Admit it. When you hear the name “Final Fantasy”, you immediately think of spikey headed Cloud and big tempered Barret. Well this is a challenge to all of you Final Fantasy 7 junkies to give Final Fantasy 8 a better chance. First and foremost, when you …

Sakura is a character from Street Figther but appears in a lot of other games as a bonus character or in cross over games, such as Marvel vs. Capcom 2 because she is also a character created by Capcom.
I love to play with Sakura when I am playing Marvel …

Operation Salvage is a walking with beasts type of game where you can roam about looking for beasts. You can retrieve footage of different types of animals from the Woolly Mammoth to the Andrewsarchus. Once you have captured footage you can view what you have caught. You can use …

Call Of Duty: World At War is a good video game for what it’s worth, but it does come off as a bit distasteful in regards to how it glorifies war. I can say that, while I have enjoyed its multiplayer aspects (both competitive and the immensely fun Nazi …

Yu Gi Oh! 5D’s Tag Force 4 is the highly anticipated sequel to Yu Gi Oh! GX Tag Force 2 and simply put if you spent money on the first or second one in the series you better do it again. This game has improved an all fronts from …

Mario is the most recognizable icons in gaming. This isn’t just because he’s one of the first to help revolutionize the industry and help to put Nintendo on the map. Another reason is the fact that he has been featured in so many different games. Platformers, educational games, racing …

Deluxe Wood Mancala with Glass Beads
Mancala is one of my kids favorite games. When we had family fun night, there were five children to please plus two adults. We had every game that you can imagine, but the kids always had to fight over Mancala. Along the way, some …

I have just finished playing Dark Messiah of Might and Magic for PC developed by Ubisoft.
The game had major software issues which kept crashing my computer. i kept getting the “windows blue screen of death”. So I went to go so if there was a patch available for …

You have got to admit it is bull shit that Valve released Left 4 Dead 2 a year after the first game. Valve promised that Left 4 Dead was the game and there would be expansions for so long. That promised was broke and Left 4 Dead fans got …

Super Mario Land for the Game Boy is a lot like Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Entertainment System. This is a good thing in my opinion because Super Mario Bros. offered a lot of challenge that can be attributed to the platforming nature of the game. Well, the …

BioShock is a video game developed for Windows, Xbox 360 and Play Station 3. The game is set in 1960 where the protagonist Jack survives a plane crash and enters the dystopic underwater city of Rapture. The city is populated by genetically mutated beings and mechanical robots which the …

Who didn’t love Superstar Saga? It was funny, it satirized the RPG genre, and still managed to deliver a deep and innovative battle system that was easy to understand, but took a bit of time to master. So, of course there was going to be a sequel. However, Nintendo …

Recently I had some free time on my hand, so I decided to check few of the free online games. I ran into Ikariam, which is a strategy real time game with settings in the era of the ancient Greece. The game is oriented toward resource management, …

Thief Deadly Shadows is a cool game set in the past round about the 1700’s.
Stealth is the aim of the game although there is the option of being able to knock someone out and then drag them over to a dark spot so that they won’t be noticed.
The main …

Okay, first off, I would just love to say that Rock Band 2 has to be my favorite out of any of the other Rock Bands, including part 3!
The differences are very distinguishable between all three, but I have to say, part 2 looks the best! All the …

Name of the Character: Esmerelda
Game The Character Appears In: Suikoden One
Star Of Destiny Listed On The Stone Of Tablets: Chikai star of destiny
Profession of the Character: narcissistic woman, aristocrat, noble
Ally or Enemy: Ally
Weapon the character Uses: no weapon
Playable Character or Non-Playable Character: non playable character
Rating of the character’s personality and …

Before I begin, I have to say that I have had great experiences in the past playing video games developed by Bioware, so this game had some high expectations to meet. However, having said this, I feel that it definitely does not disappoint. …

Evony-free Forever is a relatively recent yet fairly entertaining online game. Suggested by its name, it is forever a free game, although purchasing game cents options are available for faster development. The Evony ads are everywhere you visit - Facebook, YouTube, Wikipedia, etc. This has guaranteed it to be …

I am a big fan of the movie, so I was curious to play the game.
The plot of the game it brings a player in the midst of chaos when everybody is an enemy and a few heroes are called in to save if not the whole universe than …

As the release date of the 2006 version is getting close I thought it was about time to summarize the impact of the first Football Manager game, very similar to Championship Manager for obvious reasons since the same company stands behind.
For those of you who don’t know what I …

Puzzle Pirates MMORPG revolves around playing puzzles and other games, allowing you to earn ‘pieces of eight’, or POE that you can spend on clothing, furniture, or even your own ship. You play a character traveling aboard various ships, doing ‘tasks’ such as carpentery, sailing, navigating, and more- …

Gladius is a strategic RPG game, which means that you combine Age of Empires with Unreal Tournament (sort of). It’s produced by LucasArts, but I believe it was initially created by japanese people, or at least it has a lot of japanese touch to its look.
The idea behind this …

The Wii Fit Plus
The Wii fit plus was something I always wanted, when I purchased it at the till it was like I was a day younger already! The main purpose of Wii Fit Plus is to get you up off your feet and just start becoming active and …

Pogo Pete is a computer game published by Electrosoft for formats including the Acorn BBC Micro. It’s a pretty fun game, and a bit better presented than some of its contemporaries, and as such might well be considered worthy of a play. It’s unfortunately not all that easy a …

I found this game on Facebook and I am now quite addicted to it. The game has 8 mini games to play, each testing an area of the brain. I find some quite easy and some just too hard, but have so far got a Cyborg brain which is …

I fell in love with the original Socom when it came out, and years of practice before obtaining a copy of the second game in the series only encouraged me to give this newer one a try. There was quite a bit of hype and promotion before this game …

Runes of Magic is a free to play, massively multi-player online RPG (MMORPG) set in a fantasy world that launched in 2009 on the 19th March. In order to play you simply go to their website (www.runesofmagic.com), create an account and download and install the client software.
Being free …

Tekken 6 is a brilliant fighting game that is jam packed with hours of fun. I have always been a fan of Tekken and this game is a huge improvement to the previous. With over 40 different fighters each with their own fighting style and combos, a …

“Y, R, P, in position. It’s showtime” with the first ever sequel to a Final Fantasy game by Square Enix.
Final Fantasy X-2 (10-2) is the first sequel ever in the Final Fantasy series. Also, it’s the first Final Fantasy game I was ever exposed to. It came out around …

Brutal Legend is an interesting cross of an action, a real-time strategy and a music game. It stars Jack Black as Eddie Riggs, a roadie who gets transported back to a time where metal ruled the land. For gamers who enjoy metal music and everything it encompasses, Brutal Legend …

Mario Kart 64 is a video game for the Nintendo 64 and is also available for both purchase and then download on the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console for a total of ten dollars. This video game racer is the sequel to Super Mario Kart for the Super Nintendo Entertainment …

Dreamfall: the Longest Journey released in 2006, was the much awaited sequel to The Longest Journey. Both games are adventure games, but whereas The Longest Journey was a traditional point and click adventure with 2D backgrounds and 3D characters, Dreamfall is fully 3D and contains puzzles, action and stealth. The …

It is hardly surprising that there have been plenty of electronic versions of Monopoly over the years. After all, it has been extremely successful for decades as a traditional board game, and the presence of a computer to handle the somewhat tedious but nevertheless necessary tasks such as maintaining …

Every time Nintendo comes out with a Mario Kart game on their latest console I get really excited, as should anyone else. I have played — I own them too — every single Mario Kart game, except for Mario Kart 7 for the Nintendo 3DS. I don’t own Mario …

I remember as a child playing the game of Life. I think the most appealing part of the game was that little spinner that never quite worked right. The game tended to be a little long for children, and wasn’t overly exciting. Now though, there is a …

Starcraft II, the global-giga-popular-and-long-awaited-sequel, is a Real-Time-Strategy (RTS) genre game made by Blizzard, the maker of World of Warcraft and Diablo series. By far, the most interested RTS game of all time.
If there is anything I need to say about Starcraft II is the epic atmosphere …

Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles is the storyline prequel to the popular console version of Assassin’s Creed. Ultimately the plot is underdeveloped and doesn’t facilitate understanding of the game’s big brother. With a name like Altair’s Chronicles, you would think that Altair himself would be more fleshed out. He remains …

Of all the games I have played in my lifetime, I don’t think I spent as much time playing a game as I have with Fallout 3.
First off, let me just say that this game is massive and incredibly addicting. If you can bear the slow opening inside the …

When we bought the game Petz Dogz 2, we got it for our daughter. We figured some of the controls might be a bit hard for her to figure out but we also thought it would be a decent enough game where she would at least try.
We were very …

Sonic Adventure for the Xbox Live Arcade is a classic title, one that many people my age grew up with and will undoubtedly look upon with a great amount of nostalgia. This, in addition to the fact that the game was 50% off when I bought it, is what …

Naruto arena is a turn based strategy game that is played online via naruto-arena.com.
The game is very simple to learn, but tricky to master. You basically select a team of 3 ninjas, each of them from the wonderful world of Naruto (huzzah!). Players then take it in turns to attack …

Fifa Street is one unique game for PSP. It is a sports game but is unique in the sense that there are no rules in the game and you can do anything like tripping, tricks & freestyling. I love the no rules thing as it gives me a true …

Anyone ever read fanfiction? If the answer is “Yes” then you are most likely familiar with the term, “Crossover.” This term is used to describe the melding together of two or more worlds or franchises together, no matter how implausible said merger might be. For the most part, crossovers …

Just got done playing the new Bioshock 2 on the PC. A fast paced game that has you in the shoes of the Big Daddy. You can choose whether you want to harvest or help the little sisters after they have gathered ADAM. I found that …

This happens about a month ago, I was searching for a new Japanese role playing game that contains good story and unique game play and I saw a lot of them but none of this games really get my attention because most of them are generic Japanese RPG that …

Heavy rain is a thrilling interactive real time game , where your decisions and choices shape the whole game. The basic story is , there’s a serial killer murdering people and you play as four different characters who all have their own background stories and reasons for wanting to …

The open world action genre really exploded in popularity last console generation, and it is pretty easy to see why. The open worlds gave gamers something to muck about in while they weren’t actually playing any of the missions. It gave gamers this huge sandbox to play in, and …

Star Wars Battlefront is a third and first person shooter based in the Star Wars universe where you get to be the soldiers from different armies and factions or the Star Wars series. The game lets you play as different classes of soldiers through some of the most memorable …

Sims has always been one of my favorite games, so it was only natural that I eagerly awaited the release of Sims 3.
We opted out of getting the more expensive bundle for the cheaper straight Sims 3 game since I really didn’t need the other one.
The first thing …

Alright first off, I would like to say that before playing this game I was not even close to what would be called a “computer gamer”. I didn’t like the fact that you had to pay huge prices to have a computer capable of playing high quality games, and …