1942: Joint Strike is a pretty faithful recreation of the arcade classic, although it is not a port. You can either choose to go through the campaign by yourself or hook up with a friend to try and fly through the campaign. The game runs seamlessly with no frame rate issues at all for both…
Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rain Slick Precipice Of Darkness is the first of four titles that are inspired by the Penny Arcade comics and developed by Hothead Games. When you first start out you will create and customize your own character and once that is done you will join Gabe and Tycho as you…
With 2008 off to a roaring start in terms of game releases, THQ has now released Frontlines: Fuel of War. Frontlines is a first person shooter set in the not too distant future with a relevant storyline about oil shortages and the lengths some will go to secure that oil. You are a “stray dog”…
Arkadian Warriors is one of those titles that harkens back to the old hack and slash role play games, such as Diablo. This is a basic dungeon crawler where you will talk to a person in town and he will tell you about the current plight that the town is facing and will ask for…
This year’s edition of Smackdown! vs Raw is a mixed bag. In some instances THQ improved on some of the shortcomings from last year’s titles. In other areas THQ not only didn’t improve but they made some things worse than last year’s version. While THQ would love for this title to have mass market appeal…
Assassin’s Creed is one of those rare titles that is the first in a new series, yet still has a huge amount of hype surrounding its release. Ubisoft has done a tremendous job keeping this game in the mind of gamers during its development. Assassin’s Creed features you as an assassin named Altair. You get…
It has been said that the World War II genre of shooters has lasted longer than the actual war itself. Fortunately for us Infinity Ward realized this as well and decided to ditch the World War II theme in favor for a modern setting. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare will have you going through…
The hype leading up to Halo 3’s release was unprecedented. While other companies were busy taking notes on how to generate hype for your key title(s) everyone else was wondering whether Halo 3 could possibly live up to the hype. After playing through the single player campaign as well as having numerous online matches it…
Going into a review for a movie based game, no one really knows what to expect. There have been some good movie tie in games; however, there have been many more bad ones. Unfortunately Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix tend to fall in the second category. This game tries to immerse the…
Going into Monster Madness I didn’t really know what to think. I had played the demo from Xbox Live and wasn’t that impressed. Upon playing the full retail version of the game I did have more fun with it, but not by much. When you play through Monster Madness you get the sense that it…
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