Archives for April 2008
Dora Saves the Mermaids
by LJ Dovichi April 24th, 2008 | Console Games, Game Reviews, Nintendo DS
Three-feet-of-fun has never seen an episode of Dora the Explorer, but still he loves the PS2 game Dora Saves the Mermaids, based off the same titled children's movie. It is a really great kid-friendly game teaching about pollution, the effects it has on our environment, and how to help keep our beaches clean. Three-feet also was involved in the making of the game by being a game tester -- no one can find bugs in a video game like he can. He was able to have this opportunity because his daddy is a video game designer and was part of
Striking it Rich
by LJ Dovichi April 18th, 2008 | Console Games, Game Reviews, Online
Bands aren't just for musicians anymore -- they are for gamers, too.
Harmonix first struck gold when they developed Guitar Hero -- a rhythm game played with a Gibson SG guitar-shaped controller. Guitar notes of a song are mapped out to corresponding colors on the guitar, and you beat the songs to become a Guitar Legend. That is all the game is, playing a big pretend guitar. After Guitar Hero swept the nation they went on to make Guitar Hero II which was even more successful.
Well, Harmonix has then since moved on to bigger and better things in the form of
Harmonix first struck gold when they developed Guitar Hero -- a rhythm game played with a Gibson SG guitar-shaped controller. Guitar notes of a song are mapped out to corresponding colors on the guitar, and you beat the songs to become a Guitar Legend. That is all the game is, playing a big pretend guitar. After Guitar Hero swept the nation they went on to make Guitar Hero II which was even more successful.
Well, Harmonix has then since moved on to bigger and better things in the form of
Yahoo! Games
by Bea April 13th, 2008 | Online
It's very easy to search for an online game to play via the Internet; however, you don't always know if what you are playing is located on a safe site. Sometimes you may just type, for instance, "Pacman" into the search engine bar and a whole list of sites where you can play the game come up. Granted, most of these sites can be trusted and you can enjoy playing your online games, but for some of the sites, one simple click could interfere with your computer!
I use Yahoo! Games whenever I need to take a break from
I use Yahoo! Games whenever I need to take a break from
Interesting Stats
by Erin Steiner April 2nd, 2008 | General Gaming NewsAccording to a study done by the NPD Group, only about 72 percent of Americans play video games on a regular basis. This number sounds high but what will boggle your mind is this: the number of gamers showed a sixty-four percent increase from 2006 to 2007. Of course, of that first seventy-two percent, less than sixty percent say they play games online.
