super mario bros. crossover

PLATFORM: FLASH GAME
RELEASE DATE: 4/2010
PUBLISHER: EXPLODING RABBIT
ESRB RATING: NA
Progress: 80% at time of posting

There is and has been a thriving, user generated Flash game scene for years. Shame on me for neglecting it; well no more! A little game called Super Mario Bros. Crossover has changed all that. You may have seen some different emulators/ports of Super Mario Bros. (SMB) before but never with additional characters from classic NES games. This is the team-up I've dreamed about playing as a child. The idea is simply genius, play your way through the complete eight SMB worlds as Mega Man, Samus, Link, Bill (Contra), or Simon (Castlevania) and of course Mario.

beyond good & evil

PLATFORM: NGC

RELEASE DATE: LATE 2003

PUBLISHER: UBISOFT
ESRB RATING: T
Progress: 60% at time of posting

This action-adventure game focuses on the antics of Jade, a female investigative reporter/part time ninja. Jade, the protagonist, is an attractive female of Latin decent and one of a handful of human characters. Page, the pig/guy, is your loyal side kick in the beginning of the game. They live in a island city called Hillys that is under alien attack from the DomZ. The loyal citizen's of Hillys only defense is the militant Alpha Sections who have been acting very suspicious as of late. Working with a band of resistance fighters, the "Iris Network", Jade finds herself wrapped up in uncovering an alien conspiracy. Beyond Good & Evil ("BG&E") was originally envisioned as the first part of a trilogy, it received stellar reviews from critics at the time and was even nominated for Game of the Year by the GDC. Alas, it didn’t make enough money or convert enough gamers to become a great commercial success.

punisher: no mercy

PLATFORM: PS3 

RELEASE DATE: JULY 2009

PUBLISHER: ZEN STUDIOS
ESRB RATING: M
Progress: 80% at time of posting

A PlayStation Network-exclusive, Punisher-themed, first-person shooter sounded like such a great idea. I could easily pass for a Punisher fan boy. I've seen all three movies. Used to love Jim Lee's work on War Journal in the 90's but stopped just short of buying a skull shirt. This was an impulse purchase for me and I paid the price. The following is less of a review and more of a warning to interested gamers.

resident evil 5 dlc

PLATFORM: PS3, XBox 360
RELEASE DATE: RE5 March 2009, DLC February 2010
ESRB RATING: M

PUBLISHER: CAPCOM

DLC Progress: 60% at time of posting

Capcom proves more of the same can be great.

Anyone who gets excited about horror movies, good or bad, should be playing Capcom's 2009 release Resident Evil 5 (RE5). This game was made for you. Now a year after it's first release this legendary video game series shows it can always find new ways to deliver fresh zombies for us to consume with its newly available download content (DLC): Lost In Nightmares and Desperate Escape. These latest editions to the survival horror third-person game are available as DLC or on the new disk based re-release RE5 Gold Edition.

hustle kings

PLATFORM: PS3
RELEASE DATE: JAN 2010
PUBLISHER: SONY
ESRB RATING: E
Progress: 35% at time of posting

Hustle Kings is a billiards simulator available for download in the PlayStation Store. It is remarkably fresh and modern looking for a release costing $9.99. It features an assortment of classy looking tables and pool halls and a host of eight different pool games. Ever wonder how to play that game with red and yellow balls? Well you can find out here and of course there is an American 8 ball game.