THE FATHER LIFE

Ghostbusters: The Video Game succeeds in the end by simply feeling right. Whether on 360, PS3 or Nintendo Wii, the game has enough of that Ghostbuster spirit from the movie to be forgiven it’s slightly derivative game play. Not quite Batman: Arkham Asylum but cut from the same cloth.

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A search for ‘poker’ in the iPhone App Store will swiftly confirm that the iPlatform has not escaped the craze. A multitude of apps for playing on various online free-play sites, calculating the maths, timing your home tournaments or even watching manga girls take their clothes off as you [...]

Fight Night Round 4 on 360 and PS3 aims to provide realistic boxing action on the big consoles. The sequel to the popular Fight Night Round 3, it offers plenty of options and moments of boxing history for fans. But for me, it completely lacked the juxtaposition of beauty and brutality that so transfixes me when watching the real sport. It’s quite an enjoyable game against friends, but played alone it lacks heart and stymies progress.

A Boy and his Blob may sound like a rather unusual name for a game, but it represents an NES classic that rewrote the platform game handbook. A Boy and his Blob returns here on the Nintendo Wii console with a whole new bag of tricks, quite literally. The player has a bag of jelly beans…

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Happily taking hits from my dislike for superheroes and stealth, Batman: Arkham Asylum completely re-wrote my perceptions and gave me an astounding videogame experience that left me fascinated and enthralled. With its atmosphere and lively characterisation dripping off the walls I found myself being put through a range of [...]

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Metal Gear Solid Touch
Rating: 9+ (Apple rating)

Platform: iPhone OS

Developer: Kojima Productions

Publisher: Konami

Metal Gear Solid Touch takes a very popular franchise, hollows it out and lives in its shell like some sort of unwanted, dull hermit crab. We’re going all gun ho over the next couple of weeks on Touch [...]

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Tiger Woods PGA Tour
Platform: iPhone OS
Developer: EA
Publisher: EA Mobile

When I first got my iPod Touch, the game I was keenest about was definitely Tiger Woods PGA Tour. The touch interface and solid graphical horsepower offered the potential of a perfect portable golf experience. The reality is not far from [...]

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Wii Sports Resort
Rating: E

Platform: Wii

Developer: Nintendo EAD

Publisher: Nintendo

Wii Sports Resort takes the Wii Sports seed of genius and cultivates it into a fully grown gaming tree. Whereas the launch title was a magical place to visit, Wii Sports Resort is somewhere to loose yourself for days. Experts, novices, and [...]

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Samurai Shodown Anthology
Rating: T

Platforms: Wii, PlayStation 2, PSP

Developer: SNK Playmore

Publisher: SNK Playmore

I’m new to the Samurai Shodown games, and I have little experience with fighting games in general, so I was pretty confused when I first played the Samurai Shodown Anthology. However, with a bit of online research, I [...]

Dodging the usual clichés and tropes of the Western genre, I found Call of Juarez to be a thrilling ride of love, lust, and betrayal. It captured the look and feel of an 1860’s America perfectly, and the drama that unfolded through the story was surprisingly powerful.