Welcome to the Bitmob Reviews Spotlight, which we're considering renaming the Matthew Erazo and Brian Shirk Reviews Spotlight Bromantic Brouhaha, because those guys write about a million good reviews a week, each. Not that we're complaining! Of course, some of you out there not named Erazo or Shirk also wrote some excellent reviews lately, and they're here too.
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
By Brian Petro-Roy
Brian tries out his new, proprietary Love/Like/Dislike/Hate review system on Secret of Monkey Island, and ends up with a well-argued Liked It.
Damnation
By Rob Thomas
I love this review. It's well-written, and also peppered with actual, unintentionally (I think) hilarious quotes from the game. "It's time to try the gift my brother gave us. Rourke, try the gift my brother gave us." Yeah, Rourke. Try the gift her brother gave us. You know the one.
XBLI Trial Rundown(s)
By Joe Donato
Man, there are some crazy 'games' coming out on that Xbox Live Indie Games thing. Luckily, Joe's here to tell us how most of them are not so great. He's actually posted two installments of this series lately -- highlights from the first include Space Math, the sequel to Math Gardener, and Periodic Table, which does indeed appear to be about the Periodic Table of the Elements. The second includes impressions of such hits as Extreme Rock, Paper, Scissors Online, and that's one of the better sounding ones.
Splosion Man
By Conor Hughes
I really need to play this game. I don't fully understand Conor's rating system (three scores for 'hardcore,' 'core,' and 'casual'), but he gave it 10s across the board so I think he liked it.
Damnation
By Frank Anderson
You know, I hadn't even heard of this game until these Damnation reviews started popping up. Like Rob, Frank is not a big fan.
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
By Allistair Everett
Allistair offers this review of Bound in Blood in both text and video form.
Resident Evil 5
By Rob Savillo
Rob's not nuts for RE5's simple puzzles or AI partner, but he is excited about upgrading his weapons via multiple playthroughs, so it couldn't have been too unbearable.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
By Frank Anderson
Self-avowed Potter fanboy Frank makes the point that a Bully-style Harry Potter game could be pretty amazing -- but this isn't that game.
Infamous
By Joaquin Lowe
Joaquin's a fan of Sucker Punch's excellent Sly Cooper series, but still didn't expect the developer to change gears so successfully. Also unexpected: one of Joaquin's favorite things about Infamous is that it's so easy to be evil.
Ghostbusters
By Mark T. Whitney
Ghostbusters is possibly the most-reviewed game on Bitmob, according to an unscientific survey I just conducted by counting on my fingers. Mark liked it, mainly.
Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers
By Mark T. Whitney
Magic: The Gathering virgin Mark becomes Magic: The Gathering veteran, although sounds like this is a dumbed-down version of the real game.
Wii Sports Resort
By Cody Winn
Cody breaks down each of Resort's 12 games, and much prefers this one to the original.
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion
By Michael Wenzel
Yeah, Michael may be a little late to the party on this one, but if you haven't decided by now if this Oblivion game is something you want to look into, there's no time like the present.
Matthew Erazo Review Hour
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
By Matthew Erazo
Personally, I think Assault on Dark Athena and the original Escape from Butcher Bay are the only two actively good things Vin Diesel has ever been associated with. Matthew seems less anti-Diesel, but remains very pro-Riddick.
Zen Bound
By Matthew Erazo
In this edition of Matthew's Touch Tuesday iPhone game review series, Matthew checks out this game about wrapping string around wooden models. I don't quite understand it, but after reading this I know I need to download it.
Wild West
By Matthew Erazo
Another Tuesday, another Touch Tuesday, this time about a Wild West-themed pinball game on iPhone. Any game that's recommended as good for killing time at the DMV is not high on my must-buy list, however.
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
By Matthew Erazo
Wait, is it Tuesday again? This review of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition for iPhone says yes. It also says, "Just stick to the console versions unless you enjoy fighting with a game to play it."
Matthew Hands the Reviews Baton to Brian Shirk....
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
By Brian Shirk
Brian also weighs in on Monkey Island, but he played the XBLA version. He wasn't a huge fan of the puzzles, though.
Final Fantasy 4: The After Years -- Porom's Tale, Edward's Tale, The Lunarian's Tale
By Brian Shirk
Our man Brian reviews the latest three episodes of FF4: The After Years DLC. In case you're late to the episodic FF party, you can find his review of the first batch of episodes here, and the following three here.
Space Invaders Extreme
By Brian Shirk
Space Invaders has been extremified and is now on XBLA, and it sure does sound good. But is it better than Space Invaders Infinity Gene on iPhone? I need a Shirk or Erazo to tell me!
Perfect Dark Zero
By Brian Shirk
Brian picked up 360 launch game Perfect Dark Zero for $8 on eBay. Didn't like it.
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
By Brian Shirk
And our Brian Shirk programming comes to a close with this look at MvC2 on XBLA. It earns Brian's highest mark: two giant Shirks up.
