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Game Diary, Reviews July 18, 2012

Hands-On Video Review of Google Nexus 7 Gaming Experience

When it was announced that the Google Nexus 7 was going to have the nVidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor and a multi-core high-performance GPU, I had a very simple thought go through my mind: mmmmmmmm Games … Now that I have the Nexus 7, I was able to put it through the gaming paces – and within a few hours I noted performance good enough that I decided to do a separate look at several games rather than just embed it into my overall review. Here are the games I looked at along with links to Google Play: – ShadowGun…

Game Diary, Reviews July 18, 2012

Pro Cycling Manager 2012 for PC Review

Experience the entire professional cycling season including the Tour de France with stimulating simulations, challenging gameplay, and detailed management systems.

Game Diary, Reviews July 13, 2012

Brave: the Video Game Review on PlayStation 3

The action-adventure Brave: The Video Game features single player, co-op, puzzle play and special bear modes in a third person perspective concentrating on the main character Merida. This game also expands the tale beyond the movie’s storyline and continues Disney Interactive’s impressive streak of quality game adaptations of their films.

Game Diary, Reviews July 10, 2012

Inversion Game Review for PlayStation 3

The action game Inversion features the revolutionary Gravlink weapon where players use gravity against invading enemies amid highly destructible environments to save humanity.

Game Diary, Reviews July 6, 2012

Mario Tennis Open for Nintendo 3DS Review

This Nintendo 3DS exclusive game takes full advantage of the console’s touch, Mii, and 3D capabilities in this latest installment in this action sports game series.

Game Diary, Reviews July 3, 2012

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes Review on PlayStation Vita

The latest installment from the successful LEGO Batman game series features all-ages action in a third-person, platform format with formulaic, but fun beat ‘em up brawls and puzzles plus the Justice League heroes.

Game Diary, Reviews June 29, 2012

Nyko Speaker Stand for PlayStation Vita Review

The Nyko Speaker Stand makes handy peripheral for PlayStation Vita users for great gaming sound plus several other activities including listening music, watching movies, making Skype calls, or even using iPods and similar devices while they rest their hands from marathon gaming sessions.

Game Diary, Reviews June 26, 2012

Horses 3D for Nintendo 3DS Review

This Nintendo 3DS game presents an authentic world of horse training with realistic gameplay, entertaining scenarios, and various social elements.

Game Diary, Reviews June 24, 2012

Rayman Origins for PlayStation Vita Review

The fast paced platform game, Rayman Origins (PlayStation Vita version), showcases one of the rare instances in video games where it is actually fun to fail.

Game Diary, Reviews June 23, 2012

Top Gun: Hard Lock for PlayStation 3 Review

This military combat game continues the Top Gun game series with special concentrations on action scenarios, sound, simple interfaces, and battle strategy as the Top Gun Academy pilots take to the skies.

Game Diary, Reviews June 22, 2012

DiRT Showdown for PlayStation 3 Review

The latest instalment in the award winning DiRT video game series features racing events, demolition derbies, and special stunt (a.ka. Hoonigan) events plus split-screen multiplayer and online options with competitive challenges in on and off-line modes.

Game Diary, Reviews June 20, 2012

Lumines Review: Electronic Symphony for PlayStation Vita

This latest installment in this kinetic puzzle game series, which began in 2004 on the PlayStation Portable (PSP), represents the first original iteration in about five years and offers amazingly colorful visuals, electronic music, challenging puzzle play, and deep statistics.

Editorials, Game Diary June 15, 2012

Tomb Raider Preview Video

The Tomb Raider game preview video features Lara Croft’s origins and aims for a stronger player connection to her as her familiar adventurous free will is taken away.

Game Diary, Reviews June 14, 2012

Propel Man for iPhone

With temperatures soaring over 100 degrees here in South Texas, my boys and I have had to find some inside activities for the heat of the day this summer. We go to the pool around 9 am, then venture back out for trampoline and bikes in the evening. During the afternoons we are staying inside and trying to find new ways to entertain ourselves. Between movies, coloring, toys and video games we have done pretty well, but the boys wanted something new to try. I searched around and found a game called Propel Man. It looked interesting, so we downloaded…

Game Diary, Reviews June 13, 2012

Games of Thrones for PlayStation 3 Review

This role playing adventure game, created in partnership with author George R. R. Martin, features meaningful dialogue choices and special side missions centering on a strong story with surprises and solid character development.

Editorials, Events, Game Diary June 9, 2012

E3 2012 – Wrap Up Summary

This year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) features many updates, a few surprises, and information on anticipated gaming entertainment.

Game Diary, Reviews June 7, 2012

Fix It Up World Tour for the Mac Game Review

Earlier this year I reviewed the iPad version of Fix-it-up: World Tour and found that it improved up on the fun but flawed original in every way. Even after the third game in the series arrived and tweaked my 80s nostalgia, World Tour remained my favorite. When G5 told me they were releasing the game for the Mac, my thought was ‘if they do a decent port this will be a great Mac game’! So let’s see how they did! The Hype: Go global in this fantastic strategy adventure! In this sequel to “Fix-it-up: Kate’s Adventure”, you must help Kate…