Posted in: Game Reviews by Michael Durr on May 30th, 2007
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Board Games can be great experiences for families and friends to come together and enjoy themselves. A dice roll, a few spaces moved on the gameboard, and some money gained or paid are all sometimes a game needs. Up until May of this year there had not been any board games for XBOX Live Arcade. There had been a good handful of card games but nothing like Monopoly, Scrabble, or even Chess (there was Backgammon but who actually plays Backgammon?). That changed when ...
Posted in: Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on May 30th, 2007
A Complete Lego Star Wars Set, Master Chief Gone Wild, and time for one more Party - Welcome to the column that will soon have a patch available to remove all explicit content (but then only consist of 5 words) known as Dare to Play the Game.
Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. I spent Memorial Day on a pretty good note. I spent most of the time with a friend I hadn’t seen in roughly ten years. We went and saw a movie (Shrek 3...
Posted in: Game Reviews by Michael Durr on May 24th, 2007
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ROUND ONE, FIGHT. I'm something of a Mortal Kombat junkie especially in my younger days. I started playing the original arcade game when I was very young and played 2 (still the best to date), 3, dealt with 4 and even dabbled in Deception. I adored the movies, though for obvious reasons I was poed at some parts of the second movie but still liked it. I even bought one of those silly MK controllers for the Playstation 2 (Scorpion naturally). So when I heard that the...
Posted in: Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on May 23rd, 2007
Metroid Prime 3 to the Wii, Xevious to the XBLA & GTA IV takes me to the poorhouse - Welcome to the column that is available now for only $.99 (plus a small fee) known as Dare to Play the Game.
Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. A rather brisk week for me, a lot of organization on my part. I took the liberty of cleaning up the house a bit since the assumption process was approved last week. My house could really be worth something in a few years but I'm...
Posted in: Game Reviews by Michael Durr on May 21st, 2007
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I guess I'm a sucker for old school shooters. When I was a little chap, it was about the vertical shooters like Galaga and Centipede. As I grew older, I found myself starting to lean towards the horizontal shooters as well including R-Type. However, I did not find myself playing a shooter from start to finish until I came upon a game for the Turbo Duo (Turbo Graphix 16 w/super cd attachment). Actually it was the pack-in for the system. That game was Gates of Thund...
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on May 21st, 2007
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The 4400 Season Two left us on quite the cliffhanger. The returnees had been taken off the promicen inhibitor, thus enabling their abilities to return to normal strength. Ryland (played by Peter Coyote) was exposed as the one behind the cover up and went straight to trial. Isabelle (played by Megalyn Echikunwoke); infant daughter of Richard & Lily Tyler(played by Mahershalalhashbaz Ali and Laura Allen respectively), had grown up quite quickly as she was found in Shawn Farrell's (played by Patrick Flueger) office.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on May 20th, 2007
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Interracial relationships in movies tend to be hit or miss. If treated fairly, it can make the movie an uplifting picture, one that will make people stand up and cheer for a satisfying ending. Misused, and it just becomes an ugly context for the movie to hide around. Constellation starts out with the love story between Carmel Boxer (played by Gabrielle Union), an african-american lady and her white boyfriend & solider Bear (young version played by ...
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on May 18th, 2007
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My life has been a strange journey. Recently I found myself divorced after a three year marriage. Needless to say I'm probably need a bit of soul searching. Perhaps I need to cleanse my spirit before setting back out into the world from which I came. Now I've never been a religiously deep person but I do take myself on as a spiritual one. So to see a surprise title in my queue with the words The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success would bring at least a little ...
Posted in: Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on May 16th, 2007
Catering to the Casual, Free XBLA & Marvel UA goes Golden - Welcome to the column that always provides entertainment for the lowest common denominator known as Dare to Play the Game.
Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. As of May 14th, 2007 @ 10:00am, I am officially single. So to all of the women that have been waiting for that once in a lifetime opportunity, please step forward. I'm waiting *tap tap*. Story of my life eh? I did happen to see Spiderman...
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on May 14th, 2007
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Meeska Mooska Mickey Mouse! (tell me you just didn't say that) So what happens to a 31 year old adult who sits through a show alone that is geared towards children who might not even be in grade school yet? Besides binge drinking & wondering why he doesn't have a date this weekend? Apparently some good wholesome family entertainment. I was actually a little surprised how decent this was after twenty minutes into the program.
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is a fairly...
