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Halo Reach: Why haven't you bought this yet?

2010-09-16T11:23:00.003-05:00

Box Art for Bungie's latest and greatest - photo courtesy of vgboxart.com First, let me say its good to be back. After all of this Harry Potter craziness I just wanted to take a little break and make it easy for the HP fans coming in from all over the universe to find the answers they were looking for. But I can remain silent no longer. If you are still looking for Harry Potter stuff, you

Harry Potter Q&A Part 2!

2010-08-25T20:02:00.003-05:00

Hey everyone. Massive update today! Thanks for all your questions and your visits. Without further ado, here's a ton of your questions answered.But first a few comments....One thing I realize people have been asking is about the scenes at Godric's Hollow. The sequence goes like this: They arrive and they notice the Christmas Caroling. Then, they see the cemetery and they go in. Hermione finds the

First Round of HP Q&A

2010-08-24T20:35:00.005-05:00

Hey everyone. Thanks a lot for your comments and reading my review! Almost 2,000 just today!If you liked it, please digg it here:Link to diggI've compiled most of the questions that got sent to me today. I answered them as best I could after the break1. You have written that the whole subplot with the dual portraits in Grimmauld place and the Hogwarts Headmaster’s office was cut in the movie,

Extremely Early Review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!

2010-08-22T01:11:00.008-05:00

ShareHey guys,This is not videogame related, but I got a chance to be a part of the first audience to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in a movie theater, so I thought I'd share my thoughts on it here in the blog. Read after the jump, but be warned, I spoil pretty much everything there is to spoil.UPDATE 8/24/2010. Welcome to all the new visitors. I hope you enjoy the review, and maybe

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, or Vampires Were Cool Before Stephenie Meyer

2010-08-15T19:48:00.002-05:00

Jacked from Console-Arcade, but it's not like they sourced their image. Castlevania was never one of the franchises I got into as a kid; the first time I tried one of the games was on the ZSNES emulator. Super Castlevania IV had that classic-platformer feel, but was too arcade-like in terms of its mechanics. I put the franchise on the shelf for a few years.It just feels like it belongs in an

NCAA Football 2011-The Review we've all been waiting for-Part 2

2010-08-03T22:27:00.001-05:00

Photo Courtesy of examiner.com Hello and welcome to the exciting conclusion of my review of NCAA Football 11 for the 360 and PS3. As stated before, we will finish up the review by talking about the various gameplay options and of course the all important final scoring for the game. Should you spend the money for updated rosters and ratings? I'll decide for you, because thinking for yourself

Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Don’t read this go buy it now!

2010-08-01T18:12:00.008-05:00

The original Super Mario Galaxy raised the bar for 3D platformers with its innovative level design, creative puzzles, and great graphics. With Super Mario Galaxy 2, Nintendo managed to distill everything that made that game enjoyable and created the best 3D platformer ever and one of their best games ever.Gameplay.For the most part, Mario Galaxy 2 retains most of the original’s gameplay basic

Carcassonne - a German board game about a French city that you play on your phone.

2010-07-31T18:21:00.009-05:00

The German and the French don’t like each other very much; which is why I didn’t expect much from Carcassonne. I mean, a game made by a German about a French city? it is not very encouraging from the get-go. However, it seemed similar to one of my favorite board games, Settlers of Catan, so I made a blind purchase, and I’m really happy to say it’s a great game. Jawohl! Carcassonne is a map

NCAA Football 2011-The Review we've all been waiting for-Part 1

2010-07-28T14:05:00.004-05:00

First, I want to apologize for my absence, I got NCAA Football 2011 and have been so caught up in it that I haven't written a review in a while. Not to mention my supply of games to play has temporarily run dry. In any case, I feel I have now played enough NCAA Football 2011 to give it a review that will cover all the intricacies that you have come to expect me to notice in an NCAA Football

Sin and Punishment - Ok, that was fun, but what did I just do?

2010-07-19T21:31:00.005-05:00

Hey everyone! No this is not my review of NCAA 2011, I am going to be extra thorough with that one, and I just got it today because I was going to my cousin’s wedding the day it came out. The wedding was great so it was totally worth the delay...at least for me anyways. In any case, because I am so wise and you all try to emulate me, I can only assume that you also watch the same TV

Peggle: Or how I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Unicorn

2010-07-13T21:28:00.009-05:00

Hey loyal readers and people I am trying to guilt into reading this blog more! I am on a little vacation right now, and as such I haven't had as much writing time as I would like. But that's ok, because I know other people who like to write as well. So today's post comes courtesy of The Conquistador from El Salvador, hence forth referred to as Eto! Enjoy it immensely, for I have commanded it

Yearly Installments of Games - The Search for More Money

2010-07-10T13:53:00.008-05:00

Anyone who knows me that I am desperately awaiting July 13th because it is the release date of NCAA Football 2011. And before you get to wondering about whether or not I will reviewing that game. I will be. I will be playing it so much that I will find every flaw in that game, including the flaws that they have undoubtedly not fixed this year, because they haven't fixed them in the last 7

ModNation Racers – Can anyone other than Nintendo Make a Good Kart Racer?

2010-07-07T15:16:00.006-05:00

We’ve all been playing Mario Kart since we were kids. The familiar characters combined with the ability to drop into last in multiplayer just so you can blue shell your friend for stealing your three red shells via Boo (though if that happened it was your fault for not taking out the red shells to get them ready in the first place), make the Mario Kart series some of the best racing games,

Happy 4th of July - Nothing says America like massive gun battles in Team Fortress 2!

2010-07-04T00:03:00.013-05:00

Happy 4th of July everyone! And for those of you who are from other countries, congratulations on your country's independence as well. Unless you are from one of the those countries that was doing the oppressing, in which case thanks for giving people their independence, whether voluntarily or not. That being said, the following review is our first post by a new writer. I hope you enjoy it.-

Star Wars Games – Will We Ever Be Satisfied?

2010-06-29T16:22:00.010-05:00

Every Star Wars game aims to make you feel like a Jedi, or at the very least make you feel like you are a part of that universe. Most of them fall drastically short of this mark. We are all holding out hope that The Old Republic MMORPG will be the Star Wars game to end all Star Wars game but until that comes out we still have to make due with the Star Wars Games that are already out

Kinect vs. Move vs. Wii – Why should we care?

2010-06-25T13:43:00.009-05:00

The Electronic Entertainment Expo was a couple weeks ago, and one of the biggest topics of E3 was the continuing efforts in the realm of movement based video game controls. Microsoft unveiled its new super camera called Kinect and Sony showed its ridiculous controller called Move. What do these two new “breakthroughs” in video gaming have in common? Nintendo beat them to it…by like four

Red Dead Redemption – A Review

2010-06-24T01:01:00.007-05:00

Ok, so Rockstar Game is back again with its new(ish) old west style game Red Dead Redemption. For those of you who don’t know Rockstar brought us the Grand Theft Auto Series, the Max Payne Series, and some other games you probably don’t (and really shouldn’t) care about. If there is one thing that Rockstar knows how to do right its animated violence involving guns and knives. As we all know,

Welcome to YURA Gamer!

2010-06-23T15:26:00.000-05:00

Hello and Welcome to YURA Gamer!It is my hope that this Blog will serve as a vehicle for a communication of ideas including reviews of games, discussions of new systems and accessories, ideas for new games, and anything gaming related. This includes both console and computer games, and every type of game from JRPG's to Sports. The only thing you won't see (right now) is game previews and that's