Game Reviews
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SBK 08 - Superbike World Championship Published Date: Sep 2, 2008Have you got your rev-head groove on, game junkies? SBK08 is flying down your highways and onto your PSP’s and the question is - do you care? Should you care? Well, that’s why I'm here sports fans! The SBK series is the only one out there, officially licensed by the Super Bike World Series. F...
Genre: Racing Platform: Sony PSP
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Buzz Master Quiz Published Date: Aug 31, 2008I don’t know about the rest of you out there in internet land, but I am a trivia personified. I am that annoying arrogant ‘know-it-all’ who chimes into random conversations because they got some insignificant fact wrong. Knowing that, you all certainly shouldn’t be surprised when I tell you ...
Genre: Trivia Platform: Sony PSP
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Space Siege Published Date: Aug 31, 2008For the purpose of argument, let’s say you’re a game developer. Now, admittedly I don’t know much about the development side of things, but I’ll assume it’s a little like being a games journalist. With that in mind, here’s a hypothetical for you to think over: Between polishing your soli...
Genre: Action RPG Platform: PC
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NCAA Football 09 All-Play Published Date: Aug 27, 2008In America, college sports work in large part because players are competing for more than just a moment of glory and the eventually threadbare mythological memories told ad nauseam to eyeball-rolling teenagers. With its shoddy promises of pro-sports glory—maybe even you are the next Michael Jordan...
Genre: Sports Platform: Wii
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Don King presents Prizefighter Published Date: Aug 2, 2008It’s probably fair to say that the glory days of boxing have passed us by; when as a kid I’d stay up until 4am to see Tyson hammer someone around the ring. The failure of boxing to capture the imagination of the masses also might have something to do with the rise of UFC and mixed martial arts ...
Genre: Sports Platform: Xbox 360
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Published Date: Jul 25, 2008I’m as shocked as the next man, believe me, but after struggling to enjoy the opening level of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian on the PS3 I abandoned it to the play-when-I’ve-nothing-else-to-review basket. Lo and behold but the PR machine must have foreseen this because the very...
Genre: Action Adventure Platform: Xbox 360
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Kung Fu Panda Published Date: Jul 25, 2008Are you ready to help make Po become a true master of Kung Fu and release his awesomeness in the quest to save the Furious Five and defeat Tai Lung? Then it’s time to unleash your legendary stylus skills and lead Po through his adventures to become the Dragon Warrior or its back to the noodle shop...
Genre: Action Platform: Nintendo DS
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Beijing 2008 Published Date: Jul 24, 2008When a game hits release that allows players to participate in no less than 38 sports, there are two ways it can go. It can either be a fulfilling representation of the event that captures the hearts of players and completes its reason for existence by fuelling play that features passing the contro...
Genre: Sports Platform: Xbox 360
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Soul Bubbles Published Date: Jul 24, 2008Soul Bubbles opens with the Mekensleep logo and a black screen displaying the following disclaimer: [b]THIS GAME DOES NOT DEPICT ANY OF THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS OR EVENTS: *LICENSED RACING CARS* *POST-APOCALYPTIC SOLDIERS* *ELFS, ORCS OR MAGICIANS* *GANG FIGHTS* PLEASE DO NOT PANIC! ITâ€...
Genre: Puzzle Action Platform: Nintendo DS
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Unreal Tournament III Published Date: Jul 22, 2008It’s been a four year wait for Unreal Tournament III (actually the 4th Unreal Tournament game and the 8th Unreal game, but the first using the Unreal 3 engine) to be ported onto Xbox 360. The series has been the staple diet of PC users for quite some time, and the Unreal engine has been used for m...
Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Xbox 360
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