Electronic Gaming Monthly articles from September 2007

Electronic Gaming Monthly archives from September 2007

Endangered SPECIES.
September 1, 2007... Move your keister, kiddo-Mama wants to play. And Daddy. Hell, even Granny, too. Seems like everyone is gunning to game nowadays, and it';s not because they want to (finally) save the Earth in Halo 3. Or bang a hooker for health in Grand Theft...

FAR-OUT FANS.
September 1, 2007... Almost anyone can finish the original NES Super Mario Bros. But only one person (who';s cocky enough to brag about it, at least) can solve it in five minutes flat. Andrew Gardikis, a videogame speed runner, did just that (see for yourself at...

5 Lives:.
September 1, 2007... Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani still has creative bite-the famed developer recently served retro buffs the tasty Pac-Man: Championship Edition for the Xbox 360. Sure, he proved he can still stomach games, but can he digest our five questions?...

LittleBigPlanet.
September 1, 2007... PREVIEW: EXCLUSIVE Q&A Platform: PS3 Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Developer: Media Molecule Release Date: Spring 2008 A captive audience of game creators went totally gaga over LittleBigPlanet at...

Metroid Prime 3: CORRUPTION.
September 1, 2007... PREVIEW: EXCLUSIVE INFO Platform: Wii Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Retro Release Date: August 2007 These days, space huntress samus aran has had all the time in the world to needlepoint and pop in her favorite workout...

Gosh.
September 1, 2007... Most licensed titles suck, yes, but some games, like Astro Boy: Omega Factor (GBA) and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Xbox), are both good games and faithful representations of the properties. We bet you';ve had it with sorry...

THAT SUCKS.(Elena Dorfman's Fandomania)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Ghastly getup Spotting cosplayers at conventions is scary, but witnessing an entire book full of ';em is beyond frightening-it';s a sensory s***storm. Photographer Elena Dorfman';s unintentionally horrific book, Fandomania (out now for...

IMPROV IDEA.(Keiji Inafune)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Whipping up game ideas is a cinch for Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune. Or is it? To see, we tossed three random items at him (a mad scientist, a pretzel, and a treasure map) and asked him to cook up a whole new creation for us. Here';s what...

COMING SOON.
September 1, 2007... Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights PS3/XB360/PS2/PSP/DS • THQ Import racing according to THQ? It';s all babes, money, and flashy cars. Oh, and drifting. A whole lot of it. Tokyo and London are just two locales you';ll now drive...

HALO 3: SINGLE-PLAYER/CO-OP: CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
September 1, 2007... Earth';s in a bad way. The alien Covenant have conquered the planet, tearing a mile-wide scar in the pristine Kenyan wilderness in search of the Ark, an ancient installation that can trigger the six remaining Halo space rings and annihilate...

HALO 3: MULTIPLAYER: FROM BATTLEFIELD TO PLAYGROUND.
September 1, 2007... A dozen multicolored Spartans are running around the desert. They';re frantically taking swings at each other with heavy hammers that are as tall as they are, running at triple speed, their legs fluttering about, making these normally tough...

Mario strikers charged.
September 1, 2007... Wii n Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Nintendo Players: 1-4 ESRB: Everyone 10+ wAndrew P: Mario Strikers Charged isn';t a soccer game. It';s hardly even an indoor soccer game. It';s a chaotic war of dispossession, body-checking, and...

Lair.
September 1, 2007... PlayStation 3 n Publisher: Sony CEA Developer: Factor 5 Players: 1 ESRB: Teen wcrispin: As you';d expect of a fantasy-flight sim brimming with volcanic vistas and foreboding cumuli swarming with winged reptiles-and all from the...

ALL-Pro football 2K8.
September 1, 2007... PS3/XB360 n Publisher: 2K Sports Developer: Visual Concepts Players: 1-4 ESRB: Everyone 10+ wTODD: It feels like it';s been way longer than two years since Madden hijacked the NFL license and tackled 2K';s football efforts for, I...

DYNASTY WARRIORS: GUNDAM.
September 1, 2007... PS3/XB360 Publisher: Namco Bandai Developer: Omega Force Players: 1-2 ESRB: Teen wJOE: I can';t tell you much about this game that you can';t deduce from the title. It';s Dynasty Warriors. With Gundam characters. If you';ve played...

NASCAR 08.
September 1, 2007... PS3/XB360 Publisher: EA Sports Developer: EA Tiburon Players: 1-12 ESRB: Everyone wGreg S: Now that the NASCAR series has finally made the leap to the newest generation of consoles, in some ways it';s better than ever. Shiny new...

Blue Dragon.(Product/service evaluation)
September 1, 2007... Xbox 360 n Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Developer: Mistwalker/Artoon Players: 1 ESRB: Teen wA. FITCH: Role-playing fans expect a lot from industry giants Hironobu Sakaguchi, Nobuo Uematsu, and Akira Toriyama (see sidebar)....

JEANNE D';ARC.
September 1, 2007... PSP Publisher: Sony CEA Developer: Level-5 Players: 1 ESRB: Teen wSHANE: Jeanne d';Arc attempts an ambitious task-morphing the real-life tale of Joan of Arc';s involvement in the Hundred Years'; War into a Final Fantasy...

BRAIN Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day.(Product/service evaluation)
September 1, 2007... wJennifer: That wacky brain doctor is back with 17 new mental minigames, and whether you';re making change or counting a runner';s ever-changing place in a footrace, they all provide a nice intellectual workout-much more so than the original....

REVIEWS WRAP-UP.(Product/service evaluation)
September 1, 2007... BIOSHOCK XB360 Publisher: 2K Games ESRB: Mature We had to deep-six our plan to review this thinking man';s first-person shooter when the final game didn';t surface, but extended time with a preview version left us even more wild...

10 Years Ago...(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... On the cover: Tomb Raider 2 As if Lara needed yet another excuse to flaunt her junk, here she is again, in all her ball-busting glory. "Lara Croft gets wet and wild," we proclaim. Well, she did get wet. But wild? I guess it depends on...

The Silent Hills are Alive.(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Silence isn';t always golden Fans of Konami';s famously disturbing horror series were beginning to wonder if they';d ever make a return trip to the accursed burg of Silent Hill. At long last, EGM cuts through the pea-soup fog to reveal...