Archive for June, 2008


Movie Review: WALL-E

Monday, June 30th, 2008

WALL-E and EVE

There comes a time in every critic’s life when they come across something that is beyond their cynicism and critique.  Somewhere along the line, something will present itself to them at is beyond all reprehension and is simply beautiful in every possible way.  WALL-E instantly hit #1 in the box-offices, has been given perfect scores by essentially all notable critics, and has a ratings average of 9.2 on imdb and a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes.  Is it really worth all of the hype that has been afforded it?

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Warren Review: The World Ends With You

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

The World Ends With You

Time played: approx. 18 hours
Progress: completed game (1 time), player level 49, ESP’er Rank C

The World Ends with You is an action-RPG for the Nintendo DS. It was developed by Jupiter (a subsidiary of Square Enix) who was also responsible for the game Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.  The World Ends with You?s pedigree and ancestors have set a pretty high set of standards for new Square Enix games not of the Final Fantasy lineage.  But does this new game meets up to these standards?

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Logitech Cordless MediaBoard for PS3

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Cost: $54 (most places; I found mine for $34)
Interface: Wireless via USB
Platform: Playstation 3 (Works on PC, Mac and Wii (no trackpad on Wii))

The Logitech Cordless MediaBoard for Playstation 3 is an all-in-one Keyboard and Mouse. It says that it is for Playstation 3, but I have tested it on a PC and it worked perfectly without any driver installation. To be more specific, I built a new system and used it to setup my BIOS settings for the first time, then to install the operating system.

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New Content

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Angora Usagi

The Game Usagi team has been busy behind the scenes prepping some new things for our readers over the summer.  Here’s some of what we have planned:

  • The Usagi-cast —  more game news and reviews plus our opinions on such.  In addition to the usual gaming podcast banter, we’ll be doing something super-special, so watch out for it!
  • Warren Reviews — reviews that go as deep as a warren into the essential nature of the game due to the fact that it was entirely completed before the review was written.  This gives you a definitive look at the nuances of a game that can be missed in preliminary reviews.
  • Proper forums — our current forums have been having issues along with our current sidebar.  We’re going to revamp the entire thing and start fresh with a new forum software to see if we can’t get them working even more smoothly.

New Affiliate

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

SlapStic

The Game Usagi friends network as expanded once again with the nice new addition of SlapStic.com. This site delivers you your video game news, but with a unique wry sense of humour that is refreshing amongst the hundreds of video game news blogs on the net. We here at Game Usagi look forward to possible collaboration in the future and just generally growing alongside of this site. You can pay them a visit by either clicking this post’s image or catching them in the sidebar’s affiliate links list.

New Anime Reviews

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

GiTS Laughing Man

I’ve added a couple more animes to our anime review section. The count is now up to 34 must-see anime movies! Pretty cool. You can check them out by either clicking the link in the sidebar or the Laughing Man image at the top of this post.