Monthly Archives: May 2007

wii sports

a review of Wii Sports
a videogame developed by nintendo
and published by nintendo
for the nintendo wii
text by tim rogers

1 star

Bottom line: Wii Sports is “not a rock and roll star or an astronaut dreaming big dreams -- it's a twenty-four-hour supermarket manager going over his taxes.”

WWE SMACKDOWN VS. RAW 2007

a review of Wwe Smackdown Vs. Raw 2007
a videogame developed by Yuke's Future Media Creators
and published by THQ
for the microsoft xbox 360, the sony playstation 2 computer entertainment system and the sony playstation portable
text by Brandon Parker

1.5 stars

Bottom line: Wwe Smackdown Vs. Raw 2007 is “still real to me dammit.”

final fantasy xii: revenant wings

a review of Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
a videogame developed by think and feel
and published by square-enix
for the nintendo DS
text by tim rogers

2 stars

Bottom line: Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings is “precisely the kind of tossed-off, down-to-earth pop-song videogame these people need to be making a whole lot more of.”

Supreme Commander

a review of Supreme Commander
a videogame developed by chris taylor
and published by thq
for Microsoft Windows and the microsoft xbox 360
text by Carl Bohlin

3 stars

Bottom line: Supreme Commander is “is to the original warcraft what a modern bullet-hell shooter is to the first gradius.”

Final Fantasy XII

a review of Final Fantasy XII
a videogame developed by Square Enix
and published by Square Enix
for the sony playstation 2 computer entertainment system
text by Bennett

2 stars

Bottom line: Final Fantasy XII is “perfect in form and function; otherwise, bad.”