Backlog Quest II: Day 10 – The Adventures of TinTin – TinTin is not the dog by the way

Dear Journal, Today I went on an adventure as a reporter who never really seemed to report anything… Odds are if you pay attention to the clearance section of just about any store that sells video games you’ve seen copies of The Adventures of TinTin pop up in its various platforms.  Ultimately the game is a platformer with a few […]

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Backlog Quest II: Day 7 – Toy Story Mania – Licensed to disappoint

Dear Journal, Today I played a Toy Story game where you never play as any Toy Story character. That was the first and many let downs about Toy Story Mania, a “better with Kinect” game port of a previously released Wii title.  Two players can make their way through a variety of shooting galleries in an attempt to get high […]

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Backlog Quest: Day 26 – Rango – Don’t stop now, this is bat country!

Dear Journal, Today I was taken completely by surprise when I played a really good movie tie-in game. Rango takes places after the events of the movie with the same name, where the wandering chameleon turned town sheriff must investigate some very strange happenings.  Ultimately, Rango saves the town of Dirt and possibly the world from strange alien creatures in […]

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Review: Risk Factions

In honor of this week’s sale on select EA digital content, including Risk: Factions, a special edition review!  Now with more words and less nudity! Risk has a bit of notoriety to it.  It is best known as the game that can take weeks to play to completion and carries with it the reputation of the type of tabletop gamer […]

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