Batman: Arkham Asylum Official Trailer – Better than The Dark Knight?

Batman: Arkham Asylum

If you thought the idea behind Batman: Arkham Asylum was cool, this trailer proves it. Continue reading “Batman: Arkham Asylum Official Trailer – Better than The Dark Knight?”

Xbox 360 REVIEW: Fable II

The highly anticipated Fable II is finally here. It is, of course, the sequel to the original Fable which came out on the first Xbox, which is backwards compatible on the Xbox 360 for any of you who wish to try the first one as well.

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Tiger Woods 2009 Wii Breakdown

[Guest post by: Family Gamer]

Since the success of Wii-Sports Golf The Wii-mote motion controller has always seemed a perfect match for golf. Since then a number of games have tried to work a golfing control mechanic around it. We Love Golf stuck to their trigger three stage swing, whilst Super Swing Golf aimed to provide a one-to-one motion experience. Tiger Woods 09 combines the realism of Super Swing’s controls with its rich resource of courses, players and shot types to provide an experience that feels the closest to real life.

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Family Gamer: Play Less, Enjoy More

Family Gamer

I feel like Jerry Maguire today. After many years chasing my tail reviewing whatever game I could lay my hands on I have decided to take a break from the rat race. In the words of the man himself “Let us work less hard to [play] the [games] that we know won’t matter in the long run, and work twice as hard to [play] the ones who will.” So I’ll be here every other week for these Family Gamer articles, trying to get down in words the things that matter to me as a family gamer.

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Good News and Bad News

For all you Street Fighter freaks out there – some good news and some bad news.

The good news: If you have heard rumors that Street Fighter IV has new characters – it’s true!

The bad news: If you want to play against the new characters Sagat and Balog (aka The Boxer) you must travel to Japan where they are being tested in select locations.

Even in the test version, you will not find the new nemeses in the select screen, the right conditions must occur in the single player mode for a fight with them to occur.

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