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Games: Review:Buzz! Quiz World
18 hours ago
It’s time to give up hope that quiz-show games will ever match the free-associating, pop-culture-obsessed brilliance of the 1990s’ You Don’t Know Jack CD-ROMs, but the Buzz! games are the closest anyone has come. The main difference between the two series is that Jack thrived by virtue of its writing, while Buzz! is fun because of its quick, varied format. So while Buzz! Quiz World offers a litany of mostly inoffensive tweaks, the best thing about the new version is that it doesn’t mess with the underlying design honed by its predecessors. Buzz, the Guy Smiley/Greg ... »
Games: Review:Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
18 hours ago
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 arrives all hammer and tongs, prepared to defend its title as the sole other title that average gamers give a damn about besides Madden. As with all war games, the message here is that macho posturing (and formidable mustaches) ultimately win the day. But what makes the Modern Warfare series so successful is the way it wraps gaming’s standard-issue let’s-kill narrative in a sophisticated-sounding package—dig that digital spinning globe!—which slyly makes gamers feel like they’re actually learning something useful about world politics. They aren’t. Like the original, Modern ... »
Games: Review:Rabbids Go Home
18 hours ago
The developers of Rabbids Go Home have no idea how to make a third-party Wii game. First, you debug code from an old, rejected GameCube project. Then you add inane waggle controls—because, you know, immersion. Create cover art in Photoshop Elements, pluralize the title with a Z if the game is for girlz, and you’re done. But Rabbids Go Home doesn’t go by the book. No, the snobs at Ubisoft Montpellier commissioned an original brass-band soundtrack, hired witty writers, and obsessed over the details of their character animations. Some nerve. Rabbids Go Home makes everyone else look ... »
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