Gamer’s Review: Star Wars: Starfighter

When George Lucas was busy making “Attack of the Clones,” video game developer, LucasArts worked on a game titled, “Star Wars: Starfighter.” Set during “The Phantom Menace,” the story follows three pilots. Names are Rhys Dallows, Vana Sage & Nym. The unlikely trio band together to prevent the Trade Federation from conquering Queen Amidala’s home […]

Gamer’s Review: Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue

“You are a sad strange little man and you have my pity.” “Farewell.” – Buzz Lightyear During development of “Toy Story 2,” Disney Interactive and Traveler’s Tales worked on a video game tie-in to promote the movie. Rather than a 2D platformer like the first movie’s game tie-in on Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis, they […]

Gamer’s Review: Ape Escape

Inspired by “Super Mario 64,” Sony developed their own version of Nintendo’s groundbreaking game. A team of 25 people worked on “Ape Escape.” A boy named, Spike is transported back to the past along with several apes controlled by a white-haired monkey, named Specter. Upon wearing a helmet, his intelligence significantly skyrockets and makes him […]

Gamer’s Review: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2002)

On May 16, 2002, the exact same day “Attack of the Clones” came out, a trailer for a tie-in video game called, “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” was revealed at E3 2002. The game was released in October 29 on Nintendo GameCube. Later released on PlayStation 2 fifteen days before Christmas. Four Months Later, it […]

Gamer’s Review: God of War (2005)

Set in Ancient Greece with characters and creatures from Greek Mythology, a warrior named, Kratos who serves the Greek Gods of Olympus embarks on a personal quest to overthrow Ares and take his place as “God of War.” The first installment in the God of War series was released in 2005 (same year Resident Evil […]

Shangri-La Frontier: Season 2

Picking up where Season 1 left off, teenage gamer, Sunraku/Rakuro resumes his journey to master an MMO open-world video game, “Shangri-La Frontier” or SLF for short. this time, he joins a multiclan along with fellow players, Pencilgon/Towa, Oikatzo/Kei & Psyger-O/Rei. What’s their goal? To unlock unique scenarios within the game. Sunraku and his pals also […]