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GoldenEye 007 – Nintendo DS Released Nov. 2010 Everyone remembers the genre-defining First-Person Shooter GoldenEye 007 on Nintendo 64, at least I hope they do. This game raised the bar for FPSs during that era, and none of the competing systems had a game that came close to this game. GoldenEye 007 on the Nintendo DS is a “re-imagining” of that fantastic game. It is a half-decent “on-the-go” version of GoldenEye, with emphasis on the “half”. It is most certainly not “decent”. I played this game on the (original) 3DSXL, which only means I had the added comfort of an analog stick. This came in handy as I doubt I would have finished the game without it. But first things first. The story is generally the same as the N64 version, but the levels look different. The graphics aren't as smooth and polished as the original, but it is a FPS that does NOT require the damned stylus to get through it. Thank you, Nintendo, for that. There were too many FPSs for the DS t...

UNCHARTED 4- A Thief's End Released May 2016 This review will be quick. There is no reason to linger on this game. It is probably as close to perfect as I've seen in a modern video game. It is certainly no wonder that the new Tomb Raider installations copy the Uncharted formula so closely. This game is a must-play on the PS4. Get it, or sell your PS4 because you aren't getting the best out of it. The graphics are phenomenal on the PS4 and the controls are perfect. No camera problems, no clunky controls at ANY point in this game. Nauseating heights are reached through climbing and jumping, the shooting combat is rock-solid, there is nothing bad I can say about this game. Solid story and plot, and we get to meet Nathan Drake's brother. But no spoilers here. Supposedly the last one in the franchise. Hmmm… Anyway, all-but perfect game, rare that I give such a score. Get it or sell your PS4, you are not worthy. Never met an Uncharted game I didn'...

Uncharted:Golden Abyss for PS Vita Released Dec, 2011      Having played and finished every Uncharted game to date puts me in a strange position. I want to like the Playstation Vita’s Uncharted offering, I really do. That being said, the honest truth is that I do like it, despite the fact that when compared to the PS3 Uncharteds, Golden Abyss just doesn’t measure up. Perhaps I excuse it because it is, after all, merely a portable Nathan Drake story. I remind myself that the Vita was supposed to be the wonder machine that closed the gap between portable and console gaming. Not so if one uses this game as a measurement.      There are areas of pointless gimmicky controls, both touchscreen and the sensitive back of the machine that add nothing to the game. Hand-to-hand combat is achieved via swiping the screen in motions that follow arrows that appear. Not a bad idea if done in moderation, but the combat sequences are many times too long, to the point where i...

BOUND- PSVR Version, PS4. Sony Interactive Entertainment Santa Monica Studio, Plastic Studios. Released August 2016      Let me start this review by telling you, the reader, a bit about my own experience with video games. I am, at the time of this writing, 49 years old with my 50th birthday only weeks away. I have been playing since the 1980s, in real, stocked arcades as well as cutting my teeth on the Atari 2600. Currently I am a collector with a massive gaming console, handheld, and game collection (that, admittedly, I am trying to scale back). I have played every genre, every kind of game from most if not every brand. The Steam service subscribes to ME. To be truthfully blunt, I have experienced it all.      Or so I thought. I have NEVER seen or played a game like this. EVER.      I have had trouble finding things that really move me on the PSVR platform; Battlezone has been great and Driveclub. But I have been disappointed by games like...