Star Wars Video Games (PSP, DS, Wii, and Xbox 360)

Star Wars took the world by storm with its intriguing plot, terrific graphics, and mind blowing action and adventure. Riding on the success of the movie and the television series came innumerable number of video games. Featuring thrilling action sequences and interactive game play, these video games became very popular among avid gamers. Two of the most popular video games are The Force Unleashed and the Star Wars Clone Wars Republic Heroes Game.The Star Wars - The Force Unleashed Game (DS, Wii, and Xbox 360) The Force Unleashed is a gripping...

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How To Become a Video Game Tester at Home

The video game business has become a billion dollar industry and continues to grow at an ever increasing rate. Through this explosive growth and the advances in technology has arisen new and exciting job opportunities for video game testers.Within North America there are literally dozens of game development design studios all aggressively perusing there share of this enormous gaming market.To assure their success many new game developers will seek the aid of professional video game testers prior to a major market launch. This will provide critical...

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Mass Effect 3

Mass Effect 3 is the final chapter in BioWare's epic space opera. The Reaper threat that's loomed over the first two installments in the series comes to fruition in the opening sequence of the trilogy's conclusion. Earth is one of the first systems to fall under siege and it is hit hard. Amidst the carnage, we find series protagonist Shepherd doing his best to survive. He's quickly reinstated by Admiral Anderson and Admiral Hackett (Shepherd was relieved of duty following the aftermath of Mass Effect 2 and its DLC), and he is tasked with unifying...

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Parents: Do Your Kids Love Playing Computer and Console Games? Then They Could Test Them!

As parents we usually worry that our kids spend too long playing games on their consoles and computers, but actually they are developing specific knowledge and expertise that might surprise us. I don't mean just their amazingly nimble thumbs and brains, they are also learning what works and what doesn't in gaming - the right degree of challenge, and reward, that makes the art of gamification function, that keeps players of different levels striving for the next achievement. This is at the cutting edge of behavioural science, with application in...

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The Constant Evolution Of Rise Of Flight

One of the best things to come out of the video game craze of the 80's, was the desire to create and produce more realistic action and flying games.That craze also led to developers trying to find a way to get those games into people homes, which they did with the introduction of game systems.We are a greedy lot though, and the demand for bigger and better games meant that those systems continued to develop, until they finally reached the point where they are at today. The realism in today's games is staggering when you compare it to those early...

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My Experience With A Flight Simulator

This is not another review of a flight simulator, It's just that I'd like to share with you my own experience of flying and what I've learned since I got interested, after seeing my someone playing Pro Flight Simulator online. It intrigued me so much that I went back in time to find out how it all started. Flight simulation really started way back in the 1920s, however in the 1960s and the 1980s it was only for high - end computers. In the 90's with increasing technology in computers we started to see more and more flight simulator games available...

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Willy Wiener and the Tunnel of Doom Review

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to play a hot dog who has to rescue a donut damsel in distress from the clutches of Hell? Well, then you're in luck, because that's exactly what MobiDojo's "Willy Wiener and the Tunnel of Doom" is about!Willy Wiener is a heroic hot dog who is risking his buns (har har) to save Dottie the Donut from Evil Mr. Mephisto Maplebar. Your role in this is to guide Willy through eight fiery levels plus a boss level. Each level consists of two rounds. The first one has Willy falling down through the Tunnel of...

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Halo 4 Ranking System

It is official, Halo 4's ranking system will not be a duplicate of Halo Reach's, but then what will it be like? Frankie has denounced a 1-50 system like in Halo 3; stating that boosting was rampant and ruined the ranking system once you went above level 45. These admissions may infuse Halo's more dedicated fans to a possible return to the way Halo 2 ranked skill. I for one would be thrilled with a return to this system, but that seems unlikely.It seems that game developers have gone from simple and effective ranking systems to complex, ineffective,...

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