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Hail to the Chimp (Review)

Jun 30, 2008

Did you ever order lobster bisque in a fancy restaurant and then have bubble gum-flavored ice cream with gummi bears on top for dessert? Of course not; it's a mismatch. Hail to the Chimp seems to be making the same attempt to merge two worlds, combining kiddie-style, action-packed minigames with a plot and setting that spoofs the electoral process in a way only adults have a chance of appreciating.

In an election to select the ...

Hail to the Chimp (Review)

Jun 25, 2008

In an election to select the ...

Half-Life 2 (Review)

Dec 18, 2007

Dec 18, 2007 [Editor's Note: Some of you may notice that our PS3 and 360 reviews of this game are the same, but the PS3 version has scored lower. This is not a typo. The two versions have identical content and both are fantastic. However, the PS3 version sometimes moves at a chuggy, stuttery pace, and has notably longer loading times. These faults have earned it a lower score.] If Half-Life 2's nerdy protagonist Gordon Freeman is going to save the world, he's gonna need more than the crowbar ...

Half-Life 2 (Review)

Dec 18, 2007

If Half-Life 2's nerdy protagonist Gordon Freeman is going to save the world, he's gonna need more than the crowbar he began the last game wielding. Thankfully, weapon upgrades in this first-person shooter come lightning quick. Gordon barely gets to take in any the sights and sounds of City 17 (a quarantined, run-down district ruled by gas-masked soldiers apparently called the "Combine") before he starts blasting, bashing, and exploding the living hell out of everything in sight. It's not his ...

Half-Life 2 (Review)

Dec 18, 2007

Half-Life 2 (Review)

Mar 9, 2006

Half-Life 2: Episode One (Review)

Dec 18, 2007

Originally posted on June 1, 2006 [Editor's Note: Some of you may notice that our PS3 and 360 reviews of this game are the same, but the PS3 version has scored lower. This is not a typo. The two versions have identical content and both are fantastic. However, the PS3 version sometimes moves at a chuggy, stuttery pace, and has notably longer loading times. These faults have earned it a lower score.] Anyone who completed Half-Life 2 - one of the most accomplished games ever made - was left with ...

Half-Life 2: Episode One (Review)

Dec 18, 2007

Originally posted on June 1, 2006 Anyone who completed Half-Life 2 - one of the most accomplished games ever made - was left with more than a few niggling questions. Did you actually save City 17? Will hero Gordon Freeman escape from the G-Man? And did Alyx Vance, the game's leading lady, end up on the wrong end of a thermonuclear explosion? We needed answers and, finally, we've got them. Half-Life 2: Episode One is the first in a trilogy of games that continue the story of Half-Life 2 - ...

Half-Life 2: Episode One (Review)

Sep 19, 2006

Anyone who completed Half-Life 2 - one of the most accomplished first-person shooters ever made - was left with more than a few niggling questions after the final credits rolled. Did you actually save City 17? Will hero Gordon Freeman escape from the G-Man? And did Alyx Vance, the game's leading lady, end up on the wrong end of a thermonuclear explosion? We needed answers and, finally, we've got them. Half-Life 2: Episode One is the first in a trilogy of games that continue the story of ...

Half-Life 2: Episode Two (Review)

Dec 17, 2007

Dec 17, 2007 [Editor's Note: Some of you may notice that our PS3 and 360 reviews of this game are the same, but the PS3 version has scored lower. This is not a typo. The two versions have identical content and both are fantastic. However, the PS3 version sometimes moves at a chuggy, stuttery pace, and has notably longer loading times. These faults have earned it a lower score.] It's surreal that Valve are still churning out more Half-Life 2, three years on. As beautifully crafted as Episode ...

Half-Life 2: Episode Two (Review)

Oct 9, 2007

Oct 9, 2007 It's surreal that Valve are still churning out more Half-Life 2, three years on. As beautifully crafted as Episode One was, it did tread on a lot of its parent's toes. Episode Two certainly doesn't do that. It turbos away from them at 90 miles an hour in a customised Dodge Charger, with Alyx riding shotgun. We won't spoil any details, but Ep2 is what happens after you and Alyx break free of City 17 once and for all. The setting for most of your previous adventures is nothing more ...

Half-Life 2: Episode Two (Review)

Oct 9, 2007

Halo 2 (Review)

May 22, 2007

We got a raw deal from Halo. Where there should have been wonder there has been disappointment. Where there should have been one of the greatest PC games of all time, there has been a moderately entertaining shooter. You might recall that there was a time before the Xbox, a time when Halo seemed like the savior of FPS gaming on the PC: beautiful, vehicular space-war with burning energy weapons, roaring vehicles, proudly chromed aliens, all wrapped up within a mysterious ring-world sci-fi ...

Halo 2 (Review)

Feb 15, 2006

Halo 2 is brilliant. You've probably guessed that already. But it's incredibly hard to talk about in any depth for fear of spoiling it. It's a game you have to experience for yourself. Bungie have seemingly done the impossible in keeping the single-player game under wraps for the totality of its gestation and there's a reason for this. It's full of twists - and one enormous one in particular. Aside from the actual gameplay, Halo 2 is concerned with telling you an epic sci-fi story, and half ...

Halo 3 (Review)

Sep 23, 2007

Halo 3 is here. The wait for the most anticipated game of all time is finally over. The fight is about to be finished. And right now, across the world, the hopes and happiness of millions hinge on the answer to one simple question: Is it good? Or perhaps, Is it as good as we want it to be? We won't leave you hanging a second longer. The answer to both is yes - a huge and resounding yes. Every type of Halo fan, from the hardcore to the casual to the brand new, will find something to satisfy ...

Hannah Montana: Music Jam (Review)

Dec 10, 2007

Dec 10, 2007 Were not supposed to be nodding our heads and tapping our feet whilst a cartridge of Hannah Montana: Music Jam is nestled in our DS. At the same time that were strumming guitars, playing slap bass, blasting out drum beats and wailing through blues solos; the vacant, dead-doll-eyes of Hannah Montana watch us from the game boxs cover, and her gleaming white-toothed open-mouthed smile appears to be emitting derisive laughter at our ...

Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm (Review)

Aug 13, 2008

Do not buy this game. We’ll explain why, but it’s important that we get that out of the way to begin with. Put your credit card back in its plastic sheath, so we can talk with less urgency. Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm is about $20 (including various taxes). For that, you get 30 levels, each taking between one or two minutes. ...

Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm (Review)

Aug 13, 2008

Do not buy this game. We’ll explain why, but it’s important that we get that out of the way to begin with. Put your credit card back in its plastic sheath, so we can talk with less urgency. Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm is about $10 (including various taxes). For that, you get 30 levels, each taking between one or two minutes. ...

Hard Rock Casino (Review)

Jan 3, 2007

It's likely that you're reading this review due to one of two reasons: either you just caught Rounders on cable and are really excited to learn how to play poker, or you know absolutely nothing about gambling or having fun in Vegas and want to live the high-roller life through your PS2. Well, anyone who has gambled before knows that the real way to have fun is to beat other people and to make money. To make a gambling game a blast to play it should include one or both of those elements. Does ...

Hardwood Backgammon - Xbox Live Arcade (Review)

Apr 17, 2006

It's not easy to improve on an age-old standard, so when we downloaded Hardwood Backgammon from the Xbox Live Arcade, our expectations were measured. To achieve greatness in its class, Hardwood Backgammon would have to not only play brilliantly on Xbox Live, but also dazzle us with some cool graphics, nifty animations and clever online innovations. And it did that. Sort ...