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Bionic Commando: You Can Go Home Again (PSN)

Bionic Commando: Rearmed is the redo and update of the classic 8-bit franchise from Capcom that, if you're 'old school' enough, most likely holds a special place in your heart. If not, then this game is a prime introduction to how things used to be in a bygone era. For ...

Reviewed by SpiritOf on Nov. 14, 2008

1 Part Halo + 1 Part Rainbow 6 + 1 Part George Lucas = Goodness (XBOX)

Star Wars: Republic Commando is one of those games that may actually surprise you. As of this moment it's the first and only attempt at an FPS set in the new Star Wars universe since the Dark Forces series. It's a super solid shooter with a dash of squad tactics ...

Reviewed by SpiritOf on Oct. 3, 2008

An unexpurgatedly adept guise stratagem pastime... (XBLM)

I honestly ended up receiving exactly what I expected from Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. It's a very proficient turn based RPG, with a layer of PA's crude humor wafting around and thru the entire proceeding. If you like old school RPGs (especially Chrono Trigger), and ...

Reviewed by SpiritOf on Oct. 3, 2008

ARGO! (PS2)

I don't do tens very often, and I haven't actually written a review for a game I have considered a ten, but Shadow of the Colossus is an absolute ten when it comes to the important things. Personally I have never played a game (including ICO) that has presented itself ...

Reviewed by SpiritOf on Oct. 3, 2008

Like sands thru the Phantom Hourglass, so are the days of our Lin (DS)

The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass is latest entry in the very long line of the Nintendo adventure franchise, and although this game doesn't fundamentally break much new ground, when it's all over you're not going to care that much. The same old "if it ain't broke, don't fix ...

Reviewed by SpiritOf on Oct. 2, 2008

Uncharted: Drake's Tomb Raiders of the Lost Gears of Persia (PS3)

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune for the PS3 might be what some would call "derivative" of other games in the action genre, and in its way it is, but to brush it under the rug as derivative would be short sighted because you would be passing up one of the prettiest, most ...

Reviewed by SpiritOf on Oct. 1, 2008

Take your protein pills and put your helmet on... (X360)

Mass Effect is the newest "pick-a-path" game from the people who almost built that style of game mechanic, BioWare, and while the exterior of the Mass Effect house may look pretty, it isn't really standing on the sturdiest of foundations. The game has you playing as "Fill-In-The-Blank" Shepard. A customizable ...

Reviewed by SpiritOf on Sept. 19, 2008

You'll often forget that you are playing a handheld game... (PSP)

God of War: Chains of Olympus is the first God of War game for the PSP system, and from a technical and visual stand point it just might be the greatest handheld game ever made...and I'm not making that claim lightly. The story follows the ever tortured Kratos in a ...

Reviewed by SpiritOf on Sept. 16, 2008

All in all, Bully is NOT just another brick in the wall. (PS2)

Bully for PS2 is a sandbox game made by the mother of all sandbox game makers, Rockstar. At first this game may feel like Grand Theft Auto "goes back to school", but once you get under the hood and give the game a few hours, you're going to realize that ...

Reviewed by SpiritOf on Sept. 3, 2008

More "OH SNAP!" moments than you can shake a nuclear arsenal at! (PS3)

Call of Duty 4: Modern Combat, I mean, really, what else can be said? This is easily one of the best FPS games of last year, one of the best FPS games ever, and a new high water mark for the genre. COD4 takes a detour from the other games ...

Reviewed by SpiritOf on Aug. 22, 2008

Everything's better, down where it's wetter. Under the sea. (X360)

Bioshock, by now, is a game that really needs no introduction. It's a game that absolutely knocks the door down and brings about the real "next-gen" that both Microsoft and Sony have been touting about since 2006. Easily one of (if not the) best games of 2007, and worth the ...

Reviewed by SpiritOf on Aug. 12, 2008

Patience and persistence pay off in the end... (X360)

Dead Rising is an action-adventure/survival game by Capcom which would make you think that it's a wannabe Resident Evil clone, and you'd be wrong, "dead" wrong. The only thing about Dead Rising that resembles RE is, of course, the zombies, but Dead Rising takes a much campier, more "Americana", approach ...

Reviewed by SpiritOf on Aug. 6, 2008

Somebody opened a can of whoop Odysseus! (PS2)

After having just finished God of War 2 on Spartan mode, it sounds cliché but my ultimate reaction to this action/puzzle game is just a very humble, "Wow". God of War 2 has been defined by a few as "more of the same" and "doesn't tread much new ground", but ...

Reviewed by SpiritOf on Aug. 4, 2008

This game completely deserves to sit at the big kids table with F (PS1)

Lost somewhere in the shuffle of the Final Fantasy series, Final Fantasy IX had the unwanted privilege of coming out near the end of the PS1's life cycle and only days after the release of the PS2. Being pushed to the back burner by many players still doesn't take away ...

Reviewed by SpiritOf on Aug. 1, 2008

"You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave" (DS)

Or at least that's what I've been told. Hotel Dusk is a point and click adventure done in a gumshoe-noirish style for the DS that, when it's hitting on all cylinders, is a real joy to play. When it isn't, it may just lull you to sleep. You play the ...

Reviewed by SpiritOf on July 31, 2008

Short, sweet, and to the point... (XBOX)

I mean this game, not my review. :) Black is a first person shooter by Criterion, the developers of the excellent Burnout series, and for all the eye candy that these guys can throw out there, Black is, ultimately, a very "by-the-book" FPS. One of the very first things a ...

Reviewed by SpiritOf on July 30, 2008

Dare I call this game "psi-sational"? (PS2)

Here it is in very few words: Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy is a must play game for ANY and ALL fans of action-adventure games. It's a one of kind experience that really rewards creative play. You play the game as Nick Scryer, a psi-agent who has had his memory erased. ...

Reviewed by SpiritOf on July 29, 2008

PSP needs more games like this one... (PSP)

And what I mean by that is more fun, original, pick up and play franchises like Kingdom of Paradise that really shine a light on the features that make the PSP a worthwhile system to own. Kingdom of Paradise is, at it's core, an action-RPG that runs pretty steadily along ...

Reviewed by SpiritOf on July 28, 2008

A diamond in the rough... (PS2)

Freedom Fighters is, for lack of a better word, more fun than it would initially have you believe. An innovative concept wrapped in a very intriguing storyline. A storyline that very nearly carries the game all on it's own. The storyline is one of an alternate Earth where world history ...

Reviewed by SpiritOf on July 26, 2008

The FPS that isn't quite an FPS (in a good way)... (XBOX)

Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay is a game that does something that no game before has ever done, it actually makes me want to watch a Vin Diesel movie. From beginning to end, this is one of the Xbox's most engrossing and best looking experiences, period. The player ...

Reviewed by SpiritOf on July 25, 2008