Final Fantasy Review

Final Fantasy I for the PSP review

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass Gameplay Footage

Bomb Gameplay Puzzle



Dungeon Diving Gameplay



Seafaring Gameplay

Life in a video game: the pros and cons

What if tomorrow morning you woke up and your life was exactly like your favorite video game?

What would you look forward to doing first? Would you drive down the I-90 in your Pontiac Sunfire at 100mph with no regard for traffic laws or your own life, or would you travel cross country killing monsters and rescuing damsels in distress in order to get laid?

Oh the possibilities would be endless, but what about the bad points of living in a video game world? Imagine getting stuck in a rock for an hour because of a glitch in the matrix or being forced to kill a monster every friggn' five minutes just to get to McDonalds for a Big Mac.

Well, hit the jump for a list of the 10 pros and cons of living in a video game world and then you can decide whether it would be worth living in a virtual world.

New Trailer for Resident Evil: UC

OH MY GOD, I WANT THIS GAME!!!!

The newest trailer for Resident Evil: Umbrella Corporation which will be coming out on the Nintendo Wii shows the game from the view of the player and takes you back to the characters and locations of Resident Evil 0 & 1.

I'm already considering selling my old Resident Evil games and buying the Wii collection just to play through them again since I still need a gamecube controller and memory card to play my old games. It seems simplier to buy the new game and sell the old ones instead of forking out $20 or more for the accessories to play the old games.

GTA IV Trailer

The newest trailer for GTA IV.

Game testers get all the best booty - NSFW

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The Guitar Hero Kid: Wayward Son

The New Golden Boys, the group behind the video series, True Gaming Legends, has created a new video about a Guitar Hero kid that must battle the forces of evil with his fake guitar playing.

[Thanks Eric for the video!]

Brand new gameplay footage from The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for the Nintendo DS. I am looking forward to this game when it comes out. I plan to buy it the first day it comes out in North America.

Review: Dawn of Mana

Dawn of Mana, the true sequel/prequel to the original Secret of Mana for the Super Nintendo has finally made its way to North American shores and to be honest, it didn't live up to the greatness that is Secret of Mana.

When I first picked up the game, I looked at the back and manual before popping it into my PS2 and from the screenshots and descriptions, the game looked similar to that of the Dark Cloud games with its singular path levels and cartoon like graphics.

The game follows a young man named Keldric as he tries to rescue his friend, Ritzia with the help of his new found friend, Faye the Fairy and his new weapon, a vine sword created from a splinter from the Mana tree that gets stuck in his arm.

Other fairies give you new magic spells through the game but they only last for so long and then they're gone. I prefer if you could have kept the spells and recharged them but you can only recharge Faye's magic which will gain new spells as you level up in each round.

The battle system allows you to use your sword, sling shot or magic against enemies as well as a new panic system which uses the Havok system. The panic system allows you to throw, roll, etc. object to scare your enemies for a few moments in which they will produce medals and power ups when you attack them.

The power ups allow you to build up your character's levels each round but are unfortunately reset at the beginning of each new round. This system was a bit annoying to figure out at first but once the game got going, it becomes second nature to push boulders down the hill first before hack and slashing. I didn't really care about the resetting levels because there isn't much difference in power between levels or maybe there is and I didn't notice.

Each round or chapter, as the game calls them, you have to complete a boss battle which I found each to be hard and lengthy compared to the rest of the game. It took me half an hour to take out the very first boss. THE FIRST BOSS!!! I killed the final form of Sin in FFX quicker than that.

At the end of each round, the game tallies up all your time, how many items you got, objects smashed, etc. and gives you a rated like S, A or B. This is why you don't want to run through the game without employing the panic system for medals. Do so and your rating will be low each round.

The music and the graphics in this game were great and very much like Dragon Quest VIII. Each round had new music and each of the characters spoke so you didn't have to read the text if you didn't want too. The graphics were cartoon like and made for some interesting looking characters.

I liked how designers kept some of the original monsters from Secret of Mana like the cute little yellow bunnies and such. I was annoyed to see another feminine male hero in this game but I understand they're all the rage in Japan these days, so I forgive SquareEnix for that.

All in all, I did like this game but with other games like The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Final Fantasy XII available, I would suggest playing those first and then grabbing this game up afterwards. It wasn't a terrible game nor an unplayable game; I just think there are better RPGs out there and definitely better games from SquareEnix. That's all.

Rating: 6 out of 10

Happy Gay Pride Weekend!

Its time for Gay Pride celebrations this weekend and I just wanted to wish a good time to all my favorite gaymers at GayGamer.net.

Fruit Brute and the boys have always been good to me and I wanted to post a rainbow flag for them. If you haven't already checked out the great site that is GayGamer.net, then do so now.

Fruit Brute has really made a name for the site and adds his two cents at Kotaku.com as well. He pretty much the only thing I like about Kotaku.

HAPPY GAY PRIDE WEEKEND, GAYMERS!

G4 Tech TV Canada brings new shows to the summer line up!

God, I love having the Canadian version of G4 instead of the American one, because we always get the best in tech and gaming show. Now G4 Tech TV is added to their wicked line by adding several new gaming and tech shows this summer.

G4TechTV Canada adds eight new hit shows to heat up summer programming

TORONTO, June 21st, 2007 – G4techTV Canada is pleased to announce the premiere of eight new hit shows to their summer programming kicking off the week of July 16th. From shows that cover the most up-to-date news in the tech and gaming world to a quirky new show that looks like an old school 80s video game, G4tech TV Canada is offering extended programming guaranteed to turn up the summer heat and keep tech fans coming back for more.

“Gamer.tv”
Airing weekdays at 11:00 a.m. ET starting July 16, “Gamer.tv” will keep viewers up to date with in-depth on-location reports filmed across the globe to entertain, amuse and provide unrivalled coverage of everything exciting that’s going on in the world of games. Broadcast globally to more than 300 million homes, “Gamer.tv” is the world’s leading weekly magazine show for the video gamer, mixing reviews of the latest games and exclusive news and previews.

“CNET TV”
Starting Tuesday July 17 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT, “CNET TV” offers viewers a half hour video fix on the coolest gadgets, the latest gear, and up-to-the-minute tech reviews and news. The biggest and best of the technology world is featured though a number of video series such as “Buzz Report,” “Car Tech,” “Prizefight,” “Insider Secrets,” and “The New Edge 2.0.”

“Code Monkeys”
From one of the twisted minds behind “Crank Yankers” and the creator of “Minoriteam” comes a new animated comedy series of 8-bit proportions that was two decades in the making. Airing on Mondays starting July 16 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT, “Code Monkeys” literally looks like an old school video game and revolves around an oddball group of 1980s game designers.

“A Gamer's Guide To…”
Airing Saturdays at 12:00 p.m. ET, starting July 21, “A Gamer’s Guide To…” is a spin-off of the wildly popular “Gamer.tv” with each episode presenting a comprehensive guide to one area of gaming. The 30 minute show offers everything you need to know about the Nintendo Wii, the Xbox 360, the hot world of Japanese gaming, working in the world of games or gaming online.

“When Games Attack”
Airing on Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT starting July 18, “When Games Attack” takes a grown-up look at video games without sacrificing all the fun. Show host and XTrax Scottish Radio Awards 2007 Scottish Radio Presenter of the Year Dominik Diamond is guaranteed to offer the funniest and most informed 30 minute show about video games ever. Dominik travels to locations around the UK and America from fruit stands to soccer stadiums to casinos to add an offbeat angle to the world of video games.

“Major League Gaming Series”
Airing Sundays at 7:00 p.m. ET, starting July 22, “Major League Gaming” (MLG) is the largest organized league and international sanctioning body for the world's fastest growing competitive sport – professional video gaming. Recognized as the global governing authority for millions of competitive gamers worldwide, MLG's ongoing professional video gaming tournaments have attracted competitors from over 28 countries.

“The IT Crowd”
Airing on Mondays at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT starting July 16, “The IT Crowd” is set in the London offices of Reynholm Industries, which is full of glamorous go-getters and high-flying executives. While their beautiful colleagues work upstairs in posh and spacious surroundings, the IT department - Jen, Roy and Moss - lurk below in a dingy basement, scorned by their co-workers as geeky losers. The show focuses on the high jinks of the socially-inept IT trio as they deal with the onslaught of tech issues and demanding coworkers.

“Torrent”
Airing on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT starting July 18, “Torrent” is a weekly one-hour Internet culture show for tech-savvy audiences looking for interesting, first-person, pop-tech stories from around the world. Entertaining, edgy, but most importantly the show is packed with great content that delivers viewers something new each and every week from the explosive world of video content on the web.

Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 1

Penny Arcade Trailer One



Penny Arcade Trailer Two

Penny Arcade Adventures:
On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness

Penny Arcade (www.penny-arcade.com) is the most popular online comic in the world, serving 3.5 million readers monthly. Focused mainly on videogame culture and industry commentary, but managing to skewer a host of mainstream topics along the way, illustrator Mike Krahulik and writer Jerry Holkins deliver colorful humor in a thrice weekly cartoon strip and accompanying blog. The strip regularly features the creator’s alter egos, Tycho and Gabe.

Tycho and Gabe have partnered in true collaborative style with independent developer Hothead Games and are bringing the comic to life in the form of the first-ever Penny Arcade video game, a PC/Mac/Linux computer game called Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. Consulting on the game’s design is Ron Gilbert, creator of such adventure game classics as The Secret of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The gameplay is a blend of classic adventure and role-playing (RPG) combat elements set in the 1920’s. Penny Arcade Adventures is initially expected to be released in a downloadable, episodic format with the first episode available later this year.

Key game features:

Hilarious, over-the-top dialogue written by Jerry Holkins in a style that will be familiar to Penny Arcade fans.

Progressively unravel the game’s mysteries through classic adventure game play.

Battle an array of zany enemies with the RPG combat system.

An interactive Penny Arcade comic: customize the look and dress of your character and explore the unusual world of New Arcadia.

Gabe, Tycho, Annarchy, The Fruit F*cker 2000 and many favorite Penny Arcade characters, plus new characters designed by Mike Krahulik.

Set in a steampunk meets pulp horror meets H.P. Lovecraft alternate Penny Arcade universe.

Release date: December 2007.
Publisher: Hot Head Games

Konami RPG Stars is Closing!

Konami RPG Stars is closing! Soon the best fan community will be gone and with it all the cool prizes available.

Here are a few new links from the site:


Silent Hill: Origins - Intro on GameVideos


Castlevania PSP Opening Cinematic


Click both of these links once for me and check them out. The more clicks I get, the more points I get to win a few more prizes before the site ends.

Help a fellow gamer out and if you're a member of the site too, drop me a line in the comments and I'll click over to your site to click some links too.

Dragon Warrior Slime Keychains on Sale now (Perler Bead Art)

I'm selling my first batch of keychains on eBay. I have 5 sets available for purchase at $3.00 a set.

Shipping for USA and Canada - $3 and International for $5.

Check out the eBay sale here.

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass Japanese Trailer

The newest trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass shows how the player can use the stylus to direct Link in throwing, attacking and moves and how the player can use the map to write notes for puzzles.

This looks like such a cool game but Nintendo needs to get it out soon or Zelda fan may mob Nintendo's headquarters.

Final Fantasy: Dissidia Japanese Trailer

New 20th Anniversary project from SquareEnix, Final Fantasy: Dissidia. This is the newest Japanese trailer for the game.

Beautiful Katamari Gameplay Trailer

I love the first two PS2 Katamari games and I hope this game is good too. The music is always so cute in these games.

Space Station Tycoon Trailer

Space Station Tycoon for the Wii Gameplay trailer

Canadians might get PS3 Holiday Bundle from Bell Canada this Christmas

Last year Canadians were able to purchase the Xbox 360 Holiday Bundle from Bell Canada at $59.95 a month on a 3 year contract. This bundle included a Wireless Bell Sympatico Network modem, an Xbox 360, 3 games (GRAW, NHL '07 & Xbox Live Vol. 1), 1250 marketplace points and a 3 month Xbox Live Gold subscription.

Well this holiday season, Sony will apparently be teaming up with Bell Canada to provide their own Playstation 3 Holiday Bundle which will work along the same lines at the Xbox 360 bundle payments. The bundle is suppose to include 4 games.

At the moment this bundle is only a rumour but if its true, then Canadians will finally have an affordable way to get their hands on a Playstation 3.

Fan Made "The Wizard" Sequel Trailer

A fan made trailer for the sequel of The Wizard. Created by Loren Productions and TXM Studios for Alamo's Drafthouse Unnecessary Sequel Competition.

The Ultimate List of Gaming Music

When we talk about video game music, you tend to think the Super Mario Bros. theme, or the Halo intro, etc., but what about the mainstream music dedicated to our favorite past time, video games.

I recently came across this song called Pacman Fever by Buckner and Garcia. It was one of eight songs recorded for their 1981 album of the same name. The Pacman Fever album actually managed to make the Billboard Top 100 with two songs, Pacman Fever and Do the Donkey Kong

Two Worlds. How did I miss this game?

Last night I was looking through the new downloads on the Xbox Marketplace and I noticed a new trailer for a game called Two Worlds. Looking like an Oblivion knock off, Two Worlds allows your character to either save the world or destroy it, which basically is enough for me to want to play this game.

World domination is what I live for. I look forward to seeing more from this game and hope to play it once it comes out.

Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End Review

Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End Review