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The Game That Cock-Blocked James Bond

The World Ends With You (NDS)
2008 Square/Enix/(Possible Hot Topic Kickbacks)
THE SHORT VERSION:
One of the more innovative NDS games of the year, populated almost entirely by people that I could smack the crap out of if I met in person until they spoke normal. Perfect for the ambidextrous Kingdom Hearts fanfic-writing raver in your life.
THE LONG […]

Nippon Ichi Done Stole Mah Brains

I remembered why I never bothered to finish Disgaea 2 last night when I sat down for another round in my march to beat Soul Nomad and found the former already in my PS2. I think I was showing someone the differences between the two games (one is fast paced enough to be described fairly […]

Wild Arms XF

Wild ARMs XF (PSP)
2008 XSEED/Media Vision
The Short Version: “XF” stands for “Crossfire,” or possibly “Boss says we can’t call it ‘Tactics.’” Sadly doesn’t go too far with the Western motif in regards to classes, but it’s a richer experience than Luminous Arc at least.
The Long Version:

It both explains why I haven’t posted and is a review!

Bangai-O Spirits is frickin’ awesome.

KoF XI (or 2004, But It Would Have Come Out In 2007)

The King of Fighters XI (PS2)
2008 SNK/Playmore
In A Nutshell: Do I really need to explain what King of Fighters is? Well take that basic premise, add a clumsy tag system, and up to 20% Falcoon-brand pansexuals as the leading KOF installment