Reviews
Here are the latest reviews and features from Fointy Pinger. If you have a feature or review or picture you would like to submit (videogame related, or anything else for that matter), email me.
Game: Bangai-O Spirits - By Tetsuo
A short feature on Bangai-O Spirits for the Nintendo DS. I wrote this at the end of 2008, as my submission for a "Game of the Year" feature.
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Feature: My Albums of the 2000's - By Tetsuo
Everyone loves a list; especially one's which either confirm our inconsequential convictions or stir up a bit of tiresome internet controversy. Thankfully, this should do neither. So, here are my personal favourite albums from the past 10 years. Mm, lists.
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Feature: Super Monkey Ball - By Tetsuo
Fointy Pinger guides you through the Nintendo GameCube classic Super Monkey Ball, revealing regional differences between the Japanese and western releases and details on bugs within the game. It's been a slow month, people...
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Game: 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand - By Tetsuo
For all its cheap collect-me-up insistence and hand-holding, there are moments that are genuinely compulsive. Most of the game has been prepped to be just one long explosion of guns and blood and adrenalin, set to the tune of G-Unit music. And it works.
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Game: Street Fighter IV - By kea_
It's when you start to understand the new mechanics that it starts becoming so confusing. There's so much new stuff to remember, focus attacks, super combos, ultra combos, dual button throws, special recoveries, dual button specials...
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Feature: WiiWare Special - By Tetsuo
It's the Fointy Pinger WiiWare Special! FP takes a look at Nintendo's channel of ready-to-download catalogue of quirky, obscure and intriguing homebrew software, in a quest to filter out the good from the bad, and to save you pennies in the process. How thoughtful.
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Feature: The Brand Distraction - By Tetsuo
Fointy Pinger takes a look into the manipulative manner in which the mass media forced one of radio's most entertaining shows off the air, and the facts that had to be suppressed to achieve a state of artificial hysteria and indignation.
Warning: Contains strong language.
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Game: Space Invaders Extreme - By Tetsuo
What's most impressive about Extreme is the amount of detail which has gone into the scoring system. There are bonus points aplenty for all manner of tactics from shooting particular enemies to wiping out entire rows, and each encourages the player to attempt a variety of play styles.
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