tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269928552007-07-29T23:08:35.675-05:00CorbieBlogger183125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26992855.post-56434603685458341132007-07-29T23:00:00.000-05:002007-07-29T23:07:46.210-05:00

Got a new address that might be easier to remember. Don't forget to change your bookmarks as the old URL won't be working much longer! The new address is WWW.CORBIESGAMEBLOG.COM. Or if you don't feel like typing it in, just click on my ugly mug to the left and it will take you to the new page address. I'm going to making some minor tweaks here and there over the coming weeks, but I'll keep adding

Corbietag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26992855.post-26668633528924514942007-07-29T22:56:00.001-05:002007-07-29T22:57:11.485-05:00

I'll have some impressions of the import version of the Playstation 3 title "Hot Shots Golf 5" tomorrow when it arrives.

Corbietag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26992855.post-77502313798235248562007-07-25T16:47:00.000-05:002007-07-25T17:54:20.053-05:00

Well I've given the Playstation 3 eight months and now it's time to do the "Love/Hate" feature on the good old PS3. For those new to this feature, I take three things I love and three things I hate about something and talk a little bit about them. Get it? Love. Hate. Okay so I was trying to be funny. Sue me. Without further ado, let's' get to it. Love #1 - The first thing I love about the

Corbietag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26992855.post-37147024581490373222007-07-25T00:48:00.000-05:002007-07-25T03:16:20.209-05:00

I've been a fan of the "Tales" games since I first played Tales of Phantasia back on the Super Famicom system. I've always loved the unique battle system, but the biggest selling point of the Tales games for me personally has always been the storyline. Playing a Tales game is like reading a novel. They always have subplots taking place throughout the entire game that really keep you coming back

Corbietag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26992855.post-80755598514503826672007-07-21T19:40:00.000-05:002007-07-22T01:03:45.508-05:00

My mother was really big into garage sales back during my childhood, and it's safe to say that I was dragged to many a danky garage from birth to about age 12. But one day back in 1977, I got a bit lucky at one particular garage sale. Actually, it was a patio sale that a friend of my mother's was having across town. My mother always found some way to bribe my sister and I into behaving while we

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I get tons of email each and every day asking the same old question - "Which console(s) should I buy?" While there's certainly no easy answer to that nagging question, there is an easy system you can use to help make that fateful decision. The first thing you need to look at is the pros and cons of each console. See how they stack up against each other and see which features appeal to you the

Corbietag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26992855.post-75474483443989371462007-07-20T02:34:00.000-05:002007-07-20T02:49:04.098-05:00

If you preorder Eternal Sonata at EB Games or Gamestop, you'll get yourself a brand new limited edition Xbox 360 faceplate to go along with it. There are five different faceplates, each one with a different backdrop and character art. The faceplates will be randomly given out, but I have a little pull with the manager at my local Gamestop so I've already picked out which faceplate I want and

Corbietag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26992855.post-48193519528232455132007-07-20T02:25:00.000-05:002007-07-20T02:32:54.023-05:00

There she goes. Back to McAllen, TX where it will (hopefully) be fixed. This is my third Xbox 360 that's kicked the bucket so obviously the third time is not the charm. Maybe the fourth will be. Here's hoping. At least I have a firm grasp of the packing ritual. I could do it in my sleep at this point. I didn't even forget to write the confirmation number on the return label like I did last time.

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I finally got around to picking up this month's Official Xbox Magazine, and loe and behold, inside was a disc that included a fully playable demo of the upcoming Xbox 360 RPG "Eternal Sonata." Let me just first say that the visuals in this game are absolutely incredible, even by current Xbox 360 standards. The attention to detail as well as some of the most realistic and dynamic lighting effects

Corbietag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26992855.post-62282360797062038212007-07-18T05:00:00.000-05:002007-07-18T05:37:32.570-05:00

Being a big Bomberman fan, I made the wait until 4am central time to grab the game as it was put up on Xbox Live Arcade. I've played about an hour and a half of the game and so far I am extremely impressed with it. There's a lot of variety in the different areas and the visuals are the best I've ever seen in a Bomberman game to date. Musically the game is also pretty solid as well, as the

Corbietag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26992855.post-53399229604478014452007-07-18T03:53:00.000-05:002007-07-18T04:25:56.298-05:00

Of all the questions I've been getting around the net lately, it's the question of what games I'm most looking forward to between now and the end of the year that keeps coming up the most often. Although there aren't quite as many titles as would have been listed this time last year, there are still a good number of games I'm anxiously awaiting between now and the holidays so I thought it would

Corbietag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26992855.post-67396596153027880782007-07-18T02:50:00.000-05:002007-07-18T03:01:27.000-05:00

Well the day is almost at hand. After putting in over 800 hours of play on the PSP Hot Shots Golf game, I'm finally about to be rewarded with a brand new Hot Shots Golf game, this time for the Playstation 3 console. The Japanese version of the game is set for release on July 26, and I've already got mine preordered at Play-Asia. After watching videos of the game in action on the official Japanese

Corbietag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26992855.post-34552005359475257292007-07-17T03:29:00.000-05:002007-07-17T03:46:25.263-05:00

Does this look familiar. Well my third Xbox 360 console has been rabidly infected with the "Red Ring of Death" disease. I was in the middle of playing a quick game of Marble Blast Ultra when the damn red lights started blinking. After spewing forth a plethora of profanity, I got treated to an hour and a half of my life on hold listening to some of the most ear-splitting percussion music I've ever

Corbietag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26992855.post-22356275017982201652007-07-15T23:23:00.000-05:002007-07-15T23:33:23.954-05:00

The classic TurboGrafx-16 first-person shooter "Silent Debuggers" makes it way to the Wii Virtual Console today. If you want to check out the review on Virtual-Turbo, you can click on the box art to the left. If not let me break it down for you. The game is an overly simplistic first-person shooter that just feels like it's missing something. You don't have near the level of play control that you

Corbietag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26992855.post-74102293737862408272007-07-14T14:38:00.000-05:002007-07-15T15:19:31.248-05:00

Now that E3 is all said and done, we can take a moment to reflect back to what exactly we learned at this year's E3 extravaganza. Here we go. At the 2007 Electronics Entertainment Expo, we learned that... 1. Nintendo thinks all gamers are chubby fat-asses with the news of their Wii Board attachment. Obviously Nintendo sees the need to get gamers off their butts and exercising. First they

Corbietag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26992855.post-52579956667134918972007-07-14T04:38:00.000-05:002007-07-14T05:12:07.144-05:00

After this week's Sony Playstation 3 price drop fiasco, it begs the question - Is Sony really that incompetent, or do the execs need to put down the crack pipe long enough to make some decent decisions? For those who missed it, here's a quick rundown of the events. 1. Rumor of $100 Playstation 3 price drop is leaked out by a retail manager. 2. Sony flatly denies any price change on the

Corbietag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26992855.post-33188085734118160382007-07-13T22:05:00.000-05:002007-07-14T03:52:19.367-05:00

For those who don't already know it, Microsoft has added a demo of the upcoming RPG "Blue Dragon" to the Xbox Live Marketplace. It's worth noting that the demo is fairly large at 1.13GB, and downloads have been a little slow since so many users have flooded the service to grab the demo. Don't be overly alarmed if the download takes some time. The demo allows you to play two areas of the game and

Corbietag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26992855.post-75713459668216963492007-07-13T19:43:00.000-05:002007-07-13T20:06:42.113-05:00

I want to first say that the blog is back. I tried another service and then the macintosh service and I wasn't as happy with them as I had expected. I've made some adjustments with the settings on this blog and hopefully that will help with reliability. I also want to say a very big thanks to everyone who emailed about bringing the blog back. It was overwhelming and I honestly had no idea that

Corbietag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26992855.post-31938200981736484662007-05-22T03:00:00.000-05:002007-05-22T03:06:19.115-05:00

Now here's a shooter to get your blood flowing. You won't find a more intense or frenetic shooter anywhere than Soukyugurentai. Most people like to talk about Radiant Silvergun, but believe it or not the Saturn does have other outstanding shoot em' ups and this is one of them. If you're a shooter fan there's no reason you shouldn't own this game. It's one of the best shooters ever made and the

Corbietag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26992855.post-2664014609399853662007-05-16T17:47:00.000-05:002007-05-17T23:34:18.722-05:00

Anyone that's followed the video game industry over the past decade knows that Sega's Saturn did not fare too well in the US the first time around. A surprise launch that caught most third-party developers off-guard, not to mention a steep $399.95 price tag, all combined with many other factors to spell demise for Sega's 32-bit console. So why is it that over the past ten years Sega's Saturn has

Corbietag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26992855.post-40215261164339804832007-04-30T03:22:00.000-05:002007-04-30T03:25:27.891-05:00

Hudson has released the action/platformer "Shockman" onto the Wii Virtual Console today. While the game feels a lot like a simple Mega Man clone, the addition of the shooter levels adds a nice touch to an already enjoyable title. If you can appreciate an action game without a lot of bells and whistles, this might be one you'll want to check out. Don't forget to click on the box art to visit the

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Hudson has released the list of TurboGrafx-16 titles that will appear on the US Virtual Console during the month of May. The games are: Ordyne, Ninja Spirit, Blazing Lazers, and World Sports Competition. You can click on the logos to visit the previews of these games on Virtual-Turbo. Great month for the TG16 portion of the Virtual Console!

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Hudson has now confirmed that Blazing Lazers, Ninja Spirit, Neutopia, and Bonk III are all headed to the Wii Virtual Console sometime in the near future. In fact, Blazing Lazers and Ninja Spirit could be coming as soon as next month. Looks like the TurboGrafx-16 portion of the Virtual Console continues to heat up. I'm certainly not complaining. : ) Click on the logos to visit the previews of each

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Hudson has added the old-school personal computer puzzler Battle Lode Runner to the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console today. While this is a great puzzler, it's not going to appeal to just any gamer out there, but fans of the series will want to pick this one up as it's one of the best versions of the game available anywhere. It's also the first Japan-only PC Engine title we've seen released on the US

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Any fan of RPG maker Falcom should do themselves a favor and check out this early title from the company as they were beginning to break into the RPG market. While Dragon Slayer: Legend of Heroes wasn't the company's first RPG title, it was one of the first to gain notice among RPG enthusiasts. The game uses a standard turn-based combat system and also features some absolutely terrific CD-quality

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