Video Games

Now with Wii Motion Plus! (I have no idea what it does)

Platform:  iPhone Developer:  Telltale Games Publisher:  Telltale Games There’s a lot to like about developer Telltale Games and their recent episodic franchises Sam & Max, Wallace & Gromit and now Monkey Island.  They are almost single-handedly reviving the Point ‘n’ Click genre and their treatment of old franchises has been respectful of qualities that made them popular but that hasn’t ...

Platform:  Nintendo Wii Developer:  Nintendo In the context of contemporary Nintendo’s gaming philosophy of bringing gaming to the masses through accessibility, I don’t quite understand how this game came to be. Ostensibly a series of musical mini-games that are based around timing and ‘Simon-says’ repetition challenges, Rhythm Heaven has a charming presentation style and after the first two mini-games ‘Built ...

Platform:  Xbox 360 Developer:  Popcap Games Publisher:  Microsoft Game Studios I’d like to think that years from now, future game developers will study Peggle as an example of just how much positive re-enforcement can help a game.  Peggle‘s central conceit is very basic: aim and fire a ball at a series of coloured pegs.  As a foundation for a puzzle ...

5 second review: It takes 5 seconds to learn how to play Flight Control and it also takes this long to describe its awesomeness.

Back to the Future.

Platform:  Nintendo DS Developer:  EA Tiburon Publisher:  EA Games “The British Empire was built on cups of tea and if you think I’m going into battle without one, you are mistaken” – Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels. Henry Hatsworth is a Nintendo DS game where you play as a tea-sipping British explorer who is on a quest for a ...

Things will be different

Platform:  Nintendo DS Developer:  Capcom Publisher:  Capcom *contains spoilers* Playing Phoenix Wright: Justice For All is like revisiting an old friend.  The gameplay is almost a carbon copy of the original, with all its charm, quirks and flaws.  Without giving too much away, a lot of old favourites from the original game also re-appear in this follow up to Ace ...

Platform:  Nintendo Wii Developer:  Nintendo EAD Tokyo Publisher:  Nintendo I’m not entirely sure how it happened, but Super Mario Galaxy managed to stay beneath my radar until the first round of reviews started coming in, a week or so before its retail release.  Maybe it was caution after Super Mario Sunshine or the stacked end of year release schedule that ...