Platform:  Nintendo DS Developer:  Capcom Publisher:  Capcom *contains spoilers* Playing Phoenix Wright: Justice For All is like revisiting an old friend.  The gameplay is almost a carbon copy of the original, with all its charm, quirks and flaws.  Without giving too much away, a lot of old favourites from the original game also re-appear in this follow up to Ace ...

Platform:  Nintendo Wii Developer:  Nintendo EAD Tokyo Publisher:  Nintendo I’m not entirely sure how it happened, but Super Mario Galaxy managed to stay beneath my radar until the first round of reviews started coming in, a week or so before its retail release.  Maybe it was caution after Super Mario Sunshine or the stacked end of year release schedule that ...

Reviewed on Nintendo Wii Virtual Console. One of the most welcome additions to all of the current generation consoles is the ability to play older classic titles, whether through backwards compatability or through the online stores: Xbox Marketplace, Wii Shop and Playstation Network.  Its a feature that helps gives gaming context and a sense of history as well as welcome ...

Platform:  Xbox 360 Developer:  Bungie Publisher:  Microsoft Game Studios It’s all about value and community. Halo 3, the final chapter in the flagship trilogy on Microsoft’s Xbox consoles, is marketed under the tagline of ‘Finish the Fight’.  If its referring to the actual story in the Campaign mode, that fight will take you roughly 10 hours to complete.  As a ...

Quarter to one

The WWE Pay Per View No Mercy is on tonight and after a year of John Cena as champ, an unexpected real-life injury thats put him on the shelf for a year means we finally get a new champion tonight. Since he got injured on the last RAW before the PPV, the company hasn’t had time to actually build up ...

Okay, so I was completely wrong with my predictions for the first two games.  Tonight we’ve got South Africa vs Fiji and Scotland vs Argentina. South Africa vs Fiji South Africa are huge favourites to win the tournament now.  But something about that smug cockface Eddie Jones actually being on a winning side after leading the Wallabies to 8 losses ...

AUSTRALIA 10 ENGLAND 12 NEW ZEALAND 18 FRANCE 20 I’m tired, I’ve had 2 hours sleep and after I blog this I have to go to work  All my hopes and dreams now rest on Scotland.

It’s on! Australia vs England (c) & New Zealand vs France The strange thing about both quarter final matches tonight is that the outcomes should be predictable.  On form, Australia and New Zealand should advance.  However there’s something about the World Cup though that makes teams behave like its Opposite Day.  England have gotten the better of Australia the last ...

Poor dude's girlfriend is called Smell :(