June 2005

You should now see a few new reviews as well as a few new ads on the site. As always, please click them.

I know we have a pretty “large” staff of writers as it is, but with the launch of [url=http://www.moviethunder.com]Movie Thunder[/url] we are all spread pretty thin. If you think you have what it takes to produce solid reviews or even witty features, shoot me an email or a PM on the forums and I would be glad to take a look at some of your work.

Being a part of the Snackbar family means you would get free games as they become available (which I won’t lie, isn’t as frequently as I would like), but with more new content I have a feeling that frequency would increse. If you are interested, please let me know.

Retro Gaming Lives!

June 17, 2005

[url=http://www.playmessiah.com/onlinestore/index.htm]Messiah Entertainment[/url] has some really nifty wireless NES and SNES pads for sale. I have heard that these pads are absolutely great and will probably be picking some up, but it doesn’t stop there. They are building their own consoles that play old NES games, and support for four wireless pads built in! Supposedly these systems will also connect to the old carts better so you don’t have to blow on them anymore (and it will also accept Famicom carts, to boot). I for one, will be picking up a “Generation NEX” and 4 pads to go with it.

Cold Fear

June 17, 2005

[floatleft]http://www.snackbar-games.com/images/reviews/coldfear/cover.jpg[/floatleft]Survival-horror, you should know the genre by now. We have seen reams of them flood the consoles over the years, each trying to bring something new, most failing in the attempt. At first, we had scary pop-up moments that were trickled throughout the game. Then ambience made with sound and design. All of which gave the “been there done that” reaction from a lot of gamers. [i]Cold Fear[/i] by Ubisoft is another survival-horror game, many times referred to as [i]Resident Evil 4[/i] on a boat. Now while I cannot say that is totally true, it does borrow many of the aspects that make [i]RE4[/i] so good. By aspects, I mean an attention to action. In the past, it was scattered action and lots of puzzle solving. Now it’s blow stuff up, unlock a door, blast more things, get scared, blow away what scared youA

Pok

June 17, 2005

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Also Back

June 16, 2005

Just got back in from Chicago, man that place rules. I have SOOOO much to catch up on, and so little time to do it, se la vi.