Review: God of War III (PS3)

Review: God of War III (PS3)

Game: God of War III Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Developer: Santa Monica Studio Genre: Action/Adventure Price: $59.99 Pros: God Of War III, Tight controls, Awesome visuals, Nice ending to the story. Cons: Brutal on higher difficulty, It has to end. This game can be summed up in one single...

Videogames Changed My View Of The World.

Videogames Changed My View Of The World.

It’s not an argument for or against the “Games as Art” thing. Think of it more like how after you watched Super Mario Brothers: The Movie, you never looked at those plumbers quite the same way. Ever since people started to imagine pretty much anything, those that read or heard stories of...

Top Five Franchises on the Decline

Top Five Franchises on the Decline

Fanboy-ism aside, I think everyone can admit that some major triple “A” franchises have jumped the shark, and just don’t know it. Yeah, I know that this article might be controversial, even among my fellow writers here at GrE. That being said, let’s discuss some of the franchises...

Review: Blue Toad Murder Files: The Mystery of Little Riddle (PSN)

Review: Blue Toad Murder Files: The Mystery of Little Riddle (PSN)

Game: Blue Toad Murder Files: The Mystery of Little Riddle Publisher: Relentless Software Developer: Relentless Software Genre: Puzzle Pros: Chance to actually solve a mystery based on information. Quirky cast, “Professor Layton” style game for the PSN, option to play with multiple players...

Xbox 360 Slim on the Way?

Xbox 360 Slim on the Way?

Rumors are like UFO sightings, lots of people know lots of people that have seen it, but until you have seen it yourself no one believes you. Much like the mentioning of there being a Blu-Ray drive in the works for the 360, there have been talks before about a “Slim” version of the console being...

Review: Chime (XBLA)

Review: Chime (XBLA)

Game: Chime Publisher: One Big Game Developer: Zoë Mode Genre: Puzzle Pro: Relaxing play style, Great Music, nice twist on the usual Tetris/Lumines style puzzle, Charity = Good feeling Con: Not much meat, takes a bit to get used to How often do you get to purchase a game AND get to feel good about the...

Vitals: Final Fantasy XIII (360, PS3)

Vitals: Final Fantasy XIII (360, PS3)

Final Fantasy XIII is the latest upcoming release from the world wide, award winning series of the same name. Square Enix has apparently cooked up yet another epic tale that will once again suck in gamers for an unknown number of hours. No exaggeration, this may well be the “final” Final...

Review: Chronos Twins DX (Wiiware)

Review: Chronos Twins DX (Wiiware)

Game: Chronos Twins DX Publisher: EnjoyUp Games Developer: EnjoyUp Games Price: 1000 Nintendo Points Genre: Platformer Pro: Runs Very Smooth, time travel is always cool, interesting idea Con: Easy to be distracted, twice the chance of death, oddly devoid of a tutorial. Chronos Twins actually started out...

Vitals: Alien Vs Predator (360, PS3, PC)

Vitals: Alien Vs Predator (360, PS3, PC)

Seeing as how I am, and always have been a fan of both the Aliens and Predator movies, Alien Vs. Predator has been on my radar for a while. I am still sad to know that the Aliens RPG is probably never going to be made, but I will take what I can get… I guess. The real question is whether the game...

Review: Excitebike World Rally (Wiiware)

Review: Excitebike World Rally (Wiiware)

Game: Excitebike: World Rally Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Monster Games Price: 1000 Nintendo Points Genre: Racer Pro: Great nostalgic feeling, Nice simple use of accelerometer, Updated graphics Con: AI players are still a bitch, not that much different from original, NO OFFLINE MULTIPLAYER! Excitebike...