I love old games. Old games were fun. There were so many timeless classics back then, it seems like today people just give a game good graphics and rush it out the door. But it seems like making retro style games is becoming more common, which is a very good thing. Here are few recently announced “old school games.” Read more

Nintendo recently revealed the release dates of four upcoming 2008 games.

Mario Super Sluggers will be released August 25th. Its another Mario sports game.

Mystery Case Files: Millionheir will be released September 8th. Its a kind of detective game for the DS.

Wario Land: Shake It! will be released for the Wii on September 29th. It’s a old school style side-scroller complete with hand drawn graphics.

Kirby Super Star Ultra will also be released September 29th. It is a DS remake of my favorite Kirby game…Kirby Super Star!! It will include all the old games included in the original Kirby Super Star along with some new ones.

Thats some really good news for me, but we’ll have to wait for E3 before Nintendo releases any information on any more titles.

Zack and Wiki is a great game. Just ask the Twelve people who played it. It’s a game that both uses the Wii remote in the best ways possible and shows that third-party companies can indeed make a great Wii game. Read more

Team Fortress 2 is a class based multiplayer first person shooter and one of the five games included in The Orange Box, and even though it’s probably not the best game of the bunch, it’s the one I come back to play the most. Read more

This is a guest review written by Marcus from www.marcusmccurdy.com

I have to admit that I was hesitant to play a game that had Steven Spielberg’s name on the cover. It’s not that I don’t like Spielberg, but sometimes I think the gaming industry has a habit of putting big names on a steaming pile of crap to try and get people to buy it and unfortunately it works. However, I’m happy to say that I’m pleasantly surprised by Boomblox. Read more

At long last, Rare has finally released information on the much anticipated threequel to the Banjo-Kazooie franchise.

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts(as it is now called) will take the series in a new, innovative direction. Rest assured it will still be a platformer, but this time around much of the gameplay will involve crafting your own vehicle and using it to perform various tasks( like finding Jiggies of course). People will have the option of choosing hundreds of different parts and building their own car, boat, plane or helicopter…How cool is that!

The story of course sounds Banjo-esque and is sure to include all that wacky British humor. A higher power (dubbed the Lord of the Games, who apparently created every video game ever made) holds a contest of sorts between Banjo(and Kazooie) and Gruntilda for the ownership of Spiral Mountain(the hub world from the previous games for those who aren’t familiar with Banjo). I assume Banjo(being the good guy) competes for ownership to keep things as is, while Gruntilda(now reduced to a skull in a robot suit) wants to construct shopping malls and whatnot, destroying Spiral Mountain in the process. Quite wacky indeed.

Rareware has also announced that the game will have multi-player via xbox live! Players can take their customized vehicle online and challenge others to races and other competitions.

So as you can probably tell I’m pretty goosed up for this game, but how could I not be, it has Mumbo Jumbo in it!

2007 was a fantastic year for video games, and 2008 looks to be equally as great!

Wii Fit: Heaven only knows how crazy this game will sell. I think it may end up being the best selling game of the year!

Sonic unleashed: Although most of Sonic’s recent console game have been pretty lackluster, Sonic Unleashed hopes to take the once great mascot back to his roots. Most of the game will be played in goold old fashioned side-scrolling, and better still, Robotnik is actually the main villain again!

Spore: Legendary game designer Will Wright’s life simulation is already guaranteed to sell several millions of copies  and will have gamers glued to their computers for hours on end. Sep. 7…Sep. 7…Sep.7….

Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People(SBCG4AP): Finally! A Strong Bad video game! Starting in june, Five(monthly?) episodes of Strong Bad’s adventures will be released via WiiWare. So grab a couple of cold ones and break out the Malloweens!

Banjo-Kazooie 3: This is the game I have waited 8 years for. 8 YEARS!!  Even though some of Rareware’s recent outings on Xbox have been less than eventful, I have confidence that they will do their best to make this one great. There are rumors going around that Rare will announce a lot of information on the game on May 13, lets hope this rumor turns out to be true.

Nintendo: Nintendo has not said much about what they are planning on after Wii Fit, but they promised they will tell us come E3, I’m hoping for Pikmin 3!

Halo 3 is (obviously) the third and final (doubt it) game in the extremely popular Halo trilogy, and as such, it had a lot to live up to. The question is; did it live up to the expectations? Well…Yes..but it didn’t really surpass them either. It’s more or less the same as the other 2 games with a few new additions and better graphics.

Gameplay-wise, not much has changed from the previous installments. It’s still the same, staight-forward “shoot the alien bad guys” gameplay from before…Not that that’s necessarily a bad thing, but a little more originality is always welcome at the house of yams. The big innovation, however, is that the game records anything and everything you do, whether it’s a triumphant victory or a humiliating defeat, and allows you to replay them, rewind, fast-forward, pause or any of that fancy stuff. Its a nice addition to the game but when it comes right down to it it really doesn’t add much to the actual gameplay.

Multi-player is, as always, where Halo shines. Chances are you’ll play the campaign mode for a while, get bored (with all those plot holes and whatnot) and go straight to xbox live. Some glitches are still present (why is it when I pistol whip the back of this guy’s head I’m the one who dies?!) but it’s a small price to pay for how much fun it is to frantically take your enemies’ flag back to your base while bullets fly over head. The aforementioned camera is also most fun when reviewing your past online matches.

Graphic-wise Halo 3 is easily the best looking Halo game, all of Master Chief’s armor looks smooth N’ shiny, the people look more realistic, grass blows in the wind, all that jazz. The music is high quality as well, even if most of it is recycled from before.

So all in all Halo 3 is a very fun game, but its basically Halo 2 on xbox 360. So if you like Halos 1 and 2, then you will like Halo 3, but if Halo isn’t your cup of tea, may I suggest Gears of War?

Master Chief is still a stupid name…..

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