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Jambo! Safari for Wii and DS!

May 21st 2009 02:10
Jambo Safari is coming to the Wii and DS, color me happy. This is a game I've loved in the arcades for a long time and often wondered why the heck no one was releasing it on home console. I'm just sad it's not getting an Xbo 360 or PS3 release as I rarely use my Wii these days (now there's a sentence I never thought I'd write, for a couple of reasons lol).


Jambo Safari is a Sega title that sees you driving a jeep and lassoing animals on safari to look after them. It's all very cool. Here's hoping it transfers well to Wii and DS.
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It's a question, not a suggestion. I've noticed my handheld gaming habits have taken a recent turn and its a turn away from the Nintendo DS toward the iPhone. I used to play the DS all the time, it was definitely used way more than my PSP, but I haven't played it in over a month because the iPhone is sating my handheld gaming.


The App store is so easy to use and there are some really great little games on the iPhone that are superb for pick up and play. I got to wondering whether this is a common trend, or whether other people have also seen this swing in their habits?

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Killzone 2 quick review for PS3

February 11th 2009 02:46
So Killzone 2 arrived with me last week and I have to say I was a bit "Meh" when it dropped through the door. I rarely play FPS on the PS3 as I always opt to get them on the 360, but I had my duty to Sony so popped that sucker in.

Wow! Holy cow, finally a game on the PS3 that actually looks like it might be using more than half its graphics power, it's astonishing, beautiful. Lighting, textures, modeling, environments, AI... all pretty darn good.

I have to say I'm impressed with Killzone 2. Whilst it isn't without its problems - the lack of co-op a travesty - it is so darn playable. As with the graphics, sound too is right on the money. Sure it's linear, but it's an FPS title, so whilst retaining some genre bindings, it throws preconceived notions of "just another over hyped sequel" to the dusty winds of Helghan and spits out a mostly superlative gaming experience.

When it's released later this month.. purchase that sucker and enjoy.
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As an avid gamer I peruse a few 'favorited' gaming haunts. I mix things up a little with regards to audience and content because then you get to the quirky stuff that not every single site is posting. One of my favorite gaming sites is called "the LG" or Lesbian Gamers.com and it has some terrific exclusive articles and other content not found elsewhere (unless someone naughty copies them - for shame!).

Recently they've put up a few cool articles and some quirky ones as well, including this gem: "Why Playing Zelda Games is Like a Pub Crawl". If you've ever been drunk, or played a Zelda game.. and specifically if you've done both, you'll probably find this most amusing


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I mentioned PS3 title Afrika a few months ago and now I've had a chance to play it thanks to import gaming. Afrika arrived with a name change "Hakuna Matata", this was somewhat confusing given the store I ordered it with had it listed as Afrika. Turns out it's the same game, just a different Asian release, so all is well.

Importing Afrika for the PS3 is definitely a worthwhile venture. The game is playable despite all the emails the ingame character receives being in Japanese. The menu sttem is all in English though so the game itself is simple to navigate. The graphics are gorgeous and the gameplay relaxing - for the most part


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The producer of LEGO Batman has a pretty funny Q & A up and he says he'd turn gay for Sackboy from LittleBigPlanet. There's loads of other little tidbits of information too, like a secret female character in the game and why LEGO Cthulhu probably won't get made.

I like interviews where the interviewer doesn't ask the same old boring questions, sometimes it's better to have random fun questions than the same questions you've seen 50 times over every other gaming website. I like this approach


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FaceBreaker from EA looked like it was going to be an excellent title. A comedy boxing game where you could put your own face (or that of friends / enemies) and then punch the stuffing out of them in an over the top way. What could possibly go wrong?! Well apparently someone at EA thought it would be a good idea to make the game so frustrating despite its basic control mechanic that it would be impossible to play without literally wanting to knock someone out!

Good FaceBreaker review that says it all really, so if it's one you're interested in, I'd be giving that review a look because it pretty much covered EXACTLY my thoughts on the title.
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Guitar Hero Aerosmith game review
That's become my new Orble motto 'Less Posts Means Less Crap". You don't need me posting every God forsaken gaming news story that every other gaming site on Earth is posting. What you really want are weird, quirky video gaming news stories or stories with a female edge to them, that way they're few and far between (hopefully).

Anyway that was my thought and thus why I haven't posted much lately, well that and I've been playing games for review, which takes up tooooo much time (there's the playing, then the writing, then the playing and the re-writing!). On that note though I can tell you not to bother with Guitar Hero Aerosmith, which the publisher never sent out for review and now I know why... I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!!! I know like 3 of the songs on the game, that's it, all the rest are some freaky Aerosmith songs from decades gone by, that only hardcore Aerosmith fans are going to enjoy


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Fat Princess - feminists angry

July 23rd 2008 04:00
Fat Princess
Fat Princess, the name itself has stirred up a few feminist gamers, that's without the overall premise. As a female gamer I can see both sides here, the feminist gamers and the average Joe gamer who couldn't give a crap about the overarching implications something like this has on hearts and minds.

On the one hand you've got the premise of the obese and utterly useless female character, which is in itself annoying and yeah feminists, you go girls because it is frakkin annoying that time after time female in game characterizations are put in the position of useless piece of crap whilst the 'men' go around trying to rescue your useless - and in this case - fat ass


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Pikmin Wii love you!

July 18th 2008 02:23
Pikmin Wii
Pikmin Wii, well that's what I'm assuming. Oddly enough I was discussing this prospect just last week and this week at E3 Shigeru Miyamoto said the wonderful words "We're making Pikmin" at the E3 2008 Nintendo Developer Roundtable. Not shocking, since it was a given, but good to hear it officially at any rate.

If you missed Pikmin when it appeared on the GameCube, you're in for a treat. My suggestion would be to go get it on the GameCube anyway if you're got a Wii and relive it. I speaking of the Wii I should oint out Shiggy never said it was for the Wii, but that's probably a given too


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