Forza Motorsport 2 Is the sequel to the hit game for the original Xbox, "Forza Motorsport". Its' a driving simulator that takes you from the racing legend the Ford GT-40 from the '60s, to the modern prototype racing cars. The cars handle incredibly realistically, the game itself is very, very fun and it's ultimately a fantastically built and presented game. The frames per ...

Crackdown is a Grand Theft Auto clone, essentially. However, it's a fantastic Grand Theft Auto clone! Basically, you are a genetically engineered supercop in a city infested with Crime. Police Brutality isn't just encouraged, it's nessecary. It's up to your superpowered law enforcer to kick the rear end of crime through any means nessecary. At first, you have the abilities of se...

Ok, the whole deal with HL2: Episode 1 (Henceforth referred to as Ep1 to save space) is that first came Half-Life 2, the the sequel to Half-Life, then Half-Life 3 will be released in 3 "episodes". However, they aren't called Half-Life 3 Episode 1 or anything, but confusingly Half-Life 2. Now, with that out of the way, Valve has shown they really know what to do when it comes to ga...

This Deodrant works perfectly if you're going to be doing stuff like moving, or playing sports, jogging, riding bikes, whatever. It has a nice fragrance, and will probably last you all day. I reccomend this very much, especially for the reasons above. Plus, it doubles as an anti-perspirant. Whenever I wear it when doing exercise or just about anything in the summer, I was dry as a bone! It&...

The reason I'm reviewing 2 games at once is because I bought them that way. From steampowered.com, Valve Softwares Digital Content Distribution System (deep breath), you can download a client that lets you buy and play games %100 digitally (no discs). Anyway, Darwinia and Uplink come in a bundle. Developed by british game studio "Introversion Software", who tout themselves as &quo...

Defcon is the third, and most recent game by british indie devs Introversion Software. Defcon is a game about global nuclear war. It's a real time strategy, but it's absolutely different from the norm. You start out playing as one of 6 teams; US and Canada, South and Central America, Africa, Europe, Russia, and southeast asia. Your goal is to nuke the heck out of each other and backstab...

If you own a 360, chances are you've heard of Gears of War. Gears of War (henceforth GOW) is a game made by Epic Games, makers of the unreal tournaments. Anyway, GOW is a testosterone-fuelled, action packed third person shooter. It's one part Resident Evil 4, one part Halo and one part Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter. You take cover, blast aliens and all in an over-the-shoulder view! &n...

 Viva Pinata is the latest game by legendary Nintendo developers Rareware (see: Donkey Kong Country, Banjo-Kazooie). In this game, which is a weird blend of animal crossing and pokemon, you managae a garden full of colorful living pinatas. The game is amazingly fun, and addictive. Be warned! This game may appear kid-friendly, but it is SUPER complex. Only buy this if your kid is bright eno...

    Civilization 4 just got it's latest expansion pack released. For those who don't know about Civilization IV, it's a turn-based game where you take one of the greatest civilizations from history (The Spanish, The Aztec, the Romans, The Greeks) and take them from the stone age all the way to the information age. You can build a peaceful civilization, winning by bein...

    From the mind of Peter "Over-hype" Molyneux comes The Movies! In TM, you start your own movie studio, foster rising stars, write your own movies (from an admittedly limited moviemaker) and see your studio become a giant! If it weren't for the fact it gets kind of boring after awhile. Sure, making your movie is a blast and editing it to make it perfect, but after...

Red Steel is the worst game I've ever played and the worst game I've had the misfortune of paying 50 dollars for. The graphics look like they came from a 2001 PS2 game. The voice acting is atrocious, it's very forced and not mature at all (enemies randomly scream obscenities at you). The story? What story? The gameplay is awful. The game ranges from impossibly difficult to mow-down-...

Ever played "Railroad Tycoon", the original from 20ish years ago? Sid Meier's Railroads! is a remake of that game. It's simplified a good deal, but it's still awesomely fun. There is no real story, but you can load single player maps with scenarios in them from history (i.e, in a midwestern U.S. map one goal is to set up steel mills in Detroit and sending a lot of metal th...

Halo 3 is finally here, the conclusion to the epic Halo trilogy for the Xbox consoles. The graphics are amazing, as always! Be sure to get this one working in High Definition. If you buy the limited edition, it comes with a calibration tool to make sure you can get good picture quality. The story is pretty good, like in all the other Halo games. The covenant have come to Earth, and it's up ...

Tetris is finally out for the DS! Of course, there's no story. It's tetris, what more do you want? It comes with 6 game modes, each with a theme from a retro nintendo game. There's a standard mode with a Mario theme, that shows Mario progressing along the top screen through classic Super Mario Brothers levels while you play at the bottom. The 5 other games have some pretty interesti...

Hot Fuzz, the cop movie from the creators of Shaun of the Dead is simply a fantastic movie. Owners of Sharedreviews and readers of this review, go watch this movie right now! Hot Fuzz tells the story of a police officer in London (Simon Pegg) who is so good he makes everybody else look bad and gets the resentment of the force. He gets relocated to a small town with a mysteriously high accident ...

Animal Crossing is the franchise with simplistic graphics, a boatload of opprotunities and random things to do each day to progress in the game. You start out moving to a town (of your name choosing) that's randomly generated (but the key locations are the same, just different positions). Then, you go there and buy a house from the local shopkeep, Tom Nook. Also, everybody in the game excep...

The latest game in the hit Advance Wars Series is Advance Wars Dual Strike. Sure, it was released in August 2005, but it's fun as all heck. The plot is somewhat weak. It's about these 4 good countries/nations and 1 evil nation. The evil nation uses all kinds of dirty tricks and unethical practicies to try to conquer the world at any cost, while the other 4 need to stop the evil one. The...

These colored pencils are fantastic. They come in 24 different shades and they are very high quality. They are comfortable to grip and look very professional. They even come in a case that can lay straight down, or you can push up a part so it balances and holds your pencils, elevated from the table surface for easy access and color selection. The colors from this are very nice and look great e...

For those of you that don't know about Popcap games, they're a "casual game developer", which means they make games designed around the concept of being simple and easy to learn. If you pre-order Valve's newest game pack, "The Orange Box", it comes with Peggle Extreme. Peggle is a blend of breakout and pinball, where you shoot a ball that bounces around and clear...

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is in my opinion the best of the legendary Grand Theft Auto games. The grpahics are pretty bad, but you got to hand it to them. The processing power normally used for a few hallways or a dungeon are being applied to an entire city block! The gameplay, of course, is solid gold. Pure and simple. It rocks! The story is a little weak, but as far as I'm concerned al...