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Video Games – Gut Reaction: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Michelle’s View – Not so Great
Gut Reactions, Since I don’t have the time to write reviews of fully played games, well I do but by the time I’m done the game’s been out for months – for instance, I finally beat Uncharted 2 this weekend. I’m going to start giving you m...
Video Game Review: Band Hero Finally let’s you Consolidate Your Guitar Hero Library!
Standard Disclaimer – Stop the monkeys! There are too many darn music games. Now that I’ve said that we can talk about Band Hero – Activision’s latest round of music games. I mean hey, let’s ignore the fact they jus...
‘Call of Duty’ helping our veterans
To help combat recent trends suggesting that America’s veterans are struggling in the face of unemployment, Activision Blizzard, Inc., a worldwide online, PC and console video game publisher and publisher of the best-selling “Call of Duty...
VIDEO GAMES: Call of Duty 2: Modern Warfare is Here!
I think the headline says it all. Every once in awhile a pop cultural phenomena happens that’s impossible to ignore. I really have nothing constructive to say about today’s release of Call of Duty 2: Modern Warfare. I don’t have...
VIDEO GAME REVIEW: DJ Hero
You spin me right round, baby, right round. STORY: The “Guitar Hero” concept expands yet again beyond the standard rock-musicians format – guitar, bass, drums, microphone – to include the wizards of wax, the deejays of spin. Now that “...
Ready to be a Renegade?
Recently, Activision tipped fans off to the exclusive tracks Eminem and Jay-Z hand-picked for the 2-CD track pack included in the DJ Hero Renegade Edition, which streets Oct. 27. “The tracks we put on this disc are mostly overlooked or r...
VIDEO GAME REVIEW: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, Cynical Sequel Making at it’s Finest
Many gamers complain that Activision’s CEO Bobby Kotick turned the venerable gaming company into an organization that lacks vision, creativity and heart. In his zeal to turn all of their IPs into annual franchises he’s sucked the soul out...
VIDEO GAME NEWS: Activision creates a gamer’s wish list
The weather outside isn’t frightful (yet). And there shouldn’t be any delightful fires in your chimney. But that doesn’t mean you can’t start thinking about the holidays, when anticipated video games end up on wish lists and – hopefully –...
Video Game Releases: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 and Wet
This week we have one huge game and another fun game hitting the store shelves. WET Wet is a game that hasn’t gotten much of a marketing push but promises to be an interesting shooter. It’s the game Quentin Tarantino would make if he was...
VIDEO GAMES: Daft Punk comes to DJ
I’m not going to front and act like I know anything about the DJ culture or who the heck Daft Punk is or why this is stupendous news, but it does seem like Activision is really pulling out all the stops for their new Music game DJ Hero and I...
Michelle Rocks out to Guitar Hero 5
I feel like I’ve reviewed Guitar Hero and Rock Band so many times that I’ve run out of things to say about them. Originally, I wasn’t excited about Guitar Hero 5, Activision’s latest milking of their music game franchise. ...
