Video Games: WET Review
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Jesse Cohn
Posted September 28th, 2009 at 10:32 am
There is no middle ground when you deal with Rubi, the pissed off assassin at the center of Artificial Mind and Movement’s WET, just as there really isn’t likely to be a middle ground of opinions about the game. The developers know it, the game knows it, and there are no apologies made, no attempts to grab a larger audience. The game was made by fans of Grindhouse films, for fans of Grindhouse films. You’ll either love it, or you’ll hate it, but either way, WET is worth a look.
The game...
Video Games: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Review
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Jesse Cohn
Posted September 21st, 2009 at 8:53 am
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 is the sequel to the 2006 Ultimate Alliance by Raven Software. Ultimate Alliance 2 was developed by Vicarious Visions, the same developers who were responsible for the PSP and Wii versions of the original. This change, while seemingly minor, turns out to perhaps not have been the best of ideas, considering Vicarious Visions not so glorious track record, in fact running through their history of games, the vast majority of them are ports.
One good thing, of both games...
Games: Mini Ninjas Review
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Jesse Cohn
Posted September 15th, 2009 at 7:47 am
Mini Ninjas is a game that stands out among the dozen of similar titles released a year (by that I mean games aimed at children but with an all-ages appeal) that actually transcends the normal stigma of being aimed at children and is rather good. The game has a Mario and Sonic kind of classic style feel to it, and the game truly is one that would feel right at home next to them, and certainly is better than the current generation of Sonic offerings.
You control Hiro, the youngest of the titul...
Movie Trailer Talk: Pandorum
"I remember first hearing about this film and getting really excited, knowing it starred both Ben Foster and Dennis Quaid. Quaid has always been one of my favorite actors, and Foster has been someone I've watched out for since 3:10 to Yuma, so having them both in a film that sounded very cerebral and freaky, was amazing. The first trailer came out and I was a little disappointed that it wasn't shaping up to be the movie I had original thought. But this most recent trailer, well it has remove...
Demo Talk: Wet
Demetri: So Jesse, for our first Demo Talk segment you wanted to talk about the Wet demo. Were you ever interested in the game before the demo came out? What caught your attention to it?
Jesse: Actually, I was interested in it before the demo, however the game I was originally interested in isn't the game that is being released. About a year and a half ago, my friend pointed out this game with a really cool female lead character and what looked like some slick, assassin style gameplay. This w...
Video Games: Batman: Arkham Asylum Review
You’ve ripped a vent off a wall, discarding it casually across the room, leaving the unconscious body of your latest victim beneath a set of monitors from which your nemesis cackles at you. Crawling through the vent, you hear his voice mocking you and teasing his own thugs. As you come to the end of this section of the vent, you kick another grate off the wall and come up behind a thug picking up a dead guard’s weapon. After a quick knock out, you fire a grappling hook up to a gargoyle and p...
Video Games: Mass Effect: Pinnacle Station Quick Review
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Jesse Cohn
Posted August 29th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Pinnacle Station is the final DLC for Mass Effect. It is added onto the Galaxy Map, like any other planet, and permanently tagged. But is this content worth the purchase? Well... No, not really.
The DLC adds a series of Combat Trials to the game on the titular station. The station is run by mostly Turians, with a few Human staff as well. Needless to say, the Turians aren't particularly fond of the humans, and there's a little not-so-friendly competition going on. Enter Vidinos and Bryant, two...
Sarcastic Corner: World of Warcraft: Rehash
You are a Blizzard employee, and it's that time of year again where World of Warcraft is starting to make a hundred dollars less a month. In order to keep the office from freaking out you decide to meet the Lich King himself, CEO of Blizzard Mike Morhaime. The dread guard who guard his door let you in after showing them your credentials, and for the first time you are given the opportunity to meet the big man. As you gaze upon his throne made of hundred dollar bills, twenty feet high, the ominou...
Gamescom 2009: Final Fantasy XIV Impressions
Over the last couple of days we were treated with a plethora of new gaming content as Gamescom 2009 arrived in Cologne, Germany. The biggest video game convention in Europe, Gamescom is our second taste of gaming goodness this summer after E3 has come and gone in June. What was particularly exciting for me was the chance to finally see Square-Enix's Final Fantasy XIV in action! After being teased for a few weeks with scans taken from a Japanese magazine, I wanted to see how the world of Eorzea w...
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