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The combination of flight-sim and arcade action makes for an odd little anti-war wargame that also happens to be the best air combat sim currently on the Wii. It has its troubles, none of which should deter you if you’ve been pining for quality dogfighting action since finishing Blazing Angels.… Continue Reading »

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers has a lot going for it. The graphics are fantastic, the story and characters are fun, and the action is varied and frantic…when you’re actually doing something. And yet, the game is never quite as enjoyable as it should be. It meanders and… Continue Reading »

We all have aunts and uncles who just don’t quite get it. They never stick to your wish list, and they never check Gamertell for sound advice. And so, you end up with “Scene It: Twilight” because “...that’s popular with you kids now, right?” Well, let’s turn lemon into lemonades,… Continue Reading »

Electronic Arts should be ashamed of themselves. In Dead Space Extraction, they’ve got the best rail shooter (or light gun) game available on the Wii - and arguably on any platform - and they’ve done next to nothing to let anyone know about it. The developer videos made available did… Continue Reading »

Ju-On: The Grudge is faulty on many levels but I’m willing to forgive many of them because of the subtitle “Haunted House Simulator” thrown across the box. Have you been to any of the haunted houses that spring up in wooded areas and old schoolhouses at this time of the… Continue Reading »

LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias is a charming little game. I hesitate to say that because it calls to mind singing mice or scruffy puppies with hearts of gold but that’s what Winter of the Melodias is: charming. It’s also a gorgeous game with some good puzzles, a nice dose… Continue Reading »

What do huge manatees, mutinous crews, and voodoo curses all have in common? The third installment of Tales of Monkey Island: Lair of Leviathan! In the last episode, our hero Guy Brush and his ship were swallowed whole by an insanely large manatee. Once inside, Guy Brush finds out that… Continue Reading »

The Game Cube games Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes have been updated for the Wii. They’ve been touched up here and there, they’ve been converted to widescreen and they’ve been blessed with the WiiMote-Nunchuck combo. To top it off, they’ve been bundled with Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, placed… Continue Reading »

The Dead Space Extraction PR machine continues rolling towards tomorrow’s release (September 29, 2009). EA and developer Visceral Games have announced a live webcast demo will be held at 12:00 p.m. (PST), September 29, 2009, in honor of the launch. The one-hour webcast will feature demonstrations of Dead Space Extraction‘s… Continue Reading »

The Legend of Zelda series is the reason we own Nintendo systems. That’s right, I’ve said it. You can keep your Mario. It’s the Zelda games that keep us enthralled for weeks—even months at a time as we work our way through amazing adventures in Hyrule. Without fail, the games… Continue Reading »