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Lego’s Star Wars – The Video Games

admin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:32:02 +0000

The movies and TV series were addictive for adults and kids alike and the same goes for Lego’s Star Wars video games. Lego’s Star Wars III – The Clone Wars is the latest release (perhaps bar one) and can be used on Nintendo Wii, DS and 3DS, Sony PSP, Xbox360 and PC platforms.

Lego’s Star Wars Clone Wars includes 20 missions based on familiar stories, humour and characters with 40 bonus levels covering the whole age of the Clone Wars. Solve puzzles, send your enemies flying and create weapons. Assume command of clone troopers fighting the droid army, just like a real army commander, using and deploying the equipment and forces at your disposal. Your new armaments include capital ships, rocket launchers and rapid fire guns. Combat will be fiercer with greater freedom of character movement and lightsaber abilities as well as new grappling abilities to help defeat the enemies. Exploration of the galaxy becomes more exciting with a variety of exotic locations and ships and players can assume different characters as they play. New vehicles available in this version of Lego’s Clone Wars are the Republic gunship, Clone Turbo Tank and Anakin’s Jedi Intercepter and players will come across their favourite characters as they play, meeting Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker and Chewbacca amongst others.

If you really want to be a favourite with your family this holiday season you could buy the entire Video Game Collection of Lego’s Star Wars which will enable them to play all six of the movies in one video game or you could get Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels which allows players to re-enact duels with characters of their choice.

Kids Games – Choosing the Right Video Games For Your Children

admin — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:15:13 +0000

When video games were first introduced, we had basic games such as space invaders, Pac man and tennis – remember pong? Everyone loved to play and the games were age appropriate for all ages. Unfortunately, as the gaming graphics and technology improved, the realism grew right along with it. Fortunately for parents, the gaming industry has put a ratings system in place to help select the right game for the age. This system is the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, also known as the ESRB.

The ratings are as follows:

EC (Early Childhood)
E (Everyone)
E 10+ (Everyone over 10 years of age)
T (Teens)
M (Mature, anyone over 17 years of age)
AO (Adults only)
RP (not yet rated)

These ratings are clearly printed on the front of every video games sold. Games that are rated E are fun for everyone. These are usually games such as Super Mario Brothers, Mario Cart, etc. T rated games have more mature games and may include fighting, real life type crashes and may show graphic scenes including blood.

The M games are rated M for mature themes. These are the types of games that have profanity, nudity, and extreme violence and gore. M rated games are definitely for adults only. So constant vigilance is important when monitoring the games your children play. Most retailers are very cautious about these video game ratings and they will require ID if someone under 17 tries to buy a game with a Mature rating. Take the time to play video games with your kids. This includes playing inappropriate video games.

Encourage your children to keep their gaming system in the family room or game room. By keeping the games in a common family area, kids are more likely to play games that they know their parents approve of. Kids who keep their game systems in their bedrooms have the opportunity to be sneaky and try games with higher ratings than their parents approve of.Pay attention to the ESRB ratings on video games, play the games with your kids, and encourage them to play in family areas of the home.

PC Game Review – Victoria II

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:15:52 +0000

Victoria II is a new part of Paradox Interactive’s fabulous set of grand strategy games, each covering a different period of history and letting you try to do basically whatever you want. This title covers the time period between about 1835 and 1935, spanning the American Civil War, the Great War, and the period when the sun never set on the United Kingdom. Industrialize your nation, colonize what’s still left, and contend with an increasingly militant population as the game goes on. Many Paradox titles have issues right when released, and though this game is stable and completely playable on release this time, it’s already become clear what the major issue is: Revolutions and rebellions. Unless your government is the most progressive and worker-friendly in the entire world, (and even sometimes if it is) you will face constant rebellions. They’re not usually difficult to deal with — rebel troops aren’t very efficient and your military can dispose of them without issue. But the tedium of clearing out troops stationed in every province of your possibly far-flung empire, sometimes once a year or more in-game, is incredibly frustrating. It slows the game’s pace to a crawl as you slowly hustle your troops around and your plans are disrupted over and over. This will be fixed in an upcoming patch, and there are fan fixes available already, but those who don’t frequent Paradox’s forums may be caught in the frustration.
This game should, however, be used in economics classes. Why won’t the capitalists build any railroads? Are tariffs too high? Victoria II is definitely a recommended buy. It’s not always easy, but it has strong educational capabilities, and there’s so much fun in taking your Communist Argentinian government on a conquering spree through South America. It has some early-release flaws that will be ironed out soon, but the game is already perfectly playable and fun.

How to Copy PS2 DVD Games and Not Have to Mod!

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:16:03 +0000

If you know how to use a soldering iron, a mod chip is a piece of equipment that can be placed on a PlayStation. A modchip lets you copy any game for the PS2 to a DVD or a CD. You can copy PS2 DVD games without going to the trouble of installing a mod chip.
In order to duplicate the games and not use a mod chip, you must have the game copy monster V1.6 and a personal computer. Then, grab a new CD or DVD and the PS2 game you want to copy. Then, use the following directions.
* Put the game copy monster V1.6 onto your computer.
* Run the application.
* Put the game you want to copy into the DVD or CD drive.
* Choose the option “create image file from disc”.
* Put the copy of the game on your hard drive and hit the start button.
* The computer program is going to copy the PS2 game to your computer’s hard drive.
Simply adhere to the instructions on the tutorial and you will have created a copy of any PS2 game for backup purposes. A lot of gamers have attempted to make copies using a variety of computer applications that have not worked. Don’t you think it is time for you to skip all the hassle and order a game copy monster right now?

Shaun White Skateboarding Wii Game – Preview and Gameplay Details

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:08:42 +0000

The very first thing Ubisoft promises would be that the brand new video gaming title just isn’t an additional Activision’s Tony Hawk’s Skater sequel video game however an entire fresh experience of skate boarding journey. One of many popular features of the actual Shaun White Skateboarding video game is the fact that an individual build-up the skate park as long as you’re skating.
In several skate boarding video games we’d a function to create our very own skate park after which we could skate on there, however in Ubisoft fresh video game title you don’t have all these complex functions in order to modify the park which could annoy you, rather you simply strike the shape button whilst skating in order to shape rails, banks, fraction pipes and much more. This kind of shaping function is really a large astonish for all your skateboarding video game enthusiasts. You may make your personal skate park throughout another way like in some other video games, skate as well as edit same period! Shaun White Skateboarding Wii video game provides for us an entire fresh story mode exactly where you must finish numerous challenges in order to unlock new maps as well as brand new tricks. Presently there haven’t been a lot stated regarding Story Mode facts in the game still, however we all know that you simply play Shaun White who additionally created a group of skaters called The Rising, an organization established to free the particular cities from the Ministry grip. You will find close to 100 challenges within the story mode mixture of shaping as well as skating tasks. You’ll earn experience points finishing challenges that you will have to unlock new tricks.
Shaun White Skateboarding Nintendo Wii video game is placed to a fall release on Wii along with other video gaming consoles such as PS3, Xbox 360.

MOD Your PSP and Download Games Now!

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:23:38 +0000

Have you ever wanted to stop always having to run to the video game store every time you want a new game? Or have you wanted to stop going to the video rental store and stop paying those ridiculous rental fees? If you download your games, you won’t have to leave your house, and you won’t have to wait on a game to get to your house, like buying it online. By downloading your games you can simply point and click at what you want, and depending on your DSL/cable internet speed you could have a game within 10 minutes. When downloading PSP games and storing them on your PSP you need to make sure that you have enough room on your memory stick to hold them. Most games are anywhere from 200 MB to 650 MBs in size.
You can also download movies and music to go along with all the games that you can download for your system. Another thing you can download are ROMs of different systems, like the NES, SNES, Gameboy/GBA and the Sega Genesis. It would be like going to a video game store and buying one game, and when you were done with that game, going back into the store and taking whatever games, DVDs or CDs that you want for free, no questions asked.

Racing Cars: Play Free Games Online

admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:10:37 +0000

Are you tired of playing with the toys? If you don’t like to play with the plastic toys anymore then you are invited towards the world of internet. You can drive your dreams and thought into real life from an imaginary world. The ultimate answer is playing online games of cars. Playing online games are new and novel trends among the players. Online gaming is offered and available just a click away. Thousands of game websites are there who give you an offer to play free. With the toys you can’t make a pleasurable sense of adventure. There are many games like “Need for speed” which gives original and imaginative feelings of driving and racing.
Online racing provide you a chance to select the location, model, distance and time for race. If you want to play in different cities and places of the world then select desired place and click over there. Vehicle models and types are also presented there to select. Choose your desired one and you can change its features and parts given in the game. Most of the games are exclusively free to play but you are required to pay for some advance levels. Free to play games are of lower quality but good for the beginners and little Children who can’t handle the difficult games. Good structure and animation provide you relief and happiness. These games help the children to understand the rules and tricks of driving cars.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Video Game For Nintendo Wii

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:04:31 +0000

The much-anticipated final adventure of the Harry Potter film series has finally gone off the rack, with the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. The film’s premiere also coincided with the release of the video game version, which has been released on all major gaming platforms, and is now available worldwide. The second part of this video game is currently being developed and fine-tuned by the experts at Electronic Arts’ EA Bright Light Studio, and will officially be released on July 2011, to correspond with the July release of the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Part 2 of the final Harry Potter adventure will also be made available in all major gaming platforms, from Microsoft Windows, to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, mobile platforms, and the Nintendo Wii.
How The Final Harry Potter Adventure Plays Out
In this Wii game, all the action takes place outside Hogwarts, and this represents a major shift in tone and direction for the Potter video games. Packed With Intense Action From Start To End
In this game, players will have fun hustling their way into lots of action-packed settings and sequences. Player will also have the opportunity to battle other fierce creatures which are found in the previous Harry Potter movies. The game’s shooter style best fits the story line and game sequence. The game developers of the final Harry Potter adventure have noted that the final installment has provided them with the opportunity to make the game a bit darker and action-oriented than ever before. The folks at EA Bright Light Studio believe that creating a Harry Potter game which fits the requirements of the HD console gaming generation will allow players to use all their skills and want to survive, and have more fun as well. The Harry Potter And the Deathly Hollows Part 1 video game is definitely a fun and more intense game.

Mortal Kombat 9: Video Game for PS3 and Xbox 360: Gameplay Overview

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:52:43 +0000

The Mortal Kombat 9 and its upgrades are greatly improved! The sound effects of the game are awesome with the inherently dark, foreboding and sinister music having a little more of a hip hop influence. Each character in the game gets two fatalities and is gorier and deadlier than in any previously released version of the game. The previous version entertained gamer’s for hours by allowing them to play with fifteen separate characters as also seen in the movie series. All the original characters from the previous games return in Mortal Kombat 9 and are joined by seven new characters. You, as the player would have a chance to take on Kitana, Jade, Reptile, Scorpion, Mileena, Sub-Zero’s masked version and Ermac which is a new red ninja. The game while being a new version still retains some of its older characteristics such as friendships and babalities. However, in this new version, these specific traits are funnier than seen in any previous game. Even though the game retains some of its older characteristics, it also introduces many new properties as well. Animalities are new to the game in this version but can be remembered from one of the Mortal Kombat movies. The characters transform into animals just before wiping out their opponents. Every character has a separate animality ranging from dragons to bulls and polar bears. The new options provided in terms of moves for wiping out opponents add great entertainment value to the game that takes it one step ahead of all it’s previous versions. The true fans of the game may be tempted to go for the Mortal Kombat Trilogy upgrade wherein absolutely every character that has ever been in a Mortal Kombat game to date is included. This would not only allow fans to have an improved game of Mortal Kombat but also get a chance to play all their favourite characters from previous games.

How to Mod Your Xbox

admin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:56:57 +0000

Most of the people that own the Xbox 360, at one point owned an original Xbox. If you already have a modded Xbox than good for you. I have one and I had a hard time transferring files into my Xbox as well as the emulators themselves. The easiest way to transfer is using a router and a program called flashfxp. Connect the Xbox to your router using an Ethernet cable. Now click the little button that looks like a thunder bolt.
Next, select quick connect, and you will be prompted to a screen where you have to enter the URL of where the Xbox is connected. Most of the time, you can find this when you go to the network section of your custom Xbox, but in case you don’t, here is something that might help on how to mod your Xbox with emulators successfully.
= the port number your Xbox is connected to on your router. Example, if the Xbox is connected to port 2, than the address will be 192.168.2.12, and if it is connected to port 4, the address will be 192.168.2.14. For the user name type in “Xbox” and for the password type in “Xbox” Next, click connect.
Browse through them and find the one folder than contains the folder labeled “games”. Next, simply put the emulators in that folder and restart your Xbox. Most of the emulators will allow you to browse through your folders, so just create a folder called roms for your individual emulators and put your roms there. Hope you enjoyed this article on how to mod your Xbox. Don’t worry about the emulators, I’ve included a link below with all the necessary downloads.