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The American Dream revised (X360)

Having already sold more copies than most countries have citizens, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has now transcended the video game industry to become a major player on the world stage. I feel as if Call of Duty should have its own representative at the UN, bullying countries ...

Reviewed by CanuckEh on Nov. 21, 2009

The viking slayer. (PS3)

In Trine, you assume control of a group of three characters that happen to be the destined chosen ones; a burly but duty-bound knight, a scantily-clad female thief and a wizard that quotes scribes off the top of his head like a bookworm. They must traverse forests, caves, castles ...

Reviewed by CanuckEh on Nov. 21, 2009

Oh, how Dusty. (X360)

I could’ve sworn that the appetite for Halo was long ago sated. We already got not one but three very sizable shooters. All of which were very similar (albeit incrementally improving) titles that involve largely the same identical marines-hurting-aliens gameplay. Halo 3 was a sufficient finale, offering more of ...

Reviewed by CanuckEh on Nov. 16, 2009

Things that go flop in the night. (GC)

I think Luigi’s Mansion may have traumatized longtime Nintendo fans. Imagine a group of kids that were raised by their parents to eat a hearty breakfast every morning. This breakfast would be nutritious and delicious; scrambled eggs with gourmet ketchup, French toast with sugar powder sprinkled on top and ...

Reviewed by CanuckEh on Nov. 12, 2009

Jeff Hardy would've used his drug money to buy this game. (PS3)

The situation with our annual wrestling video games seems to mirror the wrestling scene in reality. Every year, Yukes, THQ and the Fed pump out their annual Smackdown vs. Raw title, rudely telling the fans what features they want to see implemented (like last year’s tag team system, in ...

Reviewed by CanuckEh on Nov. 9, 2009

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

Pretty fly for a white guy. (PS3)

Oh Uncharted 2, how hard you try. Uncharted 2 feels like that one insecure kid at school that puts too much effort into fitting in. He buys the most expensive pre-torn jeans and matching Rocawear shirts, and totes the newest IPhone (he’s in Grade 5 by the way) so ...

Reviewed by CanuckEh on Nov. 5, 2009

Nothing to get soiled over (X360)

The female orgasm and gaming have by and large been kept two separate entities for decades. While its easy for male gamers whom have never known a kiss beyond their mother to seek arousal from a blocky Playstation-era Lara Croft and her triangular cleavage, women tend to need a ...

Reviewed by CanuckEh on Oct. 30, 2009

Birthday bust (a not very professional review) (N64)

Here’s where you cross your fingers and hope that your good friend doesn’t read your internet reviews. There is no greater way to devalue the birthday present that you’re fixing to give someone than for them to learn that you’ve slagged their present-to-be. And really, what kind of person ...

Reviewed by CanuckEh on Oct. 26, 2009

Bowser deepthroats Mario (DS)

Bowser is heartless indeed. Seriously, I’ve been exploring his insides and he doesn’t seem to have a heart. There are an assortment of nodes, cavities and assorted “regions” but during my entire time spelunking King Koopa, I’ve been unable to find a heart. Or much of a brain either, ...

Reviewed by CanuckEh on Oct. 23, 2009

The gods of metal are confused (PS3)

There is something powerfully ironic about Tim Shaffer’s Brutal Legend, a game designed to be a love letter to heavy metal…a letter which would likely include a parcel containing a still-beating human heart/ After all, it got published by the biggest third party developer and subsequently sued over by ...

Reviewed by CanuckEh on Oct. 20, 2009

2 out of 3 found this review helpful.

The worst named game of 2009! (DS)

Kingdom Hearts is a lot like that daughter of yours that started life so cute and innocent, but progressively grew more rebellious and spiteful of you and authority. Her pink dresses turned to black leather, her pink hairbands turned to spiked collars with matching wrist scars and your conversations ...

Reviewed by CanuckEh on Oct. 13, 2009

1 out of 2 found this review helpful.

Shaft your opposition (X360)

I halfway feel bad for underground illegal street racers, for their culture has stagnated in the eyes of the world. After a couple dozen Fast and Furious movies, a couple dozen more bad spinoffs (who remembers “Torque”?) and far too many wave-riding video games with matching trip-hop soundtracks and ...

Reviewed by CanuckEh on Oct. 12, 2009

I've got a bone to pick (PS3)

I’ve only sparingly heard of this before. But apparently, there are Singstar parties happening all around the nation. People from far and wide gather in groups to huddle around their Playstation to sing, dance, remember that they’re not scored on dancing and get back to singing. I’ve only known ...

Reviewed by CanuckEh on Oct. 3, 2009

Anyway the cash flows, doesn't really matter to me (PS3)

First and foremost, Singstar: Queen and all Singstar games must be imminently docked in points for breaking “the truce.” By “the truce”, I mean the unofficial agreement that Harmonix, Activision and whomever else that is making music games obey in making all of their games compatible with all major ...

Reviewed by CanuckEh on Oct. 1, 2009

Absolute imagination corrupts absolutely (DS)

Nauts-based video games have made something of an impact on our gaming culture. Tim Shafer’s Psychonauts is a universally praised platformer and work of genius the likes of which will always feel like a perennially-underrated underdog, regardless of how much adoration it may receive. Hideo Kojima released a game ...

Reviewed by CanuckEh on Sept. 28, 2009

Inferiority Complex (XBLM)

Previously in my Super Metroid review, I had made numerous petty swipes at the critically acclaimed Shadow Complex for imitating the master but missing the point. When I wrote that petty cheapshot disguised as a review for an all-time classic, I was but two-thirds of the way finished playing ...

Reviewed by CanuckEh on Sept. 27, 2009

Exploring the long lost land of the bargain bin (PS3)

For almost two years now, I’ve been refusing to buy Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune on account of the game’s $70 asking price on the free market. While some of the praise lent to the game by friends of mine tantalized me into making the plunge, I could never bring myself ...

Reviewed by CanuckEh on Sept. 24, 2009

Some very powerful hair (X360)

Call the King of Fighters a precursor to emo culture if you will. A bunch of pale, teenage, sometimes-effeminate male fighters (and masculine-female fighters that are at least a bit more gender-obvious, if just because of their big boobs) flinging fire, ice, crystal or blood-attacks with either the greatest ...

Reviewed by CanuckEh on Sept. 23, 2009

I Pledge alligiance to the flag... (PS3)

A little while back, a pre-Mickey Mouse Marvel Comics made a bit of noise with the Civil War storyline that pitted heroes against heroes over government legislation. It was intriguing in its parlaying of real-life events and made for an eventful time to be a comic book fan…or at ...

Reviewed by CanuckEh on Sept. 18, 2009

3 out of 3 found this review helpful.

The Beatles: World at War (X360)

The Beatles: Rock Band is a mighty collaboration between numerous video game and music companies of which I cannot possibly be made to list. If anything, I can imagine a behind-the-scenes war between Apple Corps and Harmonix over the order of titling with one side refusing the title of ...

Reviewed by CanuckEh on Sept. 13, 2009