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Review: The House of the Dead: Overkill (Wii)

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Overview:

System: Wii Exclusive
Developer: Headstrong Games
Publisher: Sega
Genre: Arcade Shooter

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Overkill is the newest entry in the famous House of the Dead light-gun arcade games and the second House of the Dead game to grace Nintendo’s little white box. The first was House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return, a retread of, you guessed it, the second and third games in the series on one disc. Overkill is an all new offering from a new developer with a new style and attitude. But how does it stack up against its legendary arcade predecessors?

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Review: Sonic Unleashed (Wii)

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sonic-unleashed-wiiOverview:

System: Wii (also on: PS3, 360)
Developer: Sonic Team
Publisher: Sega
Genre: Platforming / Beat ’em up

Remember back in gaming’s golden age when Sonic was still relevant to gaming? Don’t you wish that Sega would just put Sonic back the way he’s supposed to be without all the fancy 3D and annoying extra characters? Well if so, this game is only half for you. Half? Yeah, half of the game is a great callback to the classic Sonic games of the past and half is an atrociously slow, unbearably bad beat ’em up. I’ll explain in the review.

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Review: Resident Evil: Genesis (BlackBerry)

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Overview:

Resident Evil has, no questions asked, one of the most impressive histories in gaming. Since it’s inception on the original PlayStation to the soon-to-be-released Resident Evil 5 and everything in between, Capcom almost never lets down its ravenous fans who are craving some horrifying zombie action. Emphasis on almost.

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While there have been games to reach legendary status, there have also been duds. Resident Evil: Survivor tried its hand at first person shooting, and failed. Resident Evil: Dead Aim tried the light gun thing, and failed. Resident Evil: Gaiden tried making handheld gaming scary. And failed. All the games mentioned eventually got it right. RE4 nailed the art of shooting (though not in first person), RE Umbrella Chronicles was a great light-gun game, and RE Deadly Silence made the Nintendo DS a dual screen fright fest. But there is one terrible game that has yet to have anything good come out of it. Resident Evil: Genesis for the mobile phones. Ugh.

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Review: Pirates: The Key of Dreams (WiiWare)

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pirates-the-key-of-dreamsOverview:

Publisher: Oxygen Games
Players: 1-4
Genre: Action
Cost: 1000 Points

A 10 dollar game about pirates? Hell yeah, sign me up! Along with zombies, ninjas and Hulk Hogan, Pirates are one of the many things God put on Earth to make life for us mere laymen more worth living. Unfortunately this may not be the game you want it to be. When I first heard of it I didn’t think there was any way it could be anything other than awesome. Well here we are, ten bucks later, and I can readily admit that I was horribly wrong.

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We Support Winter

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winter-wii-gameNot the season, though I do love sledding and throwing snowballs at the elderly. Winter is a recently discovered game from n-Space, the people behind the Gamecube’s underwhelming horror-themed shooter entitled Geist. The game was cancelled for various reasons, the biggest of which was no one wanted to publish it due to the alleged lack of hardcore interest among the Wii gamers.

Winter was a Wii exclusive horror game, a genre the Wii demographic is almost starving for alongside RPGs, set in a small mid-western town which has encountered a very unusual snow storm, hence the name Winter. The game looks very promising and a petition has been started by Wii gamers to get the game published. We support the game and you should too. To sign the petition simply click here or use the picture link near the bottom of the left sidebar.

Retro-Review: Frogger (Arcade)

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Frogger was one of the biggest names in the gaming industry back in the day, and it still is to some extent. The simple concept of guiding a busy little froggy from point A to point B without being squished, getting eaten, or drowning in a river was one that proved to be rather addictive and claimed more than it’s fair share of quarters. That was when arcades were still the cool place to hang out, back before LAN parties, the internet, and socially inept fat kids with acne and gland disorders ruled the gaming landscape. Well, those fat kids existed, but not internet.

Anyway, I thought it might be fun to take a look way back at one of the biggest names in the arcade industry and one that held influence for years after the first quarter was dropped into it’s metallic guts. Enjoy!

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Review: The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy by Luke Cuddy

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the-legend-of-zelda-and-philosophyOverview:

I first heard about The Legend and Philosophy several months ago and I immediately thought something along the lines of “Holy Sheik, that’s awesome!” I mean how could I, the guy with a Legend of Zelda tattoo on his left calf, not be super excited for something like this?

So what exactly is The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy? Hmm… chances are that it’s a philosophical exploration of The Legend of Zelda. In fact, that’s exactly what it is. Editor Luke Cuddy gathered several writings from respected philosophical minds that were tied to Zelda and it’s ideals and brought them all together into this one book subtitled “I Link, Therefore I Am.”

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Review: Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360)

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Overview:

System: Xbox 360 (also on: PC)
Developer: Valve/Certain Affinity
Publisher: Valve/EA
Genre: FPS/Survival Horror

If you’ll think back (or link back if you can’t remember) you might recall a couple of zombie movies I reviewed. The first was a film consisting of fast paced zombie action with lots of blood, gore, and huge portions of pure, unadulterated awesome. This film was called Dawn of the Dead. The second flick featured slow, stupid zombies that couldn’t scare a retarded blind cheerleader. This movie was called Land of the Dead. Thankfully, like the former listed, Left 4 Dead ditches the old myth that zombies are bumbling morons and replaces it with the more recent idea that zombies are lightning fast and extremely deadly. I love zombies.

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Onechanbara Trailer

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Alright, if you know me at all, even a little, you know I love zombies, Nintendo and boobs. And if you’re at all like me then you need to watch this trailer for Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers, which may very well turn out to be the single most awesome game ever. Extremely hot asian babes slashing down the walking dead with samurai swords? Hell yeah.

I know the game is going to suck, but who cares? It’s a game about hot women slaughtering zombies! Anyway, it’s a Wii exclusive title slated for release on the 1oth of February and you can bet your undead bikini covered ass we’re going to have a review shortly after. But until then, keep reading Everyview!