S. T. Hedgehog
S. T. Hedgehog
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‘Mercenaries’ just won’t work
Plummeting from a thousand feet in a bright yellow jet ski towards the Venezuelan city of Caracas, I find myself asking questions that I never had the clarity of mind to ask before. Why do we fight wars?
Brawl smashes the opposition on Wii
Wii resurgit. After more than a year of lackluster third-party titles, strap width debates and aggravated, pointless wiimote shaking, the sly white box is winning the console war with grace and dignity. “Who’s your daddy?” the Wii asks Sony and Microsoft.
Third-rate hero qualifies as third-rate video game
Have you ever been watching “Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law” on Cartoon Network, and felt the need to click something? Did you become annoyed when you tried the remote, only to find you were no longer watching the same show? Do you wish your TV shows had the illusion of involvement? This is the game for you.
Addictive Lego Star Wars ruins lives
Please do not let me play Lego Star Wars anymore. I always thought that I might have an obsessive-compulsive personality, but I never knew the dark depths to which I could sink until I played Lego Star Wars.
Crotch shots aside, ‘Devil’ disappoints
I feel bad for “Devil May Cry.” It had a good idea, and it was making good games with it. Then “God of War” came along. Everything that “Devil May Cry” did, “God of War” did better. DMC gets credit for originality, but when the mustard hits the ceiling, that just won’t cut the bacon.
‘Worms’ burrows its way into fans’ hearts
Look for me on Xbox live. My gamertag is S T Hedgehog, and you can find me playing Worms most of the time.
‘Bladestorm’ revitalizes Dynasty Warrior formula
“Bladestorm” is not a great game. If I’m going to be honest, it’s not even a good game. The combat is clunky and mindlessly repetitive. The story and progression are murky and obtuse. The landscapes are some of the most boring you can find in the next generation, or even the previous one.
‘Mass Effect’ is a virtual power trip
The reason that “Mass Effect” is so successful is because it manages to lend weight and gravitas to every one of your actions.
Wii and Mario Galaxy: A match made in heaven
Super Mario Galaxy is a bold declaration of Nintendo’s commitment to innovate, even in the face of enormous risk. Nintendo could have simply revamped Galaxy’s GameCube predecessor — Super Mario Sunshine — with streamlined graphics and a handful of hokey Wiimote functions, and the result would have been an excellent game with a guaranteed profit margin.
Big balls and big fun in Katamari
In “Beautiful Katamari,” the third installment in the Katamari series, a racetrack full of gorillas makes just as much sense as sumo wrestlers riding boulders, ninjas skating on water or Tiger Woods hitting a soccer ball with a golf club in a vegetable patch. We love Katamari — and Namco must have been able to read our minds, because they gave that name to the second installment in the series.