Category Videogames

Review: Castelvania: Aria of Sorrow

CASTLEVANIA: ARIA OF SORROW Publisher: Konami Platform: GBA Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow is quite easily the best game for GBA next to Metroid Fusion. The graphics are superb and the gameplay is excellent. The premise is the same as ever,…

Review: Ikaruga

IKARUGA Developed: Treasure Published: Atari Platform: Gamecube From Treasure (the gaming gods that brought you Stretch Panic, Gunstar Heroes and more) comes old school vertically scrolling, alien blasting, bullet spewing action. But Treasure (read: gameplay innovation 24/7) delivers much more…

Review: Wolverine’s Revenge

WOLVERINE’S REVENGE Developer: GenePool Publisher: Activision Platform: PS2 # of Players: 1 Wolverine discovers that the scientists who created him implanted a “fail-safe” device inside his body, a viral time bomb. With 48 hours to stop the device from going…

Review: NBA Streets Vol. 2

NBA STREETS VOL. 2 Developer: NuFx Publisher: EA Sports Platform: PS2 # of Players: 1-4 Having always found sport sims incredibly difficult to play and boring to boot, I never played NBA Street and didn’t expect the sequel to engage…

Review: Siren

siren Platform: PS2 Developer: SCEI Publisher: SCEA Players: 1 At the end of the day, Siren will appeal to fans of Asian horror cinema, but sadly not as much to everyday gamers. Asian horror is a pretty slow paced genre…

Review: Thief 3: Deadly Shadows

Thief 3: Deadly Shadows Platform: PC Developer: Ion Storm Publisher: Eidos Players: 1 The third installment of the Thief series finds Garret back in the shadows. This is known as a ‘stealth’ game, meaning creep around in the shadows a…

Review: Red Dead Revolver

Red Dead Revolver Platform: XBox Developer: Rockstar Publisher: Rockstar Players: 1-4 A well-rounded third person western shoot’em up with a good story backdrop and colorful characters. The player is taken through level after level of old school shootouts, bar fights,…

Review: Psi Ops

Platform: PS2Developer: MidwayPublisher: Midway I’ve always wanted to lift someone up with my mind, set them on fire, and hurl them into their friends, in turn setting them on fire. That’s the gameplay of PsiOps, and man is it fun.…

Review: Evil Prophecy

Evil Prophecy Platform:PS2 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Players: 1 While I believe there is a story to this game—something about an end of the world prophecy—it seems all the game creators were interested in was how many times they could…

Review: Beyond Good and Evil

Beyond Good and Evil Platform: PCDeveloper: UbisoftPublisher: UbisoftPlayers: 1 Sometimes a game gets everything right the first time around. Beyond Good and Evil is as close as it gets. It seems there was very little marketing for this game and…