Recent content by rjung

Didn't see this in the weekly Target thread on the deals forum, and thought it was worth mentioning... Went out to Target this afternoon and saw that they had Need for Speed: Nitro for the Wii at $40 ($10 off regular). Might be worth picking up for those of you on the fence (I'm considering it...

To recommend something slightly off the beaten track, consider The Dog Island (originally developed in Japan, published in the US by Ubisoft). It's a kid-friendly third-person adventure game, plays entirely with the Wii remote, and is pretty decent if you want a G-rated Zelda clone. --R.J.

The Wii remains my most fun-inducing console since the SNES and Genesis. I'm currently finding The Conduit to be really distracting -- instead of going to bed early or getting some late-night work done, I keep going online for multiplayer mayhem... --R.J.

IME, the only people who say "There's nothing on Console X I want to play" are either trolls or extremely finicky. Any halfway-decent system will have some titles worth playing on it -- hell, even my Atari Jaguar was worth it for Tempest 2000, Alien vs. Predator, Iron Soldier, and NBA Jam...

If it's that hard for you, why do you make it even harder??? I can beat that part, though it usually takes me a few tries. Even when you know where the health kits and conduits are, taking them out can be tough. You have to find a balance between rushing them (and getting killed) and playing...

Glitching hasn't been too bad for me -- out of dozens of games, I've only had it happen 2 or 3 times. Spent the other day playing several hours of 12-player free-for-all without any problems. --R.J.

Assuming you didn't get a cheater, the best advice is to just not give up and keep practicing online. Learn the benefits/drawbacks of each weapon, learn the layout of the maps, learn the rules for each match type, and develop a playing style that suits you. I personally prefer to rush forward...

The Giant Bomb review was a classic example of Epic Fail. :wall: Then again, it was by Jeff Gershman, the guy who plays Wii Sports Golf sitting down... --R.J.

Too busy having fun to notice any hacking/cheats. :) Lock-on definitely helps in multiplayer, though. --R.J.

Added myself to the spreadsheet: 2579-0937-8307 --R.J.

Finally beat the game. The ending was rather abrupt and clearly fishing for a sequel, but I didn't mind. Though I died a dozen times on the very last objective, simply because I didn't know what I needed to do to finish the level (and the vague description didn't help). Otherwise, solid and...

Hot damn! :) --R.J.

Just to echo what others have said, you might want to rent/try The Conduit and see if tweaking the controls/settings can alleviate your motion sickness. For reference, I usually get motion sickness with other FPSes after playing for more than an hour or two; I had to limit my Metroid Prime...

My one beef with Metroid Prime: Corruption was that it had way too much exploration and not enough shooting alien ass for my tastes -- and in that regard, The Conduit is exactly what I wanted. If the idea of blasting everybody in sight with better-than-Metroid controls appeals to you, BUY THIS...

I got it with mine; it's a small book that fits inside the case, right behind the manual. All color, mostly concept sketches and early designs, stuff like that with accompanying text. There's a Flickr set of the artbook floating around on the internet, IIRC. I could be wrong, but I was under...