<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0"><channel><title>Starpower Games</title><description>Starpower Games delivers honest, unique perspectives on video games. While we are very passionate about games, we realize that in the end we play games for fun.</description><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Ramsey)</managingEditor><pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2024 21:39:50 -0700</pubDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><link>http://starpowergames.blogspot.com/</link><language>en-us</language><itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit><copyright>Copyright 2010 Rich Ramsey</copyright><itunes:keywords>video,games,games,gaming,gaming,news,video,game,news,game,news,fun,star,power,star,power,games</itunes:keywords><itunes:summary>Star Power Games contributors talk about the news in the gaming industry, games they've been playing, and specific topics in games. </itunes:summary><itunes:subtitle>Star Power Games contributors talk about the news in the gaming industry, games they've been playing, and specific topics in games. </itunes:subtitle><itunes:category text="Games &amp; Hobbies"><itunes:category text="Video Games"/></itunes:category><itunes:author>Rich Ramsey</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:email>noreply@blogger.com</itunes:email><itunes:name>Rich Ramsey</itunes:name></itunes:owner><item><title>PSN is Online</title><link>http://starpowergames.blogspot.com/2011/05/psn-is-online.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 17:15:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573282961101072044.post-4909032150988456132</guid><description>PSN is back up in North America, and Sony is offering a "Customer Appreciation Program" for the downtime. To summarize:


- Users will be able to choose 2 of 5 games for the PS3 to download and keep forever. There will be a 30-day period for these games to be downloaded free of charge after the PSN Store relaunches. The games are Little Big Planet, Infamous, Dead Nation, Super Stardust HD, and </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Ramsey)</author></item><item><title>Pokemon Black Impressions</title><link>http://starpowergames.blogspot.com/2011/03/pokemon-black-impressions.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:25:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573282961101072044.post-2745215280143319126</guid><description>I picked up Pokemon Black on release date (March 6th) and have beaten 8 gyms so far. At this point I have a good impression of what they have changed in the basic gameplay and in general how the game is. If you are considering getting it, you probably know generally what you will be getting, as the Pokemon games have relied on the same formula since the beginning of the series. That being said, </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Ramsey)</author></item><item><title>NBA Jam (iOS) Review</title><link>http://starpowergames.blogspot.com/2011/03/nba-jam-ios-review.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 2 Mar 2011 22:39:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573282961101072044.post-5234332901613633684</guid><description>
&amp;nbsp;I was immediately excited upon hearing about the possibility of NBA Jam coming to the iPhone. When EA made it official, I began to wait when it went live on the app store. The game did not disappoint, delivering the trademark fast-paced action of the NBA Jam series. While the iPhone version doesn’t stack up to the home console versions, it’s a very good portable game and still a lot of fun</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhszpA0bf8KI6bUY6SKYb0-FZPZz46mrNaVo6tlGW0DRKFPOwOw50n4D4ypL-IXPLNECFhHMTwpXntz0DT1jDhAxi7UBBZRIpKMypsjwkhv7Io3POu6Zuu16L2zxnl8_ADC8WVXYIRLa6A/s72-c/nbajam4.PNG" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Ramsey)</author></item><item><title>Sports Games: Arcade vs. Simulation</title><link>http://starpowergames.blogspot.com/2010/10/sports-games-arcade-vs-simulation.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:07:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573282961101072044.post-8222145589441263303</guid><description>
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16-bit buddies
So... I just got a SNES (mini). I got Mega Man X and Super R-Type with it. Mega Man X was a pretty obvious pick to get at some point, and i felt like getting a shmup as well. Early impressions are that Mega Man X is fantastic, with excellent controls and great gameplay (thank you Captain Obvious). Super R-Type is hard, but then again shmups are generally fairly challenging.


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As a sneak peek:

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You can tell I'm excited! John captures it on camera.


</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Ramsey)</author></item><item><title>Rich's Photos from PAX</title><link>http://starpowergames.blogspot.com/2010/09/richs-photos-from-pax.html</link><pubDate>Sun, 5 Sep 2010 21:27:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573282961101072044.post-2574392063455048151</guid><description>I didn't take many photos at PAX, but I did take a couple pictures of the swag I got.


T-shirts and other swag.
The zipper one is a Little Big Planet 2 shirt, and the one in the upper right is a Brink shirt. The Guild Wars 2 bandanna is on the bottom left.



An amazing chalk drawing of Metroid: Other M.

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Posters. The Brink posters are pretty badass.
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