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  • Electronic Gaming Monthly (July 2008)

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    Source: Electronic Gaming Monthly – July 2008

    Electronic Gaming Monthly was one of the best and longest running video game magazines in the U.S. It’s closest competitor in terms of success was probably GamePro but I always liked EGM better. The July 2008 issue includes:

    Features

    • Cover Story: Gears of War 2 – An exclusive look at this third-person shooter for the Xbox 360.
    • Banjo-Kazooie 3 – A hands-on preview, including screen shots, of this 3D platform game sequel from Rare for the Xbox 360.
    • Game guns in real life – A military expert discusses the realism (or lack thereof) of videogame weaponry.

    Letters

    • Our feedback to your feedback – Letters from readers about games and politics, Guitar Hero and Rock Band vs. playing real instruments, and more.

    Press Start

    • Feeling Disconnected? – Playing games online with Nintendo’s Wii.
    • Foreign Object – A look at an odd Nintendo DS game from Japan targeting girls called Duel Love.
    • Grand Theft Auto IV Revisited – A look at five things you might not have done in your first playthrough of Grand Theft Auto IV.
    • Preview: Bioshock on PS3 – A first look at the PlayStation 3 version of this classic first person shooter.
    • The Big Ones – A brief look at the upcoming Halo Wars for the Xbox 360 and Killzone 2 for the PS3.

    • Survival of the Fittest – A look at the effect of Wii Fit on Nintendo and the video game industry in general.
    • Preview: Legendary – A first look, including screen shots, of this fantasy themed first person shooter for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
    • Preview: Project Origin – A first look at this sequel to the horror themed shooter F.E.A.R. for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
    • Take This Job – Part of a series of articles that looks at various jobs in the gaming industry. This part looks at the job of game company President.
    • Old-School Summer – A look at a variety of old-school RPG style games including Final Fantasy IV, Izuna 2, Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo’s Dungeon, From the Abyss, and Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen.
    • Rumor Mill – Rumors of a new Killer Instinct games, a new Medal of Honor game, a transformable controller for the PS3, and more.

    Reviews

    • Boom Blox – An explosive 3D puzzle game for the Wii.
    • Wii Fit – An exercise game for the Wii that is sort of a spiritual sequel to the Power Pad on the original NES.
    • Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit – A mediocre Dragon Ball Z themed fighting game for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
    • Hail to the Chimp – A decent set of mini-games for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
    • Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures – An Indiana Jones entry into the plethora of Lego games. This one is for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
    • Hellboy: The Science of Evil – This third person action game based on the 2004 Hellboy movie turns out to not be nearly as good as the movie.
    • Gran Turismo 5: Prologue – A solid entry into the long running racing series on various PlayStation consoles. This one is for the PS3.
    • Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard – An excellent old school style RPG for the Nintendo DS.
    • Operation Darkness> – A World War II horror-strategy-role-playing game for the Xbox 360 that isn’t nearly as good as it sounds.
    • Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift – A solid tactical RPG for the DS that fans of other Final Fantasy Tactics games should love.
    • Secret Agent Clank – A 3D platform game for the PSP that isn’t nearly as good as the original Ratchet & Clank.
    • Space Invaders Extreme – A pretty good modern take on the classic Space Invaders for the Nintendo DS and PSP.
    • Arkanoid DS – Arkanoid was the pinnacle of Breakout style games and this is a solid version for the Nintendo DS.
    • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots – Another solid entry into this long-running PlayStation series that started life on the NES.
    • Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles – My Life as a King – The third entry in this RPG series for the Nintendo DS is an excellent choice for Final Fantasy RPG fans.

    Game Over

    • Seanbaby’s Rest of the Crap – Reviews of Nintendo games from the junk pile including Jenga World Tour for the Wii, John Deere: Harvest in the Heartland for the DS, Homie Rollerz for the DS, Go Diego Go! Safari Rescue for the Wii, and more.
    • Retronauts Presents: The Mind of Miyamoto – A look back at the life of Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto.

    …and more!


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  • Electronic Gaming Monthly (March 2008)

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    Source: Electronic Gaming Monthly – March 2008

    It’s hard for me to even consider this issue of EGM “retro” but it is over a decade old now. The March 2008 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly includes:

    Letters

    • Disgruntled fish-petters speak out

    Press Start

    • Overachievers – Find out why worthless virtual accolades mean so much to so many…
    • Foreign Object
    • Preview: FaceBreaker – EA’s zany new pugilism offering is more Rocky IV than Raging Bull
    • Funny Business – Developers recount the shenanigans that go on behind the scenes
    • Take This Job – This month: The dude who get today’s hottest tunes into your videogames
    • Preview: Soulcalibur IV – Incongruous guest characters from a galaxy far, far away infiltrate the action
    • Preview: Ninja Gaiden – Ryu Hyabusa leaps back into the fray on Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS
    • Preview: Bully: Scholarship Edition – School’s back in session on both Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii
    • Small Wonders – Five tiny titles proving that mobile gaming doesn’t have to suck
    • Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII – Prep yourself for the most anticipated prequel since The Phantom Menace
    • Rumor Mill – Dead Rising’s undead mob plots its revenge from an unlikely place

    Reviews

    • Reviews
    • Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen of Mirrors
    • FIFA Street 3
    • Devil May Cry 4
    • Turok
    • The Club
    • Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
    • Wipeout Pulse
    • Patapon
    • Reviews Wrap-Up

    Game Over

    • EGM’s Sixth Annual Tobias Bruckner Memorial Awards – Noted humorist Seanbaby presides over this year’s crop of crap
    • Retro: Matters of Import – Long-forgotten gems from abroad get a second shot at success on the Virtual Console
    • Seek and Enjoy: Space Chase – EGM’s loving tribute to Highlights for Children blasts into orbit
    • Hsu & Chen

    …and more!




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  • Conflict: Denied Ops

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    Source: Electronic Gaming Monthly – March 2008

    I’ll be honest here and say that I am completely unfamiliar with the conflict series of games. Apparently it was popular enough to spawn and least five games in the series as this was the fifth. However, this game also comes from an era where I had mostly stopped paying attention to new releases. I had and still have a PS3 but in the many years I have owned it, it has only ever been used to play blu-ray movies, Netflix and Amazon Prime. It was also used briefly to run Linux before Sony took that capability away. At the time I bought my PS3 it was about the same price as a stand-alone blu-ray player (or close enough).

    But I digress… Conflict: Denied Ops is a fairly generic 1st person shooter that was available on the PS3, Xbox 360 and Windows and was released in 2008. It’s really about as generic as a 1st person shooter can be and the reviews reflect that. Reviews were extremely…average…overall. The story involves a fictional war in Venezuela. There are two characters that a single player can switch between or two players can play co-op. Weapons are rather limited as you can only use the particular weapons favorted by your character and enemy weapons cannot be picked up.

    The good news is that this game can be had dirt cheap in whichever form you want it in. While more than a decade old now, PS3s and Xbox 360s are everywhere and I suspect you could get the Windows version to run without too much trouble though I haven’t tried it. The question is, is it really worth it?

    This ad is from the March 2008 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly.




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