Game Reviews - Indews

Let’s take a trip back in time. The year was 2000. The Los Angeles Lakers were still dominating the NBA, radios were pumping the funky sounds of Bootsy Collins (at least mine was), and the gaming world was blessed with one of the greatest first person shooters of all time, Perfect Dark. Any gamer with a soul thought that that it was excellent as it competed with Goldeneye and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for the best game for the Nintendo 64. Shortly after its release, Rare announced that a sequel was in the making and it would be released towards the end of the N64s life-span. It got delayed, so the Gamecube became what looked like a decent home, but with the Microsoft buyout of Rare, this became an impossibility. Hype built and the game was finally released for the Xbox 360, but could it live up to the first game and the building suspense?

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This season, the NBA has become lopsided. The bad teams are very bad, the Detroit Pistons are dominating the Eastern Conference, and the San Antonio Spurs are dominating the Western Conference, so when things get boring and predictable, there’s only one thing that can be done; reach for your controller and pop in a basketball game. But which one? Why not grab the one with Shaq Diesel donning the cover?

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You’re a young Russian who has just entered military training. German troops have just invaded your home country. It isn’t long before your comrade bursts into your tutorial to tell you that your fellow soldiers are under attack. You grab you gun and begin your new life as a killing machine.

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It only took four Pro Skaters, two Undergrounds, and several spin-offs for Neversoft to create the next game in the Tony Hawk series, American Wasteland. It seems to be everybody’s opinion that the series has been falling apart, but can this new chapter finally bring the game back to its roots which made it popular in the first place?

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Banjo, move over. Rare has a new platformer superhero. She’s graceful, she’s a princess, and she can do front-flips, but there is only one name that can truly describe her: Kameo.

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Dolph: Whoa! Phat five-forty!
Nelson: I'm gettin' agro on this kicker!
Bart: Stomp that jiggle revert!
Otto: Excellent! Your lingo is progressing nicely.
Bart: Can I go to the bathroom?
Otto: Uh, uh. Say it in snowboard.
Bart: Um, I've got to blast a dookie?
Otto: Dook on!

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Zombies are frightening, but after a while, they can only do so much for the horror genre. There has to be something new. There has to be someplace that the Resident Evil series is able to go. How about manic villagers? It’s a start, but how about giants, midgets, and a tale of vengeance.

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Movie to game transfers never seem to go through right. Given, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay is a clear exception to this tried and true analogy. However, beyond those high walls very few quality movie-based video games can be found. Well, although not a direct movie to game, meaning it is more of a comic to movie to game kind of transfer, The Punisher is actually a surprisingly fun title that other games of its type should take note from.

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The next Star Wars game has arrived, and this one is unlike any other Star Wars game. Star Wars: Republic Commando is an engaging, beautiful, squad-based FPS title that hopes to knock your pants off with fun gameplay and plenty of Star Wars theme. Thankfully, it mostly does just that.

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Being a psychic seems to be a hot topic in gaming these days. Every other day it seems as if a game comes out empowering gamers with psychic abilities. This newly crowded genre has a new entrant: Second Sight. Powered by Free Radical Design and Codemasters, Second Sight hopes to separate from the vicious pack and make a name for itself. It has all the tools in place, but can it combine them to produce a special game

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