Whoa.
So, not really for the kiddies…keep THAT in mind when you think about downloading/playing it.
There is a basic tutorial mode in the beginning that demonstrates what a badass bitch you are in the game. After that, they dump you into the most intensely confusing and difficult 3 minutes of gameplay you’ll ever play. I played it twice and nearly turned the demo off because I was SURE this was not a game for me.
Who it’s for: Fans of isometric hack’n’slash games who want loot to flow like water.
Who it’s not for: Anyone looking for a deep RPG in the style of Diablo.
Dungeon Hunter is a game that I really wanted to love. It has a few things really going for it. Better than average graphics, tons of items with varying properties to wear and/or wield, and a fairly responsive “left analog stick” control.
Soosiz is a 2D Platformer defined by its creators as a “Gravity-Defying Platformer.” That’s actually a pretty good one-line explanation for what has to be one of the best platformers currently available for the Ipod Touch/Iphone.
Can’t a guy just get to bed at a decent hour? After a somewhat ho-hum episode of FlashForward last night, I stopped my Windows Media Center Extender DVR session on my Xbox 360 and booted back to the dashboard, ready to do a quick check for new content before SleepyTime. Alas, I was kicked from Xbox Live and prompted for an update! Almost 2 hours later, here’s what I stumbled across.
As a sidenote, I have NOT tested the Facebook app, Halo Waypoint, or the MSNBC.com news feed. (In short, I am not a Facebook member, and the other two options are not available as of yet). Moving on…
For those of you that might be familiar with a recent post of mine, take heed: Microsoft isn’t a big fan of such things any longer.
Major Nelson just posted on his blog that as of the new system update being sent out (first to Preview Program participants but then to all by the end of November) to all Xbox 360 consoles, your “unauthorized memory unit” will no longer be accessible through your console.
I truly hope someone creates a band with that sweet name. 
The holiday gaming season of 2009 is upon us, and as always, I continue to scour the Interwebz for review scores of fellow journalists and game reviewers to see if my hard-earned gaming dollar should be allocated to this title or that. In addition to some of my favorite mainstays (Ars, IGN, and Joystiq being the heavy hitters), I always mosey on over to Metacritic to see what the greater populace is saying before making the final decision.
Yes I am aware that AH was a lovely April fools joke, but with the launch of Guitar hero and its hipper brother Rock Band there has been talk of other offshoots (can we say DJ Hero?). It made me think about all of the other possibilities that could come out for video game fools.
Continue reading
It’s that time again! What’s “New” with the Xbox Experience!
I just got into the preview program last night, and I think “modest update” would be the correct term for this most recent dashboard update. Here is a quick breakdown of the features I’ve stumbled across so far (this list isn’t exhaustive, but these are most of the major points):
I recently finished Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, and I am officially going on record as saying this is a great game, and one that Star Wars fans in particular have no business missing. I had a wonderful time visiting some wonderful Star Wars set pieces, positively terrifying my opponents with mind-numbing force powers, and exploring some of the (extremely) light RPG elements as you develop your light-saber-wielding fiend of power.
