Author Archive - Raven

The Naked Brothers Band is Nickelodeon's answer to the Disney Channel's The Jonas Brothers. While you have probably heard of the latter, the former isn't quite so well known, outside of 9-14 year olds. In the game, which almost takes the title for longest video game name ever, you ...

I don't know a whole lot about the Bratz. What I do know involves nothing more than a few t-shirts my daughters have, along with the few big head, attitude having dolls they seem to acquire from family members. So who better to play test Bratz: Girls Really ...

FIFA Soccer 09 is the yearly update to the ever popular FIFA franchise. The series has long been blasted as the more arcadey version of the beautiful game while its main competitor, Pro Evolution Soccer, has long been praised by those who worship at the altar of the game ...

SimCity Creator for the Nintendo Wii is the newest iteration of the wildly popular SimCity games. For those who have been living under a rock for the last 15 or so years, the SimCity games let you build the metropolis of your dreams. Start by building roads, sewer ...

Red Bull BC One for the Nintendo DS is based on the b-boy competition by the same name. It's an odd mishmash of an iPod commercial, simple mini games, and some of the most horribly written cutscenes since Zero Wing. Red Bull BC One puts you in the shoes of ...

Vampire Rain: Altered Species was released on the Xbox 360 last year to pretty bad reviews. The newly released version for the PS3 tries to set itself apart from its' predecessor by tacking on a crappy subtitle and moving some cutscenes around, but this doesn't address the real problems ...

During recent years, music games have taken the world by storm. While games like Drummania and Guitar Freaks have been around for a while, it was only recently with the release of the Guitar Hero games that the popularity skyrocketed. Battle of the Bands tries to latch ...

Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Vol. 2 is a compilation released by SNK Playmore. It contains 3 games, Real Bout Fatal Fury, Real Bout Fatal Fury Special, and Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers. This is a very bare bones compilation, offering nothing other than the games with ...

The Silent Hill series is one of my favorite video game series of all time. The first time I played the first Silent Hill on the PSone, I was genuinely creeped out by it. The story, the sparseness of everything, the fog, all of it came together to ...

SNK Playmore has been in a nostalgic mood lately. They have been releasing much of their back catalog in the form of compilations and anthologies. This is good for all those old school gamers who couldn't afford a Neo Geo back in the day. While this could ...