http://www.anyconsole.com console gaming, pwned like a n00b Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:01:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, Mass Effect came out for the Xbox 360, and wow. I must confess that I haven't been able to put this game down. This game touches on everything that I, as a sci-fi gamer, really like. I get an elite soldier status where I can choose to ... http://www.anyconsole.com/2007/12/xbox-360/mass-effect-for-xbox-360.html So, some of you may be surprised to learn that while the United States has been getting all of the goodies first lately, Europe got a break and will be the first region to see the new Silver Nintendo DS Lite. Congratulations to the Europeans, and I look forward ... http://www.anyconsole.com/2007/09/nintendo-ds/europe-gets-something-nintendo-before-the-us-does.html I recently read this telling article on joystiq.com about a guy who sent his 15-year-old kid into Best Buy to purchase a copy of the recently released M-rated game, BioShock. The parent in question is an Attorney named Jack Thompson, and Thompson has declared the ESRB game rating system ... http://www.anyconsole.com/2007/09/family-gaming/parents-participate-in-your-kids-gaming.html So yesterday I walked into my local GameCrazy and snagged my pre-ordered copy of Stranglehold, and I also got a copy of the latest Harvest Moon for the wife and one of those nifty Xbox 360 keyboards for myself. My Stranglehold came with a super-nifty shot-glass, too, as the ... http://www.anyconsole.com/2007/09/xbox-360/stranglehold-for-xbox-360-first-glance.html So, many of you may have heard of the Katamari series before, but never before have I been so enamored with it. The Xbox 360 demo for Beautiful Katamari really seems to have done me in, and so starts my love of the game. While in my local ... http://www.anyconsole.com/2007/08/multi-platform/showin-love-to-the-king-of-all-cosmos-and-katamari.html Some of you are aware of my fascination with family and cartoon-link games. Viva Piñata is a game that I completely got distracted from before it got really good. Well that problem is gone. The distraction was Crackdown, and since I finished that game I've been spending ... http://www.anyconsole.com/2007/08/xbox-360/second-look-viva-pinata-for-xbox-360.html Okay, so I know I'm gonna catch flack for this one, but I must declare Bioshock a suspense thriller instead of a shooter. Yeah, so you're in first person, and yeah, you shoot things, but this is so much more than a shooter. So much more indeed. ... http://www.anyconsole.com/2007/08/xbox-360/bioshock-demo-is-out-and-it-isnt-a-shooter.html any console is now open for others to come and review. Since I–manchicken–only have so much time to game, there is no way that I could possibly try out all of the possible games there are two try. My individual pwnage is therefore limited to the games that I’m interested ... http://www.anyconsole.com/2007/08/anyconsole/pwn-console-gaming-with-any-console.html So please don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to pick on Nintendo here. I'm a big Nintendo fan actually, I'm just tired of the disappointment. That said... Today Nintendo released the Metriod Prime 3: Corruption preview on WiiShop. When I saw this I was ecstatic because I ... http://www.anyconsole.com/2007/08/wii/metriod-prime-3-corruption-preview-released.html Could somebody please put this series out of its misery? These titles are just inhumane anymore. EA, are you really going to keep on killing the momentum that your PC version of this game has reached by releasing these crappy console versions? This is just stupid, please ... http://www.anyconsole.com/2007/08/wii/sims-2-pets-for-wii.html