Category Archive: Power Hour

Dec 15

Power Hour: Gotham City Impostors

Being a fan of any product, as most on the internet would point out, sometimes colors your perspective on a project. A lot has been written and said about those who wear blind goggles or gloss over the flaws in whatever it is they love. What many don’t talk about is the other side of …

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Aug 22

Power Hour: Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii)

The Wii has been a barren wasteland of releases this year. With a few minor exceptions (Mario Sports Mix, Wii Play Motion, The Conduit 2), there has been very little in the way of new releases. Even fewer, in more meaty experiences. Nintendo of America seems content on keeping that going until The Legend of …

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Jul 12

Power Hour: Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

I will start off this article by saying I am cheating, and I realize I am cheating, but let’s explain why it works. First off, it is cheating because I’ve already played through a great big chunk of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door when it was originally released way back in 2004. That said, …

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May 19

Power Hour: L.A. Noire

I’m not very good at sticking to this one hour preview concept; one hour in, a lengthy game like L.A. Noire is still just getting warmed up. After 2 or 3 hours, which is about where I’m at, Rockstar’s collaboration with Team Bondi is settling in nicely and proving once again that Rockstar is one …

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Apr 24

Power Hour: Blur (Xbox 360)

Not that it helps much, but I was a firm supporter of Bizarre Creations, owning their last two home releases in Blood Stone and Blur. Sadly, and this may have been an issue for them, I’ve owned Blur for about 6 months and never got around to opening it until this past week. What can …

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Mar 28

Power Hour: Monster Tale

Monster Tale serves as an interesting swan song to the Nintendo DS, while it probably won’t be remember as one of the last titles, it is a quirky mixture of old school design, and the capabilities of the DS, that truly embodies some of the best of the best on the little handheld. Monster Tale …

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Mar 17

Power Hour: Dragon Age II

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With Dragon Age II, acclaimed developer BioWare has retooled many aspects of its hit Dragon Age: Origins to fall more in line with modern expectations, especially for the horde of fans who eat up their beloved Mass Effect series. While delusionalĀ Baldur’s Gate fanatics may claim “blasphemy!” on some of the tweaks, for the rest of …

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Mar 06

Power Hour: Batman: The Brave and the Bold Wii

For those of you with memories longer than that of a gold fish, you may remember way back when in Sept when we did a review of the DS version of this game. Its taken some time and effort (there were a lot of games this fall!), but finally got my hands on the Wii …

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Feb 23

Welcome the NoTR Power Hour

There’s apparently some rule in Hollywood that a person decides whether they will enjoy a movie or not within the first 10 minutes. Which is why the first 10 minutes is so vital to a movie’s success. I really don’t think you can gauge your interest in a game based on the first 10 minutes, …

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Feb 22

Power Hour: Marvel vs Capcom 3

For a first review, a fighting game is an odd choice for me, but because of the format of the review I think it works perfectly. I have never been hardcore into fighting games thus not one to buy them upon release. So this review will hopefully help people who like Marvel or Capcom who …

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