video games
Donkey Konga
Nintendo's resident monkey has returned. This time he's not riding rhinos, swimming through the sea, or laying waste to evil crocodiles. He's on the Nintendo Gamecube laying down bongo beats. Donkey Konga is a crazy fast drumming game.
Donkey Konga is a DancelDancelRevolution-esque game. You select different songs and you follow the bongo note and hit them at corresponding times. The game itself includes a set of bongos to play, but it can be played with the Gamecube controller as well.
The songs difficulties are gauged by the amounts of Bongos it has at the top-right corner of the song card. Some famous songs include "We Will Rock You" and few Nintendo themes such as The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros. and Pokemon.
The game can support up to four-players and has many modes of playing. One example is where you memorize the notes from a song you've played in the game.
Donkey Kongacan be a fun game to play with lots of people and is a real challenge. After a few songs I found my hands aching from all the times I slammed them on the drum and clapped my hands. The notes stream by very fast, and when playing with more than one person they aren't the same for each player. It's actually like throwing a Bongo concert.
Grade: Cyou complete earns money that you can use to buy better weapons, or items from the general store that serve little purpose, unless you like to unlock different outfits for your characters and other useless things like that. Most missions use the "kill a bunch of underlings while running around the level completing varied objectives and ending it all with a boss battle" formula. But because each level is fairly different and has some truly unique boss battles, this rarely gets boring. Another little spice in the action is the slow-motion quick draw in which you have a limited amount of time to aim your shots before time goes back to normal. Well-placed shots will instantly kill your foe. If you do not kill them right away, you will have to battle in real time.
Chris Moore
Red Dead Revolver
Taking a departure from its Grand Theft Auto series, Rockstar Games created a shooter set in the Old West. Red Dead Revolver for the PlayStation2 gives gamers a chance to do the very thing that they've always wanted to do: kill psychotic circu midgets and equally freakish boss characters.
The main character is a silent bounty hunter looking to make his fortune in the new world. Before each mission you are given the opportunity to purchase weaponry and upgrade or repair current weaponry. There are many different guns to choose from, including various pistols, shotguns and rifles with their specific uses. A shotgun delivers a powerful blast but has a slow reload time compared to a repeating rifle with seven rounds. Needless to say, weapon choice can spell life or death in any given mission.
After you've made your weapon choice you head down to the Sheriff's Department to select a mission. Each mission
I really enjoyed this game. It had tight control, an interesting story line, and was a very good shooter overall.
Grade A-
— Nick Finnegan