Episode 35

little choice at the start, course have to be unlocked Good use of the Touch screen for the swing mechanics - rub the boost bar - drag down for back swing then up for swing Real PGA courses and players. Graphic are poor - very pixelated and grainy - not much variety in color mainly green and blue sound is acceptable - background sound are a little to loud This was 5 bucks well spent but I would pay much more

Lord of The Rings - Battl for Middle Earth II - XB360

An adaptation of a popular RTS. Normally I’d tell you to stick a knife in a toaster before playing an RTS on a console. There’s no mouse and stuff can happen really quickly in these games. Well not so in this one. It’s actually pretty good. By slowing down the game a bit … and giving the player the ability to click on whole regiments instead of having to drag boxes around things there is a decent amount of control. I wont lie I was wishing for a mouse a bit when it got hectic, but I wasn’t completly lost. As far as the game goes on the whole… Graphics are pretty when zoomed out. The models get a bit blocky when you zoom in Building ae nice The sound is immersive as we grown to expect from EAs partnership with the LOTR franchise. The gameplay is pretty much that of a resource building RTS. You build bases, harvest resources, etc… I have to say I did really like the selcetion process for all the extra abilities like building lvling your heroes and using their extra powers very easy to use once you got the hang of it. If you like RTSs but like me aren’t going to upgrade your PC for this generation of power hungry RTSs this is a good alternative. Now when is Empire at war coming out for the 360????

Doom 3 - Xbox

The 3 great doomgame from Id software Visually the best one yet Multiplayer is non-exsistant since this game is pretty old Amazing textures but they are hidden in the darkness Not having flashlight and gun kinda sucks but adds to the over all feel The sound on this game is very immersive - NPC’s have side conversations - ambient sounds are fitting Did come in a collectors edition with the first 2 dooms included. A great bargin bin game for FPS fans

Download of the Week

Retro Game of the Week

Mutant League Football - Sega Genesis - EA

A football game played with Ogre’s,skeletons and robots A simplified game with very few play choices The field usually had hazzards - mines, holes to no where Team’s have special offensive and deffensive plays Runblast - running play where the ball carrier trows dynamite at the defenders Graphic are pretty much like evry other genesis game Audio as pretty limited but fit this game very well - explosions had a very tinny sound The time is right for a remake or re-think of this game

New Releases

DS -

Clubhouse Games - 42 “Classic Board Games”

Crash Boom Bang! - Crash Bandicoot comes to the DS - A collection of over 40 mini games.

GBA -

Family Feud (2006)

Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses - ummm yeah!

Noddy: A Day in Toyland - kids game of some sort

Over the Hedge: Hammy Goes Nuts - another game based on the movie

The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery -

Game Cube -

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning - Spyro is back iin another action platformer

PC -

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade - an expansion to the RTS released last year - adds a new race
PS2 -

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon - The latest in the MK series - now with kreate a fatality - koquest mode

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (Kollector’s Edition)

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 - Latest of the series - PGA licensed player and courses -

Eagle Eye Golf - well it’s not Tiger woods

God Hand - a “comical, violent” action game.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner - This series is weird but a great RPG line -

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning - Spyro is back iin another action platformer -

PSP -

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 - Latest of the series - PGA licensed player and courses -Xbox -

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 - Latest of the series - PGA licensed player and courses -

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning - Spyro is back iin another action platformer -Xbox 360 -

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 - Latest of the series - PGA licensed player and courses -

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning - Spyro is back iin another action platformer -News

In an interview with Joystiq, Shegeru Miyamoto said that the Wii is basically a Game cube.

A new study shows the most “Casual Gamers” are over 50. http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=14003

HD Loader case is finally settled with Sony Computer Entertainment won $9.5 million.

EA purchased Digital Illusions CE (DICE) - then just a few days later closed the Canadian office - boo to EA http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=14035

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