Epinions Recent Reviews for EdTeach

Tough to Call This a Sequel

Sat, 16 Feb 2002 17:49:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - For years, Quake and its two sequels were the hottest thing in the first person shooter (FPS) genre. There have been many new and innovative titles from other developers, but it's hard to stray from Id if you were weaned on them since the early days of...

Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder for Game Boy Advance: Perfect GBA Title for the a Flight to Tahoe

Thu, 31 Jan 2002 12:31:08 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - I’m fresh off a review of Shaun Palmer’s Pro Snowboarder for PS2. Although I didn’t seem to like it, and I couldn’t recommend it, I truly enjoyed it. Well I got snowboarding fever again. I donned my parka, gloves, and hat. Don’t worry, I wasn’t walking...

Snowboarding Done X Games Style

Mon, 28 Jan 2002 01:25:37 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - The assortment of Snowboarding games on the market today has taken the sport from one extreme to the other. Activision has now stepped in and created another completely new direction for the genre, but the their Tony Hawk formula doesn’t quite fit the...

Pleasure From Payne

Tue, 1 Jan 2002 15:44:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - Max Payne is a title that has long been awaited for the PC. They leaked screen shots years ago, and set the world on fire. The quality of the screen shots was unheard of. Especially amazing was the use of near photo quality textures for the...

Reason? Who needs a reason when you have a lightsaber?

Mon, 31 Dec 2001 19:48:25 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - The PC world has been looking for a follow up to the Jedi Knight classic for quite some time now. That follow up was supposed to be Obi-Wan (now we’ll have to wait for Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast). In an interesting trend, Lucas Arts...

Down With Mr. Burns

Sun, 30 Dec 2001 01:05:49 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - The Simpsons television show has had a huge run. After all of these years, it still gets strong enough ratings to be part of Fox’s Sunday night lineup. And with the recent onslaught of Simpsons merchandising, it’s clearly still a strong brand in the eyes...

FIFA Soccer 2002 for PlayStation 2: FIFA 2002: Total Control Soccer

Sat, 22 Dec 2001 20:47:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - The world loves Soccer, and the world loves Electronic Arts’ FIFA series. It’s hard to imagine a sports game hotter than Madden right now if you’re an American. But FIFA outsells them every season.

Recipe for Success

It’s...

Design and Race Your Ultimate Supercar

Mon, 10 Dec 2001 01:50:14 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - If you’re a fan of street racing and you’re into cars, then you’ve probably wished you could build your own car and race it in a virtual underworld of illegal street racing. This title offers just that opportunity.

Your Garage
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Fight For Naboo on Your XBox, Unless You've Done it On PS2

Sun, 9 Dec 2001 02:44:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - I was really excited to get this title for XBox. Months ago I was digging around Gamasutra (www.gamasutra.com), when I stumbled onto a postmortem from the development team of Star Wars Starfighter. A postmortem is an analysis of the full development...

THPS2X: Own Awesome Updated Versions of Two Great Games with One New Title

Sat, 8 Dec 2001 16:11:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - Why did PS1, PS2 and Gamecube get THPS3, but not XBox? That’s just not fair. Well I’ve been scouring the Internet to find out the scoop. I didn’t get very far, because I really didn’t care much after getting my hands on Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2X.
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Will Madden Be the De Facto XBox Football Title

Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:27:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - No. At least I don't think so, because there's just so much good competition on the XBox right now. At the end of the last decade, Sega's sleeper hit, NFL 2K was dominating the scene in many circles. In so many areas, it was superior. The most common...

Senseless Violence, Sensibly Done

Tue, 27 Nov 2001 11:51:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - As the gaming industry matures (Starts Making Money), its parallels to the movie industry become more evident. Publishers need hits, so they look for top-level developers, hyped titles, or sequels to successful titles; probably in that order. On...

Gorgeous, Brilliant, Challenging: Who Could Want More?

Sun, 25 Nov 2001 16:56:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - The world has been waiting with bated breath for Halo. I can’t thank of any title that has been more highly anticipated. This is mostly because of the drama surrounding it and Bungie both.

Bungie has been the sweetheart of...

A Beautifully Done Street Racer

Sat, 24 Nov 2001 20:41:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - Racing games are huge on consoles. Aficionados have long heralded the PC as the ultimate driving platform, but the console's quick start nature makes running a brief race rather attractive. And as racing games have proliferated on consoles, they've...

Finally a Chance to Really Interact with Saturday Morning Cartoons

Sat, 24 Nov 2001 15:04:40 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - It's Saturday Morning. I'm having some coffee and watching cartoons...like every week. But this weekend is different. I'm playing a cartoon too. But why am I not happy about this?

This game is frustratingly hard. Maybe I was expecting a...

A Giant Evolutionary Stride

Sat, 24 Nov 2001 03:17:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - The first 4x4 Evolution was a huge let down when I rented it for PS2 a few months ago. I barely played it. I decided to read some reviews on it, so that I could compare it to the XBox Version of 4x4 Evo 2, it's stunning sequel.

After reading a...

Tony Hawk 3: Return of the SkateGod

Fri, 23 Nov 2001 22:40:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - Tony Hawk (The Person) is a huge success story. He's taken a lifestyle sport from infamy to pure domination. He's been on top of his sport forever, but there just weren't enough skaters to promote him to rock star status (not that he's into that).
...

Big Bass, Little Money

Sat, 15 Sep 2001 19:22:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - After adding my new head unit to my SUV, I soon found my mids and highs in a concert of their own. My Alpine 6x9s and front stock component setup couldn't produce enough bass when driven from the head unit(27W x 4 RMS) alone. So I followed the age-old...

Panasonic's Silver Surfer

Thu, 6 Sep 2001 23:04:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - This head unit is Panasonic's premier Single DIN receiver (not counting those crazy DVD players). From a technology standpoint, there is nothing ground breaking like MP3 playback or DVD support. This head unit is the perfect centerpiece to a great...

It's a Better Snowboarding Game than SSX

Sun, 26 Aug 2001 00:14:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - SSX is one of the best console games to ever grace our living rooms. But I never really liked it. "Why not?" I asked. "It was love at first sight when I picked up my copy of Coolboarders 2001," I admitted to myself. I was so ready to write this review...

Force Feedback Done by the Best for Gran Turismo 3

Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:36:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - When Logitech jumped into the Force Feedback (FF) Steering Wheel frenzy in the PC realm, they had some stiff competition from Microsoft. And there's nothing like cutting your teeth on Microsoft. Hands down, they dominated that market with their...

I would have given it 5 stars if it had a Happy Gilmore cheat.

Wed, 15 Aug 2001 22:40:56 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - The best part of playing golf has always been riding over those lush hills in a golf cart. Until you roll it and your Dad kicks your butt. But as I've matured (gotten lazy and boring), I've developed a better understanding of the draw that the game has...

Take 2 Interactive Oni: Oni Owned Me: A Review on the PS2 Game

Thu, 12 Jul 2001 23:21:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - Oni is the long awaited Third Person Shooter / Street-Fighter from Bungie. It made it's debut on desktop computers, so I picked up a copy for my PC. The game was so hard I ran low on time half way through it. Well then I landed a copy for my PS2. It's...

Dad won't let you bring your new Stick? Grab your GBA.

Thu, 12 Jul 2001 18:07:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - Tony Hawk Pro Skater (THPS) blew my mind when it released for the PSX. I grew up skating and praying for good sk8r games. Unfortunately I had to put up with things like California Games. Then came Skate or Die to prove that Skateboarding could live as...

The Ever Expanding Star Trek Universe

Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:08:44 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author EdTeach - Star Trek: Elite Force certainly wasn't a revolutionary product, but I rather enjoyed it. A large part of the single player experience for a first person shooter (FPS) is it's measure of immersion. You almost get that automatically if you build your FPS...