This is a movie I was quite excited about for 2 reasons. First, it’s Alice in Wonderland. And I LOVED the original animated film by Disney, which still lives up to this day. Second reason is that it’s made by Tim Burton, a man who made wonderful movies like Ed Wood and The Nightmare Before Christmas, amongst others(like the beetlejuice cartoons).

Another tiny draw was the fact that the movie was presented in 3D. I didn’t watch Avatar in 3D, so I was quite interested in seeing if the new 3D technology was worth all the hype it was getting.

So read on and see what I thought of the movie, and what I thought of the 3D technology used in it!
(Note: I did not see the movie in Imax, just the “Disney Digital 3D” version of it)
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jobocan Movie, Review, impressions

I was planning on doing a full review of this game before playing it. But then I put the UMD in my PSP, and after seconds of playing I thought “Wait a second, didn’t I play this before?”. And after checking it up, I did… and heck, I even reviewed it over a year ago. That’s right, Metal Slug XX is actually just a PSP port of the 2008 release of Metal Slug 7 on DS. Yeah… I wasn’t expecting that (since I didn’t inform myself on this game other than knowing it was coming out).

So instead of doing a full review, since I already did that, I’ll just give my impressions on the ports quality.

Here goes! Just a note, this will be a really short review.
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jobocan Games, Handheld, Review, impressions, psp

This is gonna be a short post. Partly because I haven’t played much of the game(a bit over 4 hours) and I don’t plan on playing it ever again, and partly because, frankly, there’s not much to say about it. As such, I also won’t be posting a full review.

Shiren is an established franchise is Japan, starting… either on the SNES or the Game Boy. It has multiple games spanning multiple consoles including the  previously mentioned ones, as well as N64, GBA, PC, PSP, GBC, Dreamcast and DS. We got the DS version in America 2 years ago, so this is the second game in the series that we get here.

I did play a bit of the DS version, and didn’t enjoy it much. I actually barely heard about the Wii release until just before it came out, and didn’t really inform myself about it, but I did rent it a few weeks after release.

So read on and see what I thought of it!
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Hey all. As you may have noticed, I got Bioshock 2 weekends ago. Special edition! (you can see pictures in my gallery) Here are my impressions on it so far. Totally favorable.

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Victor Games, PC, impressions, ps3, xbox 360

Plants VS Zombies originally came out on the PC last year, and the iPhone/iPod Touch version was constantly being delayed. But now it’s finally out.

Does it hold up to the PC version, or should people just pay a bit extra for a better experience?

Read on and see!
(NOTE: this will be extremely short… I’ll mostly talk about the port’s quality)
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jobocan Games, Handheld, Review, iPhone/iTouch, impressions

This was a huge surprised. Just a few days ago, this was announced. 2 days after getting announced, it came out. Yeah, I find it a bit weird, since there was literally no marketing for this game, other than the Wii Shop Channel update posts on various news sites. So if it ends up under-selling… well, the complete lack of publicity is to blame.

For me, when it was announced and the trailer video came out, I knew I had to get it right away. It was a huge surprise that it was announced… Heck, I was surprised to learn that Sunsoft still existed… (MAKE A NEW “JOURNEY TO SILIUS” SUNSOFT!!!!)
The original Blaster Master on the NES was a great game, but it was incredibly difficult. Partly because it was genuinely hard and required lots of skill, and partly because it had limited continues and no save points.

I was just a bit weary though, since Blaster Master hasn’t always been very lucky when it comes to sequels. The Genesis game wasn’t too great and the Playstation game was quite bad. I haven’t played/seen the GBC version, so I can’t comment on that one.

Read on and see if it holds up to the original’s standards, or if it’s lame like its previous sequels!
(Note: This is not a remake, it’s a completely new game in the series.)
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jobocan Console, Games, Review, WiiWare, impressions, wii

Heavy Rain looked awesome the first few times we saw it displayed at shows and event.  It’s been a long road for a game that’s days away from release now.

I must say I wasn’t really looking forward to it.  It looked intriguing, but was too low a priority to even take time to try the full game, with everything that’s coming out in 2010.  Mostly because it looked more like an interactive movie and not much of a game, and it was filled with QTEs, one of gaming’s deadly sins.

After playing the demo, I must say that my original impressions from previews were almost completely off.  While what looked  awesome graphically on display, looked more on par with the average PS3 game.  Though it’s probably due to the console’s current limitations.  The rain effects must be taxing a lot of resources.  Then came the actual game, playing with a controller in my hands, it was closer to a game than a bunch of interactive cutscenes, which was definitely a good point for me.

Disclaimer: I do know about Indigo Prophecy and Farenheit, but I never played those, so I’m a first timer with these developers.

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David A. demo, impressions, ps3

After the lesser know Game Boy sequel to the NES original, this series has constantly had sequels announced, and all of them were canceled. This is the first time (after the GB game) a sequel was announced where it actually came out. While it was a beloved classic, the original A Boy and his Blob was also a really tough and hard to play game because of its various quirks.

So does this new game follow the original closely, or does it give a new spin on things, being on a completely new console?

Read on and see!
(Yes, the review for this is really late… kinda forgot the game existed for a while there)
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jobocan Console, Games, Review, impressions, wii

Well, Thursday a download on the European PSN appeared. The first 100000 people to get it got access to the ModNation Racers beta. I managed to be fast enough to get the download. So I gave the beta some gameplay to see if the final game might end up living up to its potential or not.

Does it, or should they delay the release to iron out some things?

Read on!
(NOTE: This is not a review, they’re merely my impressions after playing a very incomplete version of the game. I know this is a beta and that its nowhere near what we’ll get in the final version.)
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jobocan Console, Games, impressions, ps3

Hello everyone. As you can guess this is not a review, just a random post. Yes, I have been on hiatus from the internets for a little bit. Mostly spending time with my significant other doing vacation like things such as play games and such. Lately we’ve been playing Final Fantasy XI more frequently. Before that I got her into D&D and we played some of that new Mario Bros. Wii. However, when she goes to bed I usually stay up a bit longer and play other things. And last week, I traded in multiple games and got enough money for 2 brand new titles. My original intent was to just get Bayonetta but I went for MW2 also. I figured I’d play it for a while since that’s what everyone seems to be playing on my friendlist when they aren’t playing Dragon Age.

So why am I posting about MW2? Find out after the break! Read more…

Victor Games, Random, Rant, impressions, xbox 360