Posts Tagged Brawler

Retro Thursday – XBLA Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989 Arcade

TMNT Arcade cover Growing up in the late 80s/early 90s you will be familiar with these strange things known as “arcades” and “arcade games.”  While sadly this is pretty much dead here in the US, at least many of them still live on in various forms on today’s consoles.  Back then you couldn’t go to an arcade, bowling alley, pizza place, comic book store, etc without seeing the TMNT arcade game, and with good reason.  Is it still fun and worth the money today?

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Xbox Live Indie Game Review: Streets of Fury

Streets of FuryAnyone here that remembers Lethal Enforcers raise your hand? Ok, we have a few. Ok, how about Pit-Fighter? Ok, less hands, but still a few. How many think that these graphics today is a good idea? What, no hands? I will have to respectfully disagree with you…

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Forgotten Friday – PS2 Review: Yakuza

Yakuza CoverThis week’s Forgotten Friday deals with a PS2 game that many people passed over, and they passed over a great experience. Do you enjoy Yakuza movies? Did you enjoy Shenmue but felt that it needed more focus, especially when it came to combat? If you answered yes to either one of these, Yakuza is a game for you.

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Xbox 360 Review: Spider-Man Friend or Foe

In these times of economic struggle, my friends and I sometimes find ourselves looking for things to do on the cheap. A buddy of mine wanted to do a co-op game together, but without spending too much money. Looking through the local Best Buy we saw Spider-Man Friend or Foe at the $15 price point and it had 2 player local co-op. We decided to pick up despite the bad reviews and figured we could have some fun with it and in the end we were right. Read the rest of this entry »

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