Boomboom Rocket

July 2010

The gameplay itself is basic. Fireworks shoot up into the barren night sky of some city, to a purple line. Then the fireworks reach the line, you press the button that corresponds with it, whither it be A,B,X,< Read the rest of this entry »

Geometry Wars II

June 2010

What is Geometry Wars? Essentially, the gameplay revolves around you, a "U" shaped ship, that flies around a rectangular area, shooting various enemies that spawn on screen. The player controls the ship with the< Read the rest of this entry »

Rogue Ops

June 2010

The main character, Nikki, was originally designed as a Lara Croft look-alike...long brown hair, bust line, and all; however, in order for her to have some of her own identity, the developers reduced her bosom< Read the rest of this entry »

Castlevania

May 2010

COTM features some impressive graphics in the area of color, depth, and detail. As you are strolling along in the game's enormous castle, the background scrolls as your character moves. This graphical feature is< Read the rest of this entry »

Kao the Kangaroo

April 2010

Kao is a kangaroo who is kidnapped by evil hunters and must attempt to return to his home. Plot wise, that really is it, and we're barely told that. The rest of the game simply see's Kao progressing through a series< Read the rest of this entry »

Border Down

April 2010

At first the graphical style, music and presentation all hit the spot. I felt instantly at home and thought this could be as good as some of my vertical shooters. The Border system is a little confusing at first< Read the rest of this entry »

Burn Zombie-Burn!

April 2010

The game seems very obvious at first glance-you have to kill zombies. If you look at it again, it seems to be a dual-stick shooter where you kill zombies. However, to do well you have to do specific things which< Read the rest of this entry »

Red Alert 3

April 2010

Red Alert 3 follows the fall of the Soviet Union at the hands of the Allies once again. On the precipice of total defeat, Colonel Cherdenko along with General Krukov go back in time to assassinate Albert Einstein< Read the rest of this entry »

Advent Rising

March 2010

You assume the role of Giddeon Wyeth in a far-flung future where humanity makes first contact with an extraterrestrial life whose first message is, “Duck and cover, you’re about to be wiped out by a marauding< Read the rest of this entry »

CORE

March 2010

One look at C.O.R.E.’s box-art can tell you not so much what kind of game it is, but what kind of game it wants to be. The resemblance the game’s name and artwork shares with a certain highly successful, highly< Read the rest of this entry »