Monster Hunter Freedom Unite

Just about the only game series in Japan to come close to the popularity of Pokemon is Monster Hunter. And a new installment is heading for the PSP. Look! Video! The blurb: Are you ready to be part of the social gaming phenomenon that‚Äö?Ñ?¥s gripping Japan? The Monster Hunter world is always changing and you will need to be ready for anything – but killing and trapping monsters will always be most important part of your duty. Monster Hunter Freedom …

More prizes for me!

No sooner had I said “I never win anything”, I then go and win something! Again! This time I won a copy of the Xbox 360 game “Rise of the Argonauts”, as well as a matching Xbox 360 faceplate! Amazing! I have no idea what the game is like, however, and my previous prize of “three Xbox versions of board games” was not exactly something to get excited about.

Prizes for me!

I won a competition today! I’m most impressed, as I never, ever, win anything. At all. Ever. I had to come up with family friendly versions of “mature rated” games. In the end, I think I won through swamping them with entries. Anyway, my prizes? Not so amazing, unfortunately. I won copies of Xbox Live Arcade lemons Yahtzee, Connect 4 and Battleship. They’re not awful, but they’re not exactly the sort of thing I’d normally be after. Not least because …

Disney Ultimate Band competition

UPDATE: Closing date is May 1st! Rock out with Ultimate Band – the new music video game that allows you to build a band or jam alone to become the ultimate rock performer! Experience the rush of rock stardom in story mode. Advance your music career and popularity from playing in a neighbourhood garage to performing in front of an international audience at a world famous venue. Only then will you be able to call yourself a true legend of …

The Very Quick Megadrive Ultimate Collection Review Selection

A list of all the games (from Wikipedia, sorry) and some indepth reviews of each title: Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle – great! Alien Storm – rubbish! Alien Syndrome (arcade) – OK! Altered Beast – rubbish! Bonanza Bros. – OK! Columns – Not as good as the Master System version! Comix Zone – great but hard! Decap Attack – amazing! Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine – great! Dynamite Headdy – not as good as it used to be! ESWAT: …

Disney gets on the music game tour

Disney are bringing their own music game to the Wii and DS with Ultimate Band. Thankfully, it isn’t filled with High School Musical tracks – it actually has proper music! You don’t need any instrument peripherals either. Behold: And the blurb: Ever wondered what it would be like to experience living like the Ultimate Band? Well this is your chance to find out! To celebrate the launch of Ultimate Band on the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS, Disney Interactive Studios …

How to play import Wii games

Thanks to the mysterious (and sexy) The Goat Keeper, I’m now the not-so-proud owner of a US version of the Wii stinker “Heatseeker”. Of course, I knew it was going to be rubbish, but that wasn’t the point. No – I needed something to test if my UK Wii could play imports. And, of course, it can: I show that the disc isn’t recognised by the Wii, then fire up the Homebrew Channel and from there load Gecko OS. One …

Amazing Miner Dig Deep spoiler video

Miner Dig Deep is a great Xbox Live Community game – 200 points (about ¬¨¬£1.50) for addictive OCD digging gameplay. Over on the Xbox Live forums, there’s a guy called Chad Bling who would appear to be just slightly in love with the game. And he’s just slightly unhinged. As you can see in this video where he spoils the ending of the game for everyone: It’s only a game, Chad!