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Video - Game Review: Turning Point: Fall of Liberty

2008-03-08T22:27:00.000-05:00

Video - Game Review: Dark Sector

2008-03-08T22:24:00.001-05:00

Video - Game Show: Kyra & Logan From TigerTV

2008-03-08T22:20:00.002-05:00

Video - Game Review: Bully Scholarship Edition

2008-03-08T22:19:00.001-05:00

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2008-03-08T22:14:00.002-05:00

Article - Game Review: Bully Scholarship Edition

2008-03-08T21:37:00.002-05:00

We're here to tell you about Bully Scholarship
edition the new game soon to be released by rockstar.

Bully takes you into the life of 15 year old delinquent Jimmy Hopkins who has been expelled from 7 other schools and is finally dropped into Bullworth academy by his parents. You follow Jimmy through his day to day life as he deals with the ups and downs of adjusting to his new school (a fictional, entirely corrupt, boarding school) located somewhere in New England.

Bully expresses the awkwardness and overall humorous daily life of adolescence so perfectly it's almost frightening. It pulls you into its cinematic and highly engaging world, causing one to wonder why on earth anyone would actually want to relive those years!

Though developed by Rockstar (renowned creator of GTA - that's Grand Theft Auto for those over 30) I’m sad to say there is no blood, no guns, and no cool cars to boost; not to say that there is no violence, but it is a T rated game so don’t expect it to be a GTA clone.

The story lets you determine, through various missions, how the student body will react to you, as each mission gains or loses you respect from specific groups and cliques. Honestly earning their respect saves you a lot of grief, as most of the cliques would rather beat you into the ground than bother with you. Communicating with fellow students is as simple as selecting a positive or negative response, you may want to avoid the negative ones. Avoid taunting or provoking fights as much as possible, since praise can win you the heart of a girl or boy and kissing raises your health. So remember: a kiss a day keeps the reaper away, though you may need more then one.

Most of the action involves hand to hand combat but you do get to use a few humiliation tactics that are more then entertaining. To fully appreciate this game you would have to take your time, attend a few classes, and complete all the missions. If your not really into that, and simply want to beat it and get it over with, it’ll take you maybe 12 to 14 hours.

I’m not saying it’s a must have, just simply a must play. But forever thank Rockstar for bringing us back to our teenage angst years and reminding us why we rarely look back fondly on them.

Kyra M.
Game Reviewer

Article - Game Review: Turok For The XBOX 360

2008-03-08T21:31:00.007-05:00

So you think your tough enough to kill a T-rex with a knife? Well you can prove it in Turok for the XBOX 360.

Playing as the infamous Joseph Turok, you and your special forces crew track down the menacing Rowland Kane, a war criminal that has taken over a planet much the equivalent of Jurassic park’s Lost World.

So what’s so wonderful about the this Turok game anyway? First, you get to kill really nasty dinosaurs. Second, you can do it with a really Big Knife. And third, with a variety of fire power from the OSO War Horse mini-gun to the ESUS Fireblade Flame thrower, which not only singes enemies nearby, but acts as a napalm grenade launcher taking care of the hoard of enemies coming towards you. Fourth you can do this on XBOX LIVE with up 16 players creating total mayhem on this dinosaur infested terrain. (Also the story line isn’t half bad).

So what’s not so wonderful about the game? Not all of your opponents are dinosaurs. Oh, and that part about killing the T-Rex with the knife deal… Not as easy as it sounds.

But lets get back to the seriousness of it all. There are some aspects which don't quite measure up. The game play is nothing really new. The environments are a bit murky, and there was obviously a conscious decision to keep everything an earthy tone, which is perfect for the game, but gets monotonous and tiring after a short while. If you like to fully explore a game and wander around aimlessly, then I’m sorry to say this game is not for you. Though there may be 2 or three 3 walkways to get to where you want to go, it does very little to make the game more exciting, and of course there is the old Door that only exists to spit more enemies at you as well as the door that simply refuses to open or have a purpose; SO MUCH FUN! The other thing that is also common from a few games is the point of view - it seems that your eye level is too low for a normal person (given the landscape).

In all honesty though Turok isn’t a bad game (even my dad loves it)… its just not living up to the potential it might have had. But if you are a fan of the Turok series, you will probably like it! So go get it,have fun with the T-Rex.

Kyra M.
Game Reviewer