At the beginning of the year, when the Wii version of Okami was released, someone noticed something odd about the cover art on the box – there was an IGN watermark on the Okami art! Shortly thereafter, Capcom announced “Okami Cover Artwork Redemption” – basically, they planned to cover up their colossal mistake via distraction. […]

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There’s been a lot of chatter over teh intarwebs in the past few months about whether the iPhone will overtake the PSP or even the DS as a gaming platform. It is my firm belief that for a number of reasons this will never happen. Granted, from a certain perspective, everything Apple touches turns to […]

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After ten days of playing, I finally finished Saints Row 2 and sent my review off to be posted.  I played for about 20 hours, gained 45 neighborhoods, completed 56 missions, tried dozens of activities, earned hundreds of thousands of dollars and killed hundreds of people.  The game is great, and I had a fantastic […]

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This game is part of the Retro Remakes project. I remember playing The Hobbit on my Commodore 64. I never really got any further than the goblins’ cells, but that’s largely because I had no walkthroughs back then, and I suck at adventure games. If you like adventure games, or retro games, give it a […]

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With the announcement of the new Ghostbusters video game, and the already successful Princess Bride video game, one is left to wonder what other decades-old movie properties are ripe for remaking into brilliant new high-definition gaming masterworks. Because I know so many game developers follow this site, I’ve decided to offer a few of my […]

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For as long as there have been video games, there have been ridiculous and stupid video game bosses. From the FBI Agent in Atari’s E.T. to Letz Shake in No More Heroes, who blew himself up before you ever got to fight him, ludicrous game bosses have a long and rich history. I’ve taken it […]

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Well, it’s been a few months, time for game developers to start complaining about used game sales hurting their bottom line.  Even the sales juggernaut that is Halo has to throw their helmet into the ring and say that the used game market has undoubtedly hurt their sales. Here’s the quote that bugs me the […]

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I’ve been avoiding listing browser games in the Free Game Friday feature, but I’m beginning to see that without using at least the odd browser game here and there, I have no chance of finding enough good titles. Fantastic Contraption is a very cool physics-based puzzle game wherein you need to assemble wheels and spokes […]

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Recently, I fired up the copy of Okami that’s been sitting on my shelf for months, gathering dust and cat hair. After the initial half hour of text-reading, when the game actually started, I was completely shocked at how good it looked. This is a Wii game, ported from the original Gamecube version – it’s […]

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