Ever since I’ve began reviewing video games, part of me has wondered if many journalists and bloggers have a policy of “give the score, don’t look back, and don’t dwell” about the entire proceeding. However, I’m not really the type of writer who really has that ability, mostly due to the fact that I still [...]
Continue reading...2 September 2010
Sonic X-treme Sonic X-treme is one of the more well-known shelved titles. There are plenty of screenshots and game play videos to be found on the internet, which makes its lack of release even more of a tease. The 32X/CD/Saturn era of Sega is ripe with stories of in-companyconflicts, unreleased titles, and barely-advertised products, but [...]
Continue reading...26 August 2010
As you walk through a village in a primarily Hispanic country, you leap through the air at an enemy with a gun trained right at your head. As you take your knife and jam it into his flesh, his friends come at you with only the intent of severing your spinal column. However, you have [...]
Continue reading...24 August 2010
For most, if not all, of my gaming life, I have been known as a console gamer. Though my first console was a handheld, ever since then I have gone from console to console (solely on the Nintendo front until the last generation) and enjoyed many of the games that have been available to me, [...]
Continue reading...23 August 2010
For the week ending August 14, 2010 Fluctuations in hardware sales are dictated by factors like new game releases, new SKUs of existing consoles, system launches, holidays, and more. In this weekly writeup, we list the weekly hardware sales and break down potential reasons and influences on them. Nintendo DS – 115,356 Xbox 360 – [...]
Continue reading...22 August 2010
Recently I suggested that video games were a groundbreaking medium for the horror genre, through the simple fact that they can place you right in the middle of a terrifying scenario. Indeed, I think that this is one area that clearly refutes assertions that games are incapable of inspiring profound emotional reactions. As anyone who [...]
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2 September 2010
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