DS/DSi Reviews
A $2 DSi download has taught my 3 year old daughter to turn on the DSi, start up her favorite game and play through it, without any help from me or my wife. Best of all, this little game is helping her learn basic skills like letters and numbers. How… Full Story
Based on the movie starring the voice of Steve Carrell, Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem has you in control as you try to avoid traps, and enemies using various minions. Your goal is to get your primary character to collect an object and reach the exit.
Straightforward enough for certain. But… Full Story
Wipeout is a TV show that celebrates failure. Sure, someone wins and takes home a few dollars, but really, no one watches it for that. We watch to see ordinary people falling, splashing into the pools of water and mud beneath each obstacle. It’s dumb for sure, but its… Full Story
WarioWare D.I.Y., like other games in the “creation” genre, is conflicting. It’s hard to evaluate titles like this purely as games, because they’re so much more than that. But at the same time, why do we choose this particular hobby? To play games. At what point did… Full Story
Since we’re all about accountability here at GamerPops, I’d like to start off this review by admitting that I have multiple Build-A-Bear creations in my house, adorable outfits and all. And as my daughter gets older I’m certain the number will grow. With that potential conflict of… Full Story
Thus far in my video game journalist career, I’ve learned all about Pokemon, I’ve self-taught myself Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s, and this week, its been all about Bakugan, the current hottest boy’s toy property. At least, it was when I wrote this sentence. By the time you read it,… Full Story
The Nintendo DS, in all its forms, is home to many different and interesting titles. Sure, there are your traditional games. But you also have your share of fitness, brain-exercising, and other non-traditional titles. Among these are utility titles, which is where America’s Test Kitchen: Let’s Get Cooking falls.… Full Story
Lilo and Stitch remains a buried treasure for Disney, a tiny shining star from a post Lion King period that saw Disney embrace computer generated animation at the expense of hand drawn, produce such “quality” films as Treasure Island and
But tucked in there amongst the dreck… Full Story
When a new Pokemon game arrives, there are two things you can take as a safe bet: it will be filled a tremendous number of adorable Pokemon characters and you should set aside plenty of time to play this game, because these games tend to be experiences… Full Story
When a new Pokemon game arrives, there are two things you can take as a safe bet: it will be filled a tremendous number of adorable Pokemon characters and you should set aside plenty of time to play this game, because these games tend to be experiences… Full Story
Having released two Deca Sports games on the Wii, Hudson Soft has taken their minigame collection series and brought it to the portable arena in releasing Deca Sports DS for the Nintendo DS. It continues the Deca formula of featuring a number of shallower sports games, many of which… Full Story
At GamerPops, we provide coverage of the whole broad range of console and handheld gaming, with a special focus on games for children, playable either on their own, or with parents. Within that category is the oft-neglected or ridiculed world of girl games. With most review sites, these games are ignored… Full Story
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth is the first spin-off of the hit Phoenix Wright series, bringing the games stuffy prosecutor into his own series. Rather than repeating the courtroom battles of previous games, Miles Edgeworth instead is thrust into the role of investigator, trying to… Full Story
All right, I’ll admit it. I’ve never played an RPG before. The closest I ever got was Super Paper Mario (which I thoroughly enjoyed), whose qualifications as an RPG are debatable at best. So when I received Glory of Heracles for the Nintendo DS, I was a little afraid… Full Story
