A game high on polish, but lacking in substance and only recommended for hardcore Snicket fans.

GG Boost mode adds in a nice change of pace, seamlessly blending a complicated tournament fighter with a traditional, simplistic side-scrolling beat-em-up; Multi-tap support makes for great 4-player party fun.

One of the game's biggest achievements, however, is that it actually gets you to care about Carl and his friends - the other gang members who ride and fight with you on most missions. They all seem to have their own personalities and come across as being fully-realized characters.

A package that fans of the series will want to snatch up immediately, though people with a casual interest in the genre may not find enough new content to interest them.

It's a game worth checking out if you like strong, sexy female anti-heroes and gratuitous bloodshed, and aren't hoping for an experience heavy on plot and social relevance.

Plagued by gameplay issues and amateur graphics and sound. Get On Da Mic? Get off da shelves.

All the elements are here and there are only a few quirks that keep it from greatness.

Despite some minor flaws, Yourself! Fitness is a fantastic first effort from publisher Respondesign. Available for a meager $35, it's a cheap way to keep your New Year's weight loss resolutions. Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in staying fit.

Even if you just find a couple songs you really like, it's the kind of game you'll go back to quite often when you have some free time. So overall, it's a good game. Unfortunately, it's just doesn't have enough gameplay modes to make it great.

Highly amusing, fun combat system but a bit dragged down by the sometimes hard to get used to controls. Online play is great, but lag is sometimes a painful factor against small enemies.

Successfully combines action and RPG elements; Easy controls and simple game play; Great use of X-Men license that will please fans of the comic.

Replayability is actually fairly high, for once you have completed a stage you can go back and try to make the star even larger.

The expansion is only $29.99, and well worth it for the hardcore FFXI player.

The bottom line is that Battlefront is an A-list rental; great for a weekend of Star Wars geekery with a bunch of friends, offering solid fun for the first four or five hours. After that, well, to impersonate Yoda: whether or not to own it you will want, only the future will tell.

A lot of style with very little substance makes Grave a dull boy.

Peter Molyneux and Big Blue Box have proven that they are on the right path and a sequel for the next generation of consoles just might provide that breakthrough title that we are all pining for.

Shellshock promises gamers a chance for a realistic Vietnam War experience, but what it delivers is a repetitive third-person shooter that fails to break any new ground.

If you want more than this from an arcade racer, you've got to be crazy. It's all here in spades!

Though it tries to emulate many of the signature elements of its peers, it ends up a bit of a disappointment.

A brilliant, if somewhat belated, RPG with a gripping, unique story and one of the best combat systems of any RPG.

The limited online mode and lack of a course editor are lamentable, but the new characters and courses are quite nice.

This is exactly what should be expected from a terrible movie; a terrible game.

NCAA 2005 is not without problems, but no other game on the market can compare to its authentic college atmosphere.

The game might make a good rental if you're looking for some hardcore hack and slash action, but is scarcely worth buying.

One of the greatest RPGs to come out in recent years, far surpassing most other attempts at the genre, even by famed Squaresoft. The storyline, characters, combat just blow everything else out of the water.

It is just plagued by mindful tedium and an uninspired battle system that prevent it from breaking the shackles of mediocrity and soaring to glory. It pains me to give Spidey 2 such a bad review, since the game's saving grace of web-shooting clearly showed that the game had serious potential.

Beyond the tropical setting and mini-games, you get a very solid digital replication of everyone’s favorite indoor activity, minus the booze and hustlers of course. A solid offering that will delight billiards fans for a few months.

Here's to the simpler things in life, and to Mega Man on his 15th birthday.