05/12/08
With SingStar coming to the PS3 in
the next few weeks, we decided to check out SingStar's latest outing on the PlayStation 2 to see how the series is coming along. While we were rocking out to Guitar Hero 1 and 2, SingStar was there first, so color us late to the party in terms of the franchise. However, like the Guitar Hero games and others of that ilk, the song set list determines just how much fun you'll have, so the game is only as good as....
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05/05/08
Run-and-gun videogame basketball really
got its start in the arcades, when NBA Jam introduced its over-the-top style and mixed NBA all-stars with, if you knew the codes, a handful of unlockable players like Bill Clinton and "Air Dog." In the years since, Midway and EA have traded shots with their NBA Ballers and NBA Street franchises, respectively, both of which have brought the arcade action home with a bit more hip-hop flair. Midway's latest....
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05/01/08
I was flipping through the
latest issue of Game Informer at a friend's house the other day, and as I looked at the advertisements, I realized something: I no longer knew all the upcoming games for all the systems like I used to. The ads were all over the place, page after page full of so many games I had never even heard of. But somehow they were all familiar. A lot of them looked like games I'd already seen, but in a slightly different shade. You may....
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04/30/08
Sony knows when it's got a good thing
going, and so do most of its fans. The Gran Turismo series, for example, has a rabid following due to its graphical excellence and top-notch simulation gameplay, and Sony's own PlayStation team counts itself among the franchise's biggest fans. So when it became apparent that Gran Turismo was going to take its time appearing on the PlayStation 3, you'd better believe Sony scrambled for ways to give....
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04/30/08
It's safe to say most consumers' first
, if not only, exposure to Jason Bourne was the series of Bourne films starring Matt Damon. Sure, Robert Ludlum may have written a few novels, but Hollywood reigns supreme when it comes to mass-media action, and, well, Matt Damon's version of Jason Bourne is 100 percent action. With that in mind, it's a bit disconcerting to fire up The Bourne Conspiracy for the first time on the good ol' next-gen console....
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