Gamertell

When people think of the Shin Megami Tensei series started by Atlus, they probably first think of the PlayStation versions of Revelations: Persona or Persona 2 as the start of the series. It isn’t their fault, really. After all, for people in North America, that was probably their first encounter… Continue Reading »

Namco Bandai’s Tales of series hasn’t been developed in North America, Europe and other regions the way it has in Japan. We’ve never seen any of the DS entries (Tales of Tempest/Tales of Innocence/Tales of Hearts), didn’t catch the Game Boy Advance Narikiri Dungeon or Summoner’s Lineage spin-offs and weren’t… Continue Reading »

This week’s the PlayStation Store is featuring the Namco Museum Essentials collection for $9.99 bringing those old arcade classics from the mall or game center right into your home with five games like Dig Dug, Pac-Man, Galaga, Xevious, Xevious Resurrection and Dragon Spirit. This game unlocks PlayStation Home rewards and… Continue Reading »

Many people get caught up with the region-free DS and PSP games, but often forget that Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games are region-free as well. Since the DS is backwards compatible with GBA games, that means a whole extra library of import games is available.… Continue Reading »

I’ve never played a game where anthropomorphic trees would ask for a character to poop. Then, I played Tamagotchi: ‘‘Round the World. Suddenly, I was cast into a world filled with Tamagotchi droppings. I wish I were kidding. When you think of Tamagotchi, you likely think of those little electronic,… Continue Reading »

Last year (2007), Hallmark released the Player 1 Christmas ornament, which was a pretty cool mini game controller with sound effects. This year (2008), Hallmark is again releasing a game-themed ornament, reaching a little further back in time and producing a mini Pac-Man arcade machine complete with sound effects. The… Continue Reading »

Ok, so there are games for cooking, having babies and losing weight - so its only natural that a cheer leading game should make its way to the Wii. Actually, I’m surprised it hasn’t happened sooner - at least cheer leading does have a real rhythm/competition aspect that lends itself… Continue Reading »

Title: Mario Super Sluggers Price: $49.99 System(s): Wii Release Date: August 25, 2008 Publisher (Developer): Nintendo (Namco Bandai) ESRB Rating: “Everyone” for comic mischief. Pros: Plenty of enjoyable Mario Party-style baseball minigames. Great utilization of both the WiiMote and the Nunchuck attachment or the option to play sans Nunchuck. Can… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Mario Super Sluggers for Wii screen shots

Making the bounding leap from screen to shelf, Soul Calibur 3‘s Ivy and Darkstalkers’ Morrigan are being produced as fine quality PVC models of their polygonal counterparts. For such perfection, however, buyers should not only be willing to sell their souls to these sirens, but also relinquish some seriously hard… Continue Reading »

A month after Ubisoft announced it had acquired the rights to the entire Tom Clancy universe, Ubisoft debuted a new independent Clancy game. Surprisingly, it isn’t a tactical shooter. It’s a flight simulator. Titled Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X, (apparently thinking it is still cool to misspell words with an “X”) Ubisoft… Continue Reading »