Auto IV review? Really? This is arguably the most review-proof game released in the last four years. Don’t worry about it, it’s great. It’s...

April 28, 2008

The World Ends With You » Sometimes it feels like the role-playing game is trapped in amber, forever doomed to deal in the same swords and dragons laid out by Dungeons & Dragons way back in the day. Square Enix are as...

April 25, 2008

NBA Ballers: Chosen One » It’s nice that the NBA license hasn’t been tied up in all the ridiculous exclusivity deals of the NFL, MLB, and so on. It means we still get some creative titles that have to deliver in...

April 23, 2008

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue » For the last ten years, Gran Turismo has proven to be one of Sony’s mainstay titles. In a market dominated by arcade-style racers with over the top physics and damage, the Gran Turismo games...

April 22, 2008

Arcana Heart » There used to be a bunch of games like this. Back in the heyday of Street Fighter II, the “chick fighter” was a recognizable sub-genre in Japan – Asuka 120%, Variable Geo, the...

April 17, 2008

Okami » About two years ago, a title was released with all the trappings of a Nintendo classic – voiceless hero, quirky storyline, and a color pallet that went well beyond forest green. As much as...

April 17, 2008

SNK Arcade Classics » Not content until every one of its games is available in some packaged form or another, SNK Playmore releases its largest classic compilation to date with Arcade Classics: Volume 1. It’s a...

April 18, 2008

Baroque » A mysterious force called the “Blaze” has distorted and corrupted the world, twisting humanity into terrifying creatures known as Meta-Beings. As the amnesic, mute protagonist, the...

April 18, 2008

Dirty Dancing - The Videogame » It’s hard to say why Dirty Dancing has lasted so long in the hearts and minds of the American movie audience. Perhaps it’s the themes we remember, a simple story of growing up and...

April 18, 2008

Sam & Max Season 2: Episodes 4 & 5 Review

Sam & Max Season 2: Episodes 4 & 5 » And Sam & Max’s second season comes to a close with a red hot final episode, there’s not a whole lot to say that hasn’t already been said about the fantastic adventures of the...

April 18, 2008

Universe at War: Earth Assault (360) Review

Universe at War: Earth Assault » For years, it was widely thought that the first-person shooter just couldn't work on consoles. Then Halo came along and proved that a genre forever played with a mouse and keyboard could work and...

April 9, 2008