Archive for June, 2009

Tiger Woods 10 (Wii) Reviewed, in so Many Words

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

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Tiger Woods 10 isn’t just a convincing case study for how MotionPlus can, in the hands of a skilled developer, turn Wii games into much more rich and rewarding experiences. It’s also one of the rare cases where the Wii version of a game is unquestionably the “big-boy” version—with more courses, more game modes, great online play, and controls so realistic and utterly addictive that the PS3 and 360 versions seem like mere toys by comparison. Only the most hardened console fanboy or strident graphics whore could dare argue otherwise.

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About our scale… the number of words in our review reflects the score of the game. In practical terms, you could assume that games reviewed in 49 words or fewer should be avoided, games reviewed in 50-75 words would make a decent rental, and games reviewed in 76 words or more would make a solid purchase.

Fuel Reviewed, in so Many Words.

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

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Fuel has some of the finest marketing trailers of any game in recent memory. And they lie. What appears to be a seat-of-your-pants off-road racer on the order of Motorstorm is actually a slow, boring slog through a sparse [though admittedly enormous] landscape. Want to just zone out and explore ad nauseum? Rent.

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About our scale… the number of words in our review reflects the score of the game. In practical terms, you could assume that games reviewed in 49 words or fewer should be avoided, games reviewed in 50-75 words would make a decent rental, and games reviewed in 76 words or more would make a solid purchase.

A Not-so-revolutionary Addition to the Site

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

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We’ve been wanting to add game reviews to the site for some time now, but we weren’t sure quite how to tackle that task. Our reticence stemmed from the two things that we really hate about reviews:

  1. Reading them.
  2. Writing them.

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The Fanboys Lunchcast: Episode 69

Sunday, June 21st, 2009
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Episode 69: Peaches, the Arby’s Smuggler (55:52)
Featuring Parachute Panic, Tiger Woods Wii, Bit.Trip.Beat, Ghostbusters, listener mail, and Tales . . . from the G-string.

The Fanboys Lunchcast: Episode 68

Monday, June 8th, 2009
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Episode 68: Controlling Our eMotions (59:49)
Featuring Flight Control and Tiger Woods for iPhone, the Uncharted 2 beta, Angry Barry, Trash Panic, and a bunch of E3 chatter.