If you’re buying a Nintendo DS or Nintendo Wii for a loved one this Christmas, be wary of fake consoles with potentially dangerous power adapters. Things to look out for are ‘too-good-to-be-true’ prices from Asia-based websites. My tip is if you’re buying a console, do it through a reputable site and pay with a credit card. At least it’s guaranteed against fraud. Buy Nintendo Wii now New: Buy Nintendo Wii from Amazon.com Related: Nintendo Wii Christmas 2008 buying guide
For many years Tony Hawk was the only real skating contender on the block when it came to making videogames about skating. EA’s Skate which came out a couple of years ago changed all that and some people preferred their new ‘Flickit’ controls, which represented the moves on a skateboard more realistically than just pushing a button. I can’t skate and so I wasn’t a fan, preferring Tony Hawk’s simpler control method. Well, now the game’s out on the Wii in the form of Skate It and this time they’ve taken the control system that bit further with flicks and...
So you want to buy a Nintendo DS for Christmas either as a present or for yourself? Just in case you are new to the Nintendo DS, the Nintendo DS accessories and Nintendo DS games then we’ll go over the basics first. The Nintendo DS is a great little portable games system that can be used at home in a comfy chair or while you’re commuting on a bus or train. The Nintendo DS console comes in two main flavours; the original launch model which is now commonly known as the DS Phat (discontinued) and the newer updated model called...
There’s a couple of Spider-Man games I’ve really liked over the years. I enjoyed one way back on the PSOne which had a more linear gameplay style, then there was Neversoft’s one which was more free-roaming round a big city. You could choose which missions to do when in a sort of ‘Grand Theft Arachnid’. Since then they’ve all been a bit samey and based round the movies which almost always never makes for a great game. Fortunately, this game’s not constrained by the likes of Sam Raimi’s last Spidey disaster movie and so has license to play around with...
I’ve lost count how many times the strange bulge in my jeans has caused a stir whilst travelling on the bus. Unfortunately this wasn’t because God has blessed with an uber generous midriff but rather that I was carrying a Rubik’s Cube in my pocket for some portable brain teasing action on the way to work. Luckily I need to worry no further about embarrassing bulges as The Game Factory have brought the amazing world of Rubik’s Cubism to the Nintendo DS in the form of the ingeniously named Rubik’s Puzzle World. It is estimated that 5% of the world’s...
Before we start let’s clear a common misconception up. Mah Jong is an old four player Chinese game (primarily for gambling) that typically uses 144 hand painted tiles. Mah Jong’s origins are still speculated to this day and to make matters more confusing there are many other offshoot games which have lazily been dubbed as Mah Jong too, so to be sure if you are playing Mah Jong or one of its siblings takes some research. As it turns out the version of Mah Jong I’ve played on computer over the years is actually known as Solitaire Mah Jong (or...