Wiiware Review: Ghost Mansion Party

A Mario Party game with a halloween theme, that’s about it.



Other than that line alone, there is nothing in Ghost Mansion Party that sets itself apart from the large amount of party games that are already available for the Wii console. (more…)

Wii Review: Dead Space Extraction

Taking a series in a new direction isn’t always a bad thing.



The game that redefined the horror genre last year, Dead Space, now has a sequel entitled Dead Space Extraction for the Nintendo Wii. Since the original was a third person action game (more…)

Week in Review: Oct. 25-31, 2009

!Listen for information on RJG.com’s MW2 premium theme giveaway! We’re here for your listening pleasure – surprisingly!  Last weeks episode caught some type of “latency-bug” and jumbled our audio into a pile of un-listenable craziness.

This week we cover everything missed last week, in addition to what we’re covering this week.  Topics are….

- Kingdom Hearts 358/2
- Demon’s Souls
- Mushroom Wars
- Borderlands
- A Boy and his Blob
- Hasbro Family Game night 2
- Ghost Mansion Party
- Evolvedgaming.net
- MW2 Premium Theme Giveaway!

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Preview: Bittos+

Time to build some squares.

Machine and Unconditional Studios have announced yesterday that they are about to release a puzzle game for Wiiware and the IPhone entitled Bittos+. (more…)

More Runaway Screenshots

Here are a few more images that have just been released for the upcoming DS, PC game Runaway: A Twist of Fate (more…)

Another Postcard from William

Today I got another odd postcard from a person named William. This card, similar to the first one, is a “Welcome to Paradise” card. But Paradise is far from what this is card is meant for. Just like the first postcard that William sent, it is trying to warn us of something. (more…)

Preview: Fret Nice

Pieces Interactive and Techmo are putting good use to gamer’s collection of plastic guitars with Fret Nice; a unique platformer which controls via plastic guitar peripheral. (more…)

Preview: GhostWire

Let’s do some ghost hunting.

Just in time for halloween, Majesco Entertainment and A Different Game have announced that they are developing a game for DSiWare called Ghostwire (more…)

Ready for more Monkeys in Chapter four?

This Friday, October 3oth marks the launch of chapter 4 in the Tales of Monkey Island series. In The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood, Guybrush is double-crossed by the pirate hunter Morgan LeFlay and returned to Flotsam Island against his will. Facing an angry mob of poxed pirates with a long list of grievances, Guybrush must defend himself in court against a smooth-talking prosecutor and absolve himself of the false accusations in order to continue his quest to rid the Caribbean of the insidious pox of LeChuck!

Telltale Games is closing in on the remaining chapters in this 5 chapter Adventure Game series. After the first three chapters, we now find Guybrush returning back to where it all started pretty much. If I know anything about Telltale Games and this series, I’m sure they’ll have enough fresh places for us to explore and new puzzles to solve in spite of returning to Flotsam Island. Still it will be a joy to see some of the old castaways on Flotsam again.

If you’ve already purchased the full collection and played through from the start, you should be ready for what happens next in this point and click adventure. But if your wondering what might be ahead in the game, then take a look at some of the latest screen shots.

Preview: Epic Mickey

You’ve seen the concept art, now set your eyes on the first screenshots. Coinciding with the London premier event, Disney has unleashed 6 screens for the this anticipated Wii-exclusive. (more…)

Preview: The Saboteur

If Pandemic Studio’s The Saboteur doesn’t win my “Favorite Art Design of 2009″ award, I’ll be surprised.  This stylized, open-world action/adventure title, on all front, looks to be a “stand-out” to the rest of its genre’s games. (more…)

VC Review: Secret of Mana

A classic action RPG that was way ahead of its time.



Most of the RPG’s that i played while I was growing up had a simple layout to them. You would walk around from area to area, a transition animation appears, and a battle is triggered (more…)

PC Review: Tales of Monkey Island – Ch3

Guybrush finds himself once again in the deep end of trouble in Lair of the Leviathan (Chapter 3 Tales of Monkey Island) and teamed up with none other than the assassin Morgan LeFlay now. The search continues for the La Esponja Grande and to gain back his wife Elaine from the recently reformed LeChuck and for a means to an end of the evil spread of the Pox.

Developer: Telltale Games
Publisher: Lucas Arts
Genre:3D Graphic Adventure
Price: $34.95 (Complete Series)

Telltale Games has raised their Sails once again and set a course for another great episode in the Tales of Monkey Island series. Its great to see that they are staying true to the first two episodes and able to continue with another great story arch here, filled with great acting as always and ending with wonderful moments of laughter that we’ve grown to expect.

We are at the halfway point in the five part series and all signs are pointing to a great ending for this series of adventure games. Once again we have an interactive tale that is revealed as we point and click our way through this adventure game. Filled with that same level of fun and challenging puzzles, only set in an all new set of locations to explore. Telltale Games has produced a perfect package from visual, sound, and storyline here in chapter 3. The story starts where we left off in chapter 2 and does a nice job of refreshing our memories of the events that have already taken place.

Guybrush has found himself meeting the famous De Cava and now a new order of Pirates in our latest adventure. Just like the other chapters, its up to Guybrush to solve the problems at hand in his rare style and get himself out of the mess his suddenly in. Only this time he’ll have to seek the aid of none other than Morgan LeFlay to help him pull it all off.

The graphics and all of the visuals are great as expected with chapter 3 and they help make this game a real joy to experience. The great thing about each chapter is the worlds you explore tend to be different each time and you don’t find yourself going over the same locations from chapter to chapter at least. I have yet to become board with any of these chapters and I love the visuals as each of these stories unfold.

Now from what you’ve seen to what you will hear comes a variety of new sounds in Lair of the Leviathan. I think TellTale has nailed the mood of this game for any situation that pops up during the course of play in the sound department. Then you bring in the voice acting and find they haven’t skipped a beat from one chapter to the next here.

I still think you really need to play the first two chapters in this series to really grasp all that is going on in this adventure game. After completing chapter 3, your going to want the next chapters as well I think. Telltale games really knows how to do episodic content games and draws their fans into their worlds over and over.

I find enjoyment as always from Telltale Games and If you are hooked with the first two chapters, then you’ll be on board for this whole adventure series and I can’t wait to see what happens next to Guybrush. Oh and the game has lots of Monkeys in it as well… gotta love a game with Monkeys in it right? (A)

Robert Owens

NC Update 10/26

Here are the latest videos and DS Demos available for the Nintendo Channel. (more…)

DSiWare Update 10/26

Here is your weekly update of games coming out for DSiWare. (more…)