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video games
mostly bummer edition
by norm stovall    normstovall@gmail.com


WarTech: Senkou No Ronde
Xbox 360

Senkou No Ronde is one of those unique strategic button-mashing shooters, doing a great job of mixing fighting game style face-offs with scrolling shooter action. That probably doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to read, but once you play for a good bit, you’ll see what I mean. After about a half hour of warm-up time, the action gets addictive and you won’t be able to stop. Piloting your Einhander-esque mech, your goal is to simply fly around the screen and shoot various types of bullets at your opponent. Pattern recognition and use of power-ups is a must, and once you start learning these techniques, you’ll be hooked. This game is certainly not for everyone, and the style of gameplay and presentation is very Japanese. Having said that, I absolutely love it.


Calling All Cars
PS3
Available Via Download

There has been so much hype for this game, it’s ridiculous. Touted as David Jaffe’s downloadable masterpiece, the game has been delayed time and time again. Finally, this game has been released to the public via the PS3 network, and I have to say I’m a little disappointed. In Calling All Cars, it is your job to take cartoony criminals to jail by running them over with your vehicle, and then driving to the Jail located in the center of the map. While doing this, you also have to avoid being attacked by other drivers through crafty steering and use of weapons. You can think of it as sort of a Twisted Metal-meets-Oh Brother Where Art Thou-Meets-A Goofy Movie. I know that seems ridiculous, but that that is what popped into my head when I started playing it. And I hate that I have that image in my head.


Joust
PS3
Available Via Download

I don’t really have much to say about this game, other than that you can download it for 5 dollars from the PS3 network, and it appears to be an arcade perfect port. Well, ok--one more thing. I think this game sucks, and I wouldn’t pay five dollars for it. I thought so when I was 8, and I still think so now.


RED RING OF DEATH
For Xbox 360

No, it isn’t a Johnny Cash song; it’s what is happening to people’s Xbox 360 consoles since the most recent update. Well, it happened to me, and I’m a little peeved about it. See, when your Xbox 360 gets those 3 flashing red lights around the power button, this means you have a hardware failure and you need to return it for repairs. The good news is that you will get it fixed for free if you have had your console for less than a year and have registered it. The bad news is that this happens at all, and the especially bad news is that it happened to me, and now I can’t play friggin’ Dig Dug.

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