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Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony

MBCook — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:30:20 +0000

A few weeks ago, I finished Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony. This review is as after the fact as it is for a few reasons, but mostly because I’ve been enjoying The World Ends With You. The game was a great capstone on GTA 4. You got to see the third side [...]

A Voyage Long and Strange / Nothing to Envy

MBCook — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:56:22 +0000

Today’s post brings a pair of reviews I’ve been meaning to put up for a little while. In A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World, you’ll learn the “secret” history of what became the US and Mexico between Columbus’s first voyages in 1492 and the pilgrims arriving in 1621. It follows the adventures of [...]

Ratchet & Clank Going Commando

MBCook — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:14:48 +0000

For less than $10 you can get Ratchet & Clank Going Commando from Amazon. The game is easily worth that. This game is rather different from it’s predecessor in a couple of way. Not only is there widescreen support, but also 480p support, which makes the game look great. The first thing I noticed when I [...]

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

MBCook — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:38:54 +0000

I pre-ordered The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks from Amazon, and it arrived the day of release (or maybe the next day). I played the game quite a bit after that until I completed it, including all sorts of extra time running around doing errands and trying to earn things. The game was very well done. [...]

Ratchet & Clank

MBCook — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:26:36 +0000

At this point, I’m basically going backwards on reviews. I’ve completed a couple of games and I’m posting reviews for them in the reverse order I played them in. The last game I completed before Lost and Damned was Insomniac’s 2004 hit: Ratchet & Clank. I remember when the game came out. I had finished Jak [...]

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned

MBCook — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:50:34 +0000

With this being repeat TV season, I’ve been playing more games than usual. I have reviews coming for two other games, but I just finished playing Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned. I played it off the Episodes from Liberty City disc. The game it’s self is unchanged. It’s not better looking, in fact [...]

Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box

MBCook — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:23:06 +0000

It’s been a few weeks since I finished Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box. If you have played the first in the series, then you know exactly what you are getting into. I finished nearly all the puzzles in the game (~115 of ~130?). The story is pretty good, and told well. The little animation snippets [...]

New Super Mario Brothers Wii

MBCook — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:43:35 +0000

Since it’s release date I’ve spent a fair amount of time playing New Super Mario Brothers Wii. I think it’s been about 15 hours or so. I haven’t completed everything in the game, but I’ve beat Worlds 1-8, including getting all gold coins and secret stages. I’m half-way through the bonus world, World 9. I’ve had [...]

WebOS Programming Needs Work

MBCook — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:58:43 +0000

In the last few days I’ve read a good chunk of the documentation on Palm’s WebOS, and started making a little program. While the documentation is technically thorough, it’s poorly laid out and the example leaves something to be desired. You can find everything at Palm’s developer site. I downloaded what I thought I needed, then [...]

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

MBCook — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:05:09 +0000

With the recent release of GTA: Chinatown Wars on the PSP, I took another look at the game. It had been on my list of games to play, but seeing the reviews made me go get a copy. I chose to get the DS version based on the reviews commenting on the difficulty of the [...]