VM: "The big new feature for this game is what LucasArts calls "droids as toys". You can jump onto any enemy in the game, take it over and use its abilities. Anakin can, for example, leap on top of a droid, thrust his lightsaber down into its head and then steer it as if driving a mechanised ape, firing its lasers at anything and everything. One droid can be used to lay down mines. Another, called a Destroyer (like a rolling ball with a shield), can be jumped on and rode. We might not have seen that kind of madness in the films, but it's a damn sight more exciting than waving your wand and muttering "these aren't the droids you're looking for".
YouTube’s ‘John GodGames Emus’ and ‘Emulators for PC’ have shared some new videos, showing GUN, Bodycount, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Wanted: Weapons of Fate and more running on the latest version of the best Xbox 360 emulator, Xenia.
Backlog Quest is a month long special event on Clearance Bin Review featuring daily game reviews of the games that have sat on the shelf for simply too long; old and new.
From Day 30 – Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Republic Heroes, Tristan Rendo writes, "Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes is a video game with three titles and only one camera angle. A mix between platforming and third person shooter, Republic Heroes never manages to really nail either one.
The game takes place between the events of seasons 1 and 2 of The Clone Wars TV series, and as such, you’ll be a bit lost if you haven’t been following the show. Most characters though have a basis from the films and you can deduce what is happening plot wise even if you haven’t been a fan of the show; though there isn’t much of a reason to do so. Despite the fact that the story jumps between several Jedi all over the galaxy (as well as clone troopers) there really isn’t much memorable about the plot. The one enjoyab...
NEW YORK CITY — You may not know the name Ashley Eckstein, but you’ve heard her voice many times. The Hollywood actress broke out in the Disney Channel series “That’s So Raven,” but splits her time these days between voice work in television and video games and running her own female-focused geek clothing line, Her Universe.
