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Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype Definitive Edition Review

Gary Smith

Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype released on PS3 all the way back in May 2010, and came to PS Vita in March 2015. Now it has made its way to PS4 (and via backwards compatability PS5) in the form of the Definitive Edition. If you played the 2010 hit, then you'll probably like taking it for another spin. Already a game that looked good, this Definitive Edition looks and players better than ever at 60 frames per second and virtually no load times. Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype Definitive Edition (PS4)…

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Blue Estate The Game
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Blue Estate Review

Gary Smith

If you don't know what Blue Estate is (and I didn't), it's a comic book by Viktor Kalvachev. This is a digital only game, based on the comic, by developers HeSaw (from what I can gather, the first game from the Paris based developing studio). It's unlike anything currently available on PS4. That's a good thing for this game, because it has a certain market all to its self. That market is the on-rails shooter market. Popular in arcades, the on-rails “light gun” shooter genre saw a bit of a…

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Sparkle 2
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Sparkle 2 Review

Gary Smith

Match three games have been popular for over a decade now thanks to their addictive simplicity and ultimately their challenge. These types of games come in a few different flavors; some require you to switch adjacent pieces to match three of a color or type (like the Saga series) and others require you to launch a colored object at moving objects to match three or more of a color (like Zuma). Sparkle 2 is in that Zuma category. Sparkle 2 originally released almost a year ago for iOS and Android…

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Resogun
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Resogun Review

THE MONKEY3 Comments

I honestly didn't know what to expect going into Resogun. I knew going in that it would be a free to play launch title available to Playstation Plus members, so I really didn't do much in terms of pre-launch research. My way of thinking is almost any free game is worth at least playing so I really didn't need much in the way of an incentive to download it. Worst case scenario I figured I'd be out a little bit of time and would just delete it from the hard drive.  So was Resogun time well spent…

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Syder Arcade
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Syder Arcade Review

Eric W.3 Comments

As someone who has been videogaming for thirty years or so I cut my teeth on all kinds of games including a healthy batch of what we affectionately refer to as “schmups” which is short hand for “shoot 'em ups.” A shoot 'em up is typically you in a spaceship or some other flying vehicle against hordes of enemies in crazy situations. It's amazing I didn't suffer an embolism or have a pile of broken game controllers playing a lot of those games. I never was a schmup champion by a mile but let's…

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Call of Juarez Gunslinger
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Call of Juarez Gunslinger Review

Gary Smith11 Comments

It’s a funny thing when a franchise can have three retail games available, the last of which is widely considered to be quite bad, and then have a fourth game be reduced down to a cheap digital only title. Now you may be asking “well what’s funny about that?” and the funny thing is the $15 downloadable title with almost no promotion whatsoever is easily the best game in the franchise. And it’s not even close. After the horrible decision to take Call of Juarez to the present day with “The…

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Star Wars Pinball
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Star Wars Pinball Review

Gary Smith

There was a time when I thought pinball on a console was stupid and couldn’t possibly be any fun, and then PlayStation Plus featured Marvel Pinball as a free download. I tried it and ended up loving it. The folks at Zen Studios have crafted a lot of virtual tables, but it’s their Marvel tables that have really been their strong suit (and why not, they have 15 Marvel themed tables now). In addition to the Marvel tables, there was one table released when they switched to Zen Pinball 2 that served…

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Crazy Taxi
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Crazy Taxi Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

Crazy Taxi ate a lot of my quarters back in the late 90s and early 00s. I finally got around to picking up the PSN version in December, and now it's time for the review in the 40th QDR. Is the PSN version worth owning?

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Nintendo Land
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Nintendo Land Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

Day 38 is here, and it brings TVE's second Wii U game review. Nintendo Land is a pack-in for the Deluxe model, and is also available for purchase for around $50. It's fun, but not worth that kind of money. Click to read the review.

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Zen Pinball 2
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Zen Pinball 2 + Plants vs. Zombies Table Review

Gary Smith

Zen Pinball 2 isn’t really a game, it’s a pinball platform. As such, it’s free to download. Zen Pinball 2 is actually an upgrade for Zen Pinball and Marvel Pinball. If you own either of those two pinball games on PS3, you’ll be able to import your tables to Zen Pinball 2. The benefit of doing this is that all of the tables have been enhanced with better graphics and better physics for Zen Pinball 2. It combines Zen Pinball and Marvel Pinball into one suite of pinball goodness, finally catching…

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The Pinball Arcade
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The Pinball Arcade Review

Gary Smith4 Comments

  While classic arcades have been slowly dying out in most places, pinball has been experiencing a bit of a resurgence on home consoles. FarSight Studios has brought over The Pinball Arcade to XBLA and PSN (and PS Vita) and it's a game pinball enthusiast have been waiting for. The Pinball Arcade isn't just another pinball game for home consoles (and mobile devices), it's actually four real pinball tables brought to life on the platform of your choice. The tables are Theater Magic (1995…

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Donkey Kong Jr
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Donkey Kong Jr. Review

Gary Smith2 Comments

This is the NES version of Donkey Kong Jr. played on the Wii Virtual Console, it has a few differences between the arcade version. Donkey Kong Jr. is of course the sequel to the hugely popular (in the 80s) Donkey Kong arcade game. The roles are reversed this time though. You don't play as Mario trying to rescue the Princess from Donkey Kong. Instead, you play as Donkey Kong Jr. trying to rescue pops from Mario. Whereas the original Donkey Kong had three stages (the VC NES release, not the arcade…

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Bloodrayne Betrayal
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BloodRayne: Betrayal Review

Gary Smith

First, let me say that I have never played a game in the BloodRayne series, and only caught about five to ten minutes of one of the movies when it came on the Sci-fy channel. It seemed like an intriguing series however, so I jumped at the chance to take a crack at this game. As expected, we play as the title character, Rayne. With something of a cartoonish sultry outfit, complete with busty chest and high heeled boots, Rayne looks ready to vanquish the undead or take a spin around a pole in any…

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NBA Jam on Fire Edition
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NBA Jam: On Fire Edition Review

Gary Smith5 Comments

I’ll admit up front that I absolutely hate basketball, and that I could care less about any basketball simulation game. That’s why I’ve loved the NBA Jam series since I was a kid playing it on the Genesis, or SNES, or in an arcade. NBA Jam strips the game down to its most basic element without having rules (with the exception of goal tending) and without complicated controls. Basically, NBA Jam has always been the basketball game that fans and non-fans of the sport could play for hours at a time…

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Altered Beast
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Altered Beast Review

Gary Smith3 Comments

This is the last of the SEGA Vintage Collection coming to Playstation Network. It’s available now for Playstation Plus subscribers for free, and will be available to all PSN members to purchase in a couple of weeks. This is the same enhanced version of the game that hit Xbox LIVE Arcade on June 10, 2009. Many people have fond memories of this game growing up, having played it in arcades or on a console like the Genesis (amongst many others). I’m not one of those people; in fact, this was the…

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Elevator Action Deluxe
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Elevator Action Deluxe Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

In 1983, game developer Taito released Elevator Action in the arcades, and it was a popular arcade game that was later ported to home consoles as an NES title in 1985. That port is available on the Wii’s Virtual Console. But now, some 28 years after the release of the original Elevator Action in arcades, Square Enix has delivered a remake titled Elevator Action Deluxe available now exclusively on the Playstation Network. This remake hasn’t strayed too far from the original; one look at the game…

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Tom Clancys HAWX
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Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

Hello all and welcome to another edition of The Backlog.  Tonight I will be talking about Tom Clancy’s journey into the world aerial combat. Our story begins as United States Air Force pilot Captain Scott Mitchell in 2014.  You and your High Altitude Warfare Xperimental squadron are sent to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico to provide air support for “Ghost” team(ie. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2) in the city.  The Air Force soon decides to end the program, and Mitchell and his pilot…

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Frogger Returns Review
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Frogger Returns Review

Gary Smith2 Comments

Frogger Returns is a $5 Wii download that delivers exactly what it promises — classic Frogger gameplay at the right price. Here's our full review.

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WWE All Stars Review
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WWE All Stars Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

THQ's arcade-style WWE All Stars is the best wrestling game since WWF No Mercy, with a loaded roster, tight controls, and online play that actually works.

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