Owen Sound Sun Times (On) Thursday, July 31, 2008 Nintendo’s DS seemed like a ridiculous idea when it was first revealed; why would anyone need two screens and want to play games with a touch screen? It turns out millions of people do, and not just games. In Japan you can improve your calligraphy skills, [...]
Owen Sound Sun Times (On) Thursday, July 17, 2008 Super Mario is one of my favourite game franchises. Mario consistently offers great gameplay, excellent level design, a near-perfect difficulty curve, and pure fun that most other games cannot match. Super Mario Galaxy, released last fall, got well deserved praise and Super Mario 64 is hailed [...]
Owen Sound Sun Times (On) Saturday, July 5, 2008 “Guitar Hero really caught on because Harmonix hit the sweet spot between feeling like you were playing guitar in a rock band, but not having to actually practice real guitar to do it. Since Harmonix and Red Octane released “Guitar Hero” in November 2005 the series [...]