<p>This week I’m finally getting back to reviewing a more current video game – Vanquish, a joint by Shinji Mikami and developed by Platinum Games. That’s a good pedigree for Gameplay, but how is it for story?<span id="more-2586"></span><!--more--></p>
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This week I’m taking a look at another video game, with the Nazi Face-Punching simulator in The Saboteur.
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This week, I’m reviewing the latest installment in the Call of Duty franchise, with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
Multiplayer footage by Matroix (http://www.youtube.com/Matroix)
Classical Music during the “Incoherent Rage” card is “Virtutes Instrumenti” by Kevin McCloud
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This week I’m taking a look at Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception… and, since I had time to spare, I also take a look at this year’s Hugo Award nominated novels.
I apologize for the technical difficulties – I was having difficulties capturing video from my webcam.
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So, a while back I played, and reviewed, the first major rhythm game to be based around a particular rock band – Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. I reviewed it almost a year ago, and I didn’t think it was all bad. Well, this year I’ve picked up Harmonix’s take on the concept. With the game I reviewed a year ago, Neversoft took the Guitar Hero series, took some of Aerosmith’s hit tracks and put some relevant tracks by other artists around it. Harmonix’s philos
After a long break between video game reviews, I’m back with a review of Record of Agarest War for the Xbox 360 and PS3. I’m also using a new video editing program, Sony Vegas, for this video, so bear with me as I work on improving the sound and picture quality in future installments.
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This week I have another video game review – as I take a look at the last title to come out of Bizarre Creations, James Bond 007: Blood Stone.
Gameplay footage by:
Shockwave981 – http://youtube.com/shockwave981
TheMediaCows – http://youtube.com/TheMediaCows
Featuring a guest appearance by Diamanda Hagan!
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Preview: James Bond 007: Blood Stone (joystiq.com)
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Just to get it out of the way. I love Van Halen in general. Both the David Lee Roth era and the Sammy Hagar eras of the band both had some amazing songs which I absolutely love… and let’s just pretend that the Gary Charone era didn’t happen. So, when I heard about this game, I was looking forward to the game with great anticipation. Then I learned that there wouldn’t be any representation of the Sammy Hagar era on the album because the band was currently touring with David Lee Roth, and my inter
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A while back, I went out on a limb and said that Guitar Hero: Aerosmith was superior to Guitar Hero III. I’ve now had an opportunity to play the second band focused Guitar Hero game, and while I enjoyed it, it encountered some of the same problems that Guitar Hero III had.
For starters, the game isn’t balanced well. On Normal, I found myself running into serious problems with the first two tracks of the game, with the game. Even when I switched down t
This week I’ve got another video game review, and one of a current video game – Goldeneye 007 Reloaded for the Xbox 360.
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‘GoldenEye 007: Reloaded’ Review (gamerant.com)
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This week I have another review of a game in the Gears of War series, with my thoughts on Gears of War 3.
Gameplay video recorded by TheRadBrad (http://youtube.com/TheRadBrad)
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Sorry for this review taking so long to go up – when I originally downloaded the gameplay footage from Skorch82 for this video review, it was somehow corrupted – which meant I couldn’t convert it from FLV, which meant I couldn’t edit it in properly. Thus, I had to re-download all the video on the fly while I was editing the video. Hence the delay. However, the work is done and now my review is presented for your consideration.
Now, without further ado, I prevent my review o
Well, it’s been a long time since my last video review, but I’m back, and I’m taking a look at El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron.
Gameplay Footage by GhostRobo
http://www.youtube.com/user/GhostRobo
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After taking a break for the holidays, I’ve got a video game review for you of
. It’s not the best game in the history of gaming… but you can see it from here.Gameplay Footage by: J2JonJeremy
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Joystiq Top 10 of 2011: Deus Ex: Human Revolution (joystiq.com)
Why Deus Ex: Human Revolution is My Game of the Year (forbes.com)
All of the Best Video Game Music of 2011 [Game Music 2011] (kotaku.com)
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So, I’ve previously reviewed Need for Speed: ProStreet and Carbon. Both were pretty decent racing racing games, putting aside the very significant and major flaws I pointed out in my reviews of both games. Well, in my review of ProStreet, I said I’d give GRID a try. As you can tell from the title of the review, I haven’t. What I have tried is Criterion’s more arcade style, open world street racing game Burnout: Paradise. I’ve basically made it through career
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This week I’m back after a computer failure-related absence, I’m back, with a new camera, and a new microphone. Unfortunately, I don’t have editing software as yet, so I’m going with a one-take, this time. Hopefully I’ll have some editing software by my next episode. This week I have a review of Blur for the Xbox 360, by Bizarre Creations.
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Well, it’s a new year, and with the new year comes more opportunities to clear more titles off my Pile of Shame. First up is the spinoff of EA’s Battlefield series, aimed for the Consoles – Battlefield: Bad Company.
The Premise:
Private Preston Marlowe has screwed up. After going in a joyride in a helicopter, destroying a General’s limo in the process (along with the helicopter), Marlowe is assigned to B Company of the 222nd regiment, also known as
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Awhile back I played and reviewed (somewhere else – I can’t find the precise review) 50 Cent: Bulletproof. The game was the first game featuring rapper 50 Cent. It wasn’t a good game, but it wasn’t absolute crap either. It was just incredibly mediocre. However, it sold incredibly well. So, I wasn’t surprised when the game got a sequel, but I wasn’t particularly expecting quality in any form, so I just ignored the game. However, then I started heari
I’ve previously played two Hatsune Miku rhythm games, one on the PS3, and one on the Nintendo 3DS. I generally enjoyed them, though I found the gameplay controls a little rough. In particular, in the 3DS version, bouncing between the two screens was difficult at higher difficulties, and on the PS3 version, the size of the screen ended up working against the game. For my next outing against a Miku game on a Sony platform, with the latest title – Hatsune Miku Project Diva X – I decided to take on
This time I’m doing a Vlog-style review of the fourth Dragon Quest game, and the first of the older titles to get re-released on the DS in the US.
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This is a bit of an aside from my read-through of the Expanded Universe. In addition to reading Truce at Bakura, I’ve also been watching Star Wars Rebels. Having just completed season 1, I wanted to give my thoughts.
While Season 1 doesn’t grab a ton from the old EU, it’s interesting to see the concepts they do keep. First off, we have the Imperial Inquisitor, who was introduced in the old West End Games RPG (which is actually cited in one of the Rebels Recon episodes – which made me squee), an
<p>In a sudden failure of judgement (and planning), I’ve realized that I’ve forgotten to post last week’s video on the site. So, I’ll make up for it by posting last week’s video alongside this week’s one. Enjoy!<span id="more-2632"></span><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='585' height='360' src='http://www.youtube.com/embed/P2JHPZH9OsA?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=
<p>In a sudden failure of judgement (and planning), I’ve realized that I’ve forgotten to post last week’s video on the site. So, I’ll make up for it by posting last week’s video alongside this week’s one. Enjoy!<span id="more-2632"></span><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='585' height='360' src='http://www.youtube.com/embed/P2JHPZH9OsA?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=
So, this interesting little article from Ars Technica came up on my Digg feed, and I felt like commenting on it ? and I felt like commenting on it outside of a forum site like RPG.net.
In a nutshell, a turf-war has started among Anonymous. One faction favors the group’s current anarchic “Anyone who wants to be part of anon can be part of anon, and use our big DDOS Of DOOM” (no, they don’t actually call it that). The other faction feels that Anon should be limited to those whose Kung Fu, if you
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