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Review: Disney Sing It: Pop Hits (Wii)

Jennifer Allen

Published: March 10, 2010

Back when I was younger, I had the likes of The Jungle Book, Aladdin and The Lion King to sing along to. Rather impressively (well I think so at least) I can still remember all the words to half a dozen animated Disney films. Perhaps a useless piece of knowledge but it gives me a nice warm, fuzzy feeling. Now though, Disney music is all about Miley Cyrus, The Jonas Brothers and High School Musical. The cynic in me might complain and lament the loss of ‘proper’ Disney music, but the kids like it so it’s obviously doing something right. This is where we come to Disney Sing It: Pop Hits. You see, if you’re over the age of about 15, this is your idea of hell. Worst of all is, if you’re a parent it’s a form of hell that you won’t be able to escape as your kids will love it.

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Review: Resident Evil 5: Desperate Escape (Xbox 360)

Derek McEwan

Published: March 9, 2010

Review: Resident Evil 5: Desperate Escape (Xbox 360)

After the back to basics level that was ‘Lost In Nightmares’, we go back to the future in this rather short level. This DLC will be a godsend for those who only got into the Resident Evil games with the release of part four and five as the puzzles are of an even more minimalist variation than the main game itself. Yes folks, you guessed it, this is a straight up blastathon with little regard to giving your mind a little workout. In fact all you really have to think about is how much ammo you have and if you remembered to blast the doors open with the cannons.

I had the good fortune of playing this level with a good friend of mine and in all honesty it’s much better as a two player than as a single player level. There is just so much going on that you barely have time to reload before yet another wave of enemies is trying to prematurely end your existence. I also tried playing it solo but died quite quickly as I struggled to change clips while my AI assisted partner ran around shooting enemies too far away to be of much of a threat.

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Review: Guitar Hero: Van Halen (Xbox 360)

Jennifer Allen

Published: March 5, 2010

Review: Guitar Hero: Van Halen (Xbox 360)

There’s no denying that music game fans have a hell of a lot of choice on their hands these days. With the likes of two full Rock Band games, Lego Rock Band, various Guitar Heroes, Band Hero, and not forgetting band exclusive titles such as The Beatles Rock Band, Guitar Hero: Metallica and Guitar Hero: Aerosmith; there’s a lot of competition when it comes to what music game is the best. In the unfortunate case of Guitar Hero: Van Halen, it all feels a bit lacklustre. There’s certainly no reason why you should choose this full price offering over any of the others available.

Guitar Hero: Van Halen was originally released in North America before Christmas, even earlier still for those who took part in a promotion enabling them to get it for free after buying Guitar Hero 5. For free it would be mean to complain but at full retail price, it feels awfully expensive for what could have been offered as DLC instead.

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