Video Games

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 ...

Platform:  Xbox 360 Developer:  Bungie Publisher:  Microsoft Game Studios It’s all about value and community. Halo 3, the final chapter in the flagship trilogy on Microsoft’s Xbox consoles, is marketed under the tagline of ‘Finish the Fight’.  If its referring to the actual story in the Campaign mode, that fight will take you roughly 10 hours to complete.  As a ...