Review: Sega Rally Online Arcade (XBLA)

Review: Sega Rally Online Arcade (XBLA)

RRRRRRRIIIIIIIDDDDDGGGGGGEEEEEEE RRRRRAAAACCCCCEEEEERRRR! Well, actually that is a lie. Sega Rally Online Arcade is a downloadable rally game from – yes, you guessed it, Sega – that channels arcade racing games of old while adding a new coat of paint to the package. Although it is easy to become...

Review: Conduit 2 (Wii)

Review: Conduit 2 (Wii)

It is finally time to bury the term “for a Wii game.” The overused review qualifier that was imagined as a means to quell the fervent and insistent Nintendo fanbase has become a liability that has lead to the creation of a bias towards an underpowered system with ambitions far beyond its scope. The...

Review: Portal 2 (Xbox 360)

Review: Portal 2 (Xbox 360)

Portal defied expectations. Some three and a half years later, Portal 2 has done the same. Game: Portal 2 Publisher: Valve Developer: Valve Genre: First Person Puzzle Price: $59.99 Console, $49.99 PC/Mac Verdict: An incredibly built game that perfects the formula presented in Portal. Purchased by...

Review: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters (Wii)

Review: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters (Wii)

Game: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters Publisher: EA Developer: EA Tiburon Genre: Golf Price: $49.99 Verdict: An accessible and content rich golf experience which, yes features the Masters. Pros: Precise motion controls offer the most immersive sports game experience currently available. Cons: Not...

Team Teamwork Releases the Next Great Video Game Mashup

Team Teamwork Releases the Next Great Video Game Mashup

Team Teamwork, the mind behind the fantastic hip-hop/video game mashup albums The Ocarina of Rhyme and Vinyl Fantasy 7, has delivered an incredibly polished and tight look at the 16 bit era with his latest release, Super Nintendo Sega Genesis. As the title would suggest, TT forgoes the singular-game focus...

Star Wars The Old Republic Registers 1.5 Million Players for the Beta

Star Wars The Old Republic Registers 1.5 Million Players for the Beta

If filling out an online form with the hopes of being a beta tester for the forthcoming Bioware MMO was any indication of a persons intentions to be a first day purchaser, publisher EA should be ready for one heck of a launch. The seemingly monolithic 1.5 million registered players that EA claims have...

Wall of Sound: The Dreamcast – Part 4

Wall of Sound: The Dreamcast – Part 4

With personal tastes aside, I couldn’t very well get away with talking about soundtracks from the Sega Dreamcast without looking at some of the best arranged scores from the platform. While true orchestration in video games wasn’t a new concept when the Sega Dreamcast made its appearance, it was still...

Homefront Leaks, Kaos Studios Not Too Happy

Homefront Leaks, Kaos Studios Not Too Happy

The upcoming modern military shooter from THQ and Kaos Studios, Homefront, has been leaked onto the internet. While the source of the leak is still unknown, the game is (for the time being) unplayable, at least until pirates are able to crack the games copyright protection. As with anyone that sees years...

Shadow Of The Damned GDC Trailer and Screens

Shadow Of The Damned GDC Trailer and Screens

With the release of the Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil) and Suda 51 (Killer 7, No More Heroes) third person shooter only a few months from release, Publisher EA brought a brand new trailer to the Games Developer Conference last week in San Francisco. Thankfully, despite earlier trailers that made the game...

Flash Cart Use Might Brick The 3DS

Flash Cart Use Might Brick The 3DS

Early reports from Japanese retailer Enterking state that flash cart use could cause the 3DS to be bricked by future firmware updates from Nintendo. In reference to purchasing used systems, Enterking makes mention that they won’t buy 3DSs with unsupported software as there is a chance that future...