Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category

LA Noire – A Different Perspective on a Decent Game

May 26th, 2011
By: warmanator

Well, its been a month and a bit since Portal 2 came out, so I was ready to be wowed again by the second game to drop on my most anticipated list for 2011. Firstly I forgive Rockstar for releasing the game in Australia two days after the US even though it was developed in Sydney, cos I’m just a nice guy, but as I sit here listening to the free Portal 2 soundtrack, it’s kinda apparent that LA Noire didn’t have much of an impact on me. It might be because I’m too dumb, I thought the game was well made, but nothing special. In this article I will go through the negatives I experienced in the game, if people think I’m hating on it then don’t, I’m just going through what I found was wrong. Correct me on it if you want, write your own fanboy article if you want, be my guest.

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PixelJunk Shooter 2 (My honest opinion – not for the faint hearted)

March 6th, 2011
By: warmanator

Q-Games brought out their latest PixelJunk game in the week just past, PixelJunk Shooter 2. I really liked the first PixelJunk Shooter and I regard it as the best downloadable game I’ve played. So it’d make sense that I was really looking forward to this sequel ever since it was announced. Right now after finishing the single player campaign, I’m not so sure.

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You Don’t Know Jack!

February 21st, 2011
By: Full Tilt 101

There are few games that bring back as fond a memory as “You Don’t Know Jack!”. Every week a new webisode would premier and my friends and I would gather around and play. Unfortunately new webisodes stopped coming and no word was heard for a long time. During the last E3, Cookie Masterson appeared on the Giant Bombcast and announced it was coming back. My heart sung and last week my loving wife listened well and picked up “You Don’t Know Jack!” for V-Day. Unfortunately I didn’t get to play it until the next day (pluses and minuses of Valentine’s Day).

“You Don’t Know Jack!” is a trivia game. It’s not Trivial Pursuit and it’s not Jeopardy, this is hilarity in trivia form. There are 2 rounds of trivia followed by a third lightening round. Each player is given a screw which you can use to screw others if you think they won’t know the answer. The questions are fun and the series is hosted by the amazing Cookie Masterson. He is snarky but not annoying. The questions are varied and make you laugh while you’re trying to answer.

I can’t recommend this game enough. I’d say it’s a 10/10 but that wouldn’t be doing it justice. PLEASE BUY THIS GAME! Both for your benefit and for mine, I want sequels.

One caveat : This game is best in a local play setting or with some friends on Live. I don’t recommend it for anyone planning to play with strangers. It is a great game to get your wife / girlfriend to get gaming with you.

Take a Nuka-Break Beyond Black Mesa – Fan films in review

January 25th, 2011
By: warmanator

I thought since I study film, and these are two newly released game fan films, I’d chuck my two cents worth into a comparison/review of them.
The films in question are Fallout: Nuka-Break uploaded on January 24th and Beyond Black Mesa (Half-Life) uploaded on January 21st. (No spoilers will be dished out, so you can read without ruining the endings)

To start off, the idea of a fan film of your two favorite video games was an exciting idea for me, but I was prepared to be disappointed. I probably would have been sad if they were hollywood translations of these two games that, in my opinion, blazed the trail for post-apocalyptic storytelling. So luckily it was pure enthusiasm that fueled the two small groups of independent filmmakers that made these two films, not money and target audiences.

Now, if you think this means I wasn’t disappointed and had the best time of my life, that is not entirely true.

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Assassins Creed II

December 11th, 2009
By: JDsBlackBox

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I wanted to wait until I played the last game in the list of what I considered to be game of the year candidates before I rendered my opinion of Assassin’s Creed II.  My list, by the way, in no particular order – Resident Evil 5, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Batman: Arkham Asylum, COD: MW2, Borderlands, Assassin’s Creed 2, L4D2, and The Saboteur.  Now back to Assassin’s Creed…

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Retro Game Challenge: Mini Review

September 6th, 2009
By: Alfred "GHR Maverick"

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The median age of a gamer is in his/her mid 30′s, and those statistics show that the average gamer grew up in the golden age of electronic entertainment, the 80′s. If the names like Galaga, Life Force, Dragon Warrior, and Bad Dudes causes a grin from ear to ear, then make sure and give Retro Game Challenge a try. Click on the jump for the full review!

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GHR :: Zune Marketplace

July 26th, 2009
By: TeeTocks

We’ve kinda neglected the Zune Marketplace for too long, so to you Zune owners…we apologize. Here is our Podcast…er, Zunecast on their website. If you get the time to leave us a review there we would greatly appreciate it. Thank you for all the reviews on iTunes that you’ve given us, now we want to let Zune owners find us and give us a listen. Thanks again.

Review Roundup

November 25th, 2008
By: wyoming

Hey blog readers! Head over to the Reviews area of the site to check out our take on Dead Space, Spiderman: Web of Shadows, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm, and the Astro Gaming A40 Audio System. Any games or accessories you’d like to see us review? Send an email to contact@gamerhusbands.com if you’d like to suggest something!

Wii have a Reviewer

June 2nd, 2008
By: GamerHusbands

Being that we were lacking reviews on the Nintendo Wii games, “Emanon” also know as Chaz will be helping us in that department. Chaz was featured on Episode 7 as our first ever Community Q and A interview. Check out his review of Wii Mario Kart now up in the Reviews section. Also, he has purchased Wii Fit so look for a future review over that to come along too.

Thanks for your efforts Emanon.