July 8th, 2011
Galaga Legions DX and Half Minute Hero review
As promised, my reviews of Galaga Legions DX and Half Minute Hero on XBLA. For the most part, both games lived up to my expectations. Two good games worth your time.
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January 24th, 2011
Vanquish, run, gun and done
Sega knows how to make an arcade game. They’ve been doing it for a long time and Vanquish is no exception to the rule. It’s fast, fun and action-packed but don’t expect your first time through Vanquish to be anything but short and sweet.
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August 15th, 2010
The Expendables, a total sucker punch
For all the action stars The Expendables had in it, it’s too bad they couldn’t figure out how to use all of them properly. To say I was a little disappointed in the movie that could have been - should have been - the ultimate action movie, would be an understatement.
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February 14th, 2010
Darwinia+ makes herding cats fun
You know the term “it’s like herding cats”? Well, herding cats has never been more fun than it is in Darwinia+ on XBL Arcade. It’s a great balance of RTS, puzzle game, and God sim. But I was surprised it ended up being a full title in my library.
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December 18th, 2009
Alien Breed Evolution, where’s Sigourney?
I saw Alien Breed Evolution on the XBLA release list and it looked like my kind of game. I never played the original version, so I got the demo and quickly found it is my type of game - shooting, aliens, spaceships…and not to mention a nice $10 price tag.
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November 3rd, 2009
One week with DJ Hero
We all knew that Guitar Hero wouldn’t be the only “Hero” brand out there. With the kind of ridiculous popularity the franchise (and genre) has it was all but inevitable to assume there would be another “Hero” on the block. Well, the first one out of the gate is DJ Hero which will be followed [...]
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September 16th, 2009
Scribblenauts, unlocking your vocabulary
After we got an endorsement for Scribblenauts for the DS on a recent CAVEradio episode, I figured I’d give it a chance. It was sold to me as a “you can make it anything” game, but historically speaking those require too much brain power with little pay off in the fun/action department. Scribblenauts, however, I’m [...]
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August 23rd, 2009
Fossil Fighters, letting dinosaurs do what they do best
I wasn’t real big into dinosaurs when I was a kid. If you lined up a dinosaur, a giant robot, and a super ninja army guy and asked little Brian to pick one, it wouldn’t be the dinosaur. I know some kids got really huge into dinosaurs. They had their room themed in dinosaurs. All [...]
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June 27th, 2009
Transformers 2, I’m glad it was free
If you’ve followed my Twitters and even tuned in to the recent CAVEradio episode, you already know that I gave Transformers 2 a piss poor review. I had free passes to see the midnight showing on opening night and while the price was right for the tickets, the ultimate price of losing three hours of [...]
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May 31st, 2009
Blast Works, the Katamari of shooters
What would you call a game where the goal is to move around and collect a bunch of random trash? You’d call it Katamari Damacy. But what would you call a shoot ‘em up that requires you to fly around and pick up parts to build the biggest, baddest spaceship? You’d call it Blast Works. [...]