Game Reviews
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SSX Blur Published Date: Apr 1, 2007Whichever way I look at it, the release date of SSX Blur, the latest Wii installment of the well-known snowboarding (& skiing) franchise, has been perfectly chosen: Odd as it may seem, what better way is there to welcome spring than by reminiscing about all the wintery fun we’ve had in this past s...
Genre: Extreme Sports Platform: Wii
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Rampage: Total Destruction Published Date: Apr 1, 2007While we’re waiting for some of the more exciting Wii titles lined up for release in the near future, let’s look at one game that we weren’t so excited about to begin with, and see what it has to offer. Rampage: Total Destruction is following in the footsteps of a true arcade classic, but how ...
Genre: Action Platform: Wii
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WWE: Smackdown Vs Raw 2007 Published Date: Apr 1, 2007I remember when I was a young whipper snapper, possibly with only similar gaming skills to that of your own, I used to hang out for a glimpse of the WWF on the Wide World of Sports here in Australia to see the recent escapades of Randy Savage, Jake the Snake, The British Bulldog, The Junk Yard Dog a...
Genre: Wrestling Platform: Xbox 360
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Viva Pinata Published Date: Apr 1, 2007So Gringo’s, you have all gone out and bought Viva Piñata (VP) for your girl friends, little sisters or other reasonably sissy people and thought to yourselves “how in hell can a game about smacking papier-mâché animals so candy falls out of them be entertaining for longer than five minutes?â...
Genre: Strategy Platform: Xbox 360
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Call of Juarez Published Date: Mar 28, 2007As anyone who plays first person shooters will know, new ideas are becoming. How many times do we have to run the gauntlet at Omaha Beach? And modern day battlefields are well and truly wearing thin. So why not look at some of the locations that haven’t been done to death? Call of Juarez is ...
Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC
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Battlefield 2142 Published Date: Mar 28, 2007When the news first started trickling out across the internet that the latest instalment of the Battlefield series was set in the future, I was dismayed. I started playing the series way back at Battlefield 1942, and I figured the authenticity of the action was the real drawing point. We then had ...
Genre: Online Shooter Platform: PC
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Age of Empires III Published Date: Mar 28, 2007The different genres across the gaming world can be defined by the titles that made the genre famous, and with strategy games, the Age of Empires series is definitely one of those. But is Age of Empires III beating a new path, or walking the same trail? The single player campaign allows you take...
Genre: Real-Time Strategy Platform: PC
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Supreme Commander Published Date: Mar 28, 2007A decade ago, the world of gaming was changed forever when a title called Total Annihilation was released. This groundbreaking game saw the first introduction of 3D graphics, and the industry has never looked back since. The man behind the TA series was Chris Taylor, and Supreme Commander is his s...
Genre: Real-Time Strategy Platform: PC
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Ant Bully Published Date: Mar 28, 2007Do video games damage your memory? One might assume so, judging by Midway’s latest digital romp, The Ant Bully, based on Warner Bros’ ongoing series of painfully hokey and laughably derivative children’s films. Am I the only one who remembers Honey, I Shrunk the Kids or, more lamentably (if no...
Genre: Action Adventure Platform: Wii
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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Published Date: Mar 28, 2007Marvel: Ultimate Alliance follows the usual narrative pattern of good versus evil. Dr. Doom is up to his old tricks, having assembled the uninventively named Masters of Evil, a band of not terribly nice super villains that might or might not be interested in Marvel world domination. (Bets should be ...
Genre: Action Adventure Platform: Wii
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