February 2009

Thanks to Midway Games and Epic Games, who brought to us this mid-2008 release of the long awaited third edition of the epic shooter frenzy that is Unreal Tournament 3, something that had more hype and anticipation behind than most other shooter games, mostly due to the vast cult following that this game has managed to convert and garner over the years. The graphics do deliver on the upper spectrum; however I still find that the weapon sets are boring and unimaginative. I want more special weapons, more special modes on the weapons, and namely, more freaking weapons to choose from!

The boards and levels have been ramped up, but the lack of being able to engulf yourself in a destructive environment left me wondering why. The game play offers quick frame rates—mostly due to a brand new graphics engine—but still for a shooter, this game seems to missing something, and was unable to keep me entertained for all that long before the redundancy sets it. Read more

In a nutshell this game is all things poker. So, that being said, if you are not a fan of variants the game of poker, and or, you have no idea how to play the game, this may not be a winner for you in the end. If you do, however, love the game of poker, then this game is a sweet purchase. Especially considering that you can get your hands on a used copy of this game for pretty cheap now that is has been out for a while. The graphics are pretty damn good, they offer exceptionally high details, and especially on the professional players, who look true to life.

This game offers a pretty wide variety of different poker games for you to enjoy. However, the primary focus of World Championship Poker: Featuring Howard Lederer is on the popular game of Texas Holdem. The controls are pretty basic, with exception to the betting features, which will take you some time to master. Read more

When gaming companies make video games that are really this bad, this gamer is left scratching his head and wondering why. And, while I am shaking my head in utter dismay, I am reminded of all of the good mech warrior games, like Chrome Hounds and others. But, when it comes to WarTech: Senko no Ronde, this game blows more than a high powered leaf blower on turbo; literally.

The controls are sloppy poor and frustrating and will make most gamers want to fling their controller out the living room window in disgust. The graphics, shoddy, poor and slow frame rates, more polygons than Tetris, and all topped with the lamest, hard to control, flying mechs ever. The online play is as terrible as you could have expected: slowed, glitchy, and entirely without purpose. Read more

There has been seemingly a great lacking of good boxing games for the Xbox 360 gaming console. Ask me why, and I really cannot tell you because I don’t know. I myself was never the biggest fan of boxing video games, but I have dabbled in them from time to time—enough to know that for a long while there were not very many boxing games were that all that great for the Xbox 360. That was, of course, until EA Sports released Fight Night Round 3, which changed the way that I thought about boxing games on the next generation consoles.

Fight Night Round Three is actually a rather intense game that is filled to the brim with superlatives. You begin as a character that you can create which is essentially a rookie that has poor boxing skills. You will have to train your character, via training modes, and add skill points to them in order to even get them to the point where you will be able to go six rounds without hitting the floor. Read more