Review: Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360)
February 8, 2010 – 12:10 pm | Comments

It is a fine line when attempting to give a gamer the ability to make choices or decisions, and actually having those decisions or choices end with a satisfying payoff.  Some games will give you …

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Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #251 (February 2010)
January 25, 2010 – 2:07 am | Comments
Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #251 (February 2010)

Issue #251 kicks off 2010 with 50 pages of Wii/DS previews, fronted by my personal Really? People Liked That? game-of-the-year, NBA Jam. I know it’s early to award that title, but good weblogs aren’t made …

Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #250 (January 2010)
December 26, 2009 – 1:53 pm | Comments
Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #250 (January 2010)

It’s one huge retrospective this month, as Nintendo Power celebrates 250 issues. They’re so into it, they even broke their rule about not tarting up the subscriber covers… note the tacky “250th ISSUE!” callout wrecking …

Read-a-long with Game Informer #200
December 4, 2009 – 12:38 am | Comments
Read-a-long with Game Informer #200

Several times over, I have tried and tried to put together a read-a-long that achieves the success that our very own Fourhman does with his Nintendo Power articles.  With issue 200 of Game Informer arriving …

Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #249 (Holiday 2009)
November 22, 2009 – 1:42 am | Comments
Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #249 (Holiday 2009)

It’s time again for your special thirteenth yearly issue of Nintendo Power, your last chance to double-check the 9.0 review for New Super Mario Bros Wii before hitting the Black Friday deals. There’s also plenty …

Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #248 (December 2009)
November 10, 2009 – 8:51 am | Comments
Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #248 (December 2009)

Nintendo Power continues their holiday game coverage with a cover feature on Mario and another big list of reviews. You Shantae fans will want to search this issue out for the cool character design evolution …

Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #247 (November 2009)
October 9, 2009 – 1:30 am | Comments
Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #247 (November 2009)

It’s a big review issue, as NP prepares readers for the best Wii/DSi buys this holiday season. Being a magazine, plenty of the reviewed games are already old news, but we’ll hit the highlights regardless. …

Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #246 (October 2009)
September 8, 2009 – 11:12 pm | Comments
Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #246 (October 2009)

Last issue promised No More Heroes 2, but you’ll find no such Touchdowns here. Instead the cover story is about Avatar, a movie tie-in that already has me weary. To make matters even more confusing, …

Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #245 (September 2009)
August 9, 2009 – 3:06 pm | Comments
Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #245 (September 2009)

You didn’t really think they’d give the cover to Professor Layton, did you? Not when there’s a new Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles game afoot! Saddle your chocobo, paint your moogle, and read-a-long!
Issue #245, September 2009
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Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #241 (May 2009)
April 16, 2009 – 12:20 am | Comments
Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #241 (May 2009)

So a bunch of ice puns last issue becomes this month’s feature on Silent Hill: Shattered Memories? Is Nintendo’s first Silent Hill game hardcore enough for you? This is an exceptionally chunky issue (in a …

Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #240 (April 2009)
March 22, 2009 – 9:10 pm | Comments
Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #240 (April 2009)

It may be only the third wheel of DS Pokemon games Pearl and Diamond, but Pokemon Platinum is still a major title… and it looks like the most enhanced Pokemon re-release yet. Plus Nintendo Power …

Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #239 (March 2009)
February 24, 2009 – 9:39 pm | Comments
Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #239 (March 2009)

Issue #239 arrives about a year too late to cash in on the Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull craze, and about fifteen years too late for anybody to give a crap about Indiana Jones …