Friday, March 8, 2024

Electronic Gaming Monthly (May 2007)

This was getting close to end days for EGM. Sadly, the time I had for gaming was already greatly reduced by this time. I was probably mostly playing Mario Kart on the Wii. I definitely wasn't buying EGM anymore at this time except for maybe a very occasional issue. The May 2007 issue of EGM includes:

Cover Story

The Future of Gaming - Article that looks at the next 20 years of gaming. This issue is from 2007 so we are getting pretty close to that.

Letters

Literacy: It's fun for everyone - Reader letters about failed systems and bad controllers, emulation on the PS3, Zelda: Twilight Princess, Guitar Hero II, and more.

_{Table of Contents from the May 2007 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly}

Press Start

Feature: Brain Watch - How video games affect your brain and how developers are taking advantage of this.

Foreign Object - A brief look at Fist of the North Star, a Japan release for the PS2.

Online Scene - The results of pointless polls.

Preview: Ninja Gaiden Sigma - The first PS3 release for this action game franchise.

Afterthoughts: MotorStorm - An interview with MotorStorm Producer Simon Benson about the game and ideas for the future.

Preview: Team Fortress 2 - The long awaited sequel from Valve for the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Take This Job - An interview with he Director of Platform Strategy for Microsoft, Scott Henson.

Preview WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2006 - A wrestling game from THQ for the PS3 and Xbox 360. I haven't played a wrestling game since the WWF...

_{Table of Contents from the May 2007 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly (continued)}

Reviews

Super Paper Mario - The latest Paper Mario game for the Wii.

Cooking Mama: Cook Off - I don't really understand the appeal of a cooking game but I guess it plays more as a series of mini-games.

Medal of Honor: Vanguard - Apparently not one of the better FPS games in this series.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - This is a series of games that I have wanted to play for a long time but have never gotten around to. I had a friend in college who played Arena (Elder Scrolls I), another who played Daggerfall (Elder Scrolls II)...both buggy as hell and I guess that's what turned me off. Then I played a little bit of Morrowind (Elder Scrolls III) as part of a school project. This is a review of Oblivion (Elder Scrolls IV) on the PS3. If I ever play it, it will be on the PC.

Earth Defense Force 2017 - An arcade style 3D shooter for the Xbox 360 where you run around blowing up UFOs, giant robots, giant insects and other things that would destroy the Earth.

Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 - Another FPS series that just seemed to keep going. This iteration was apparently pretty good though.

Game Over

Seanbaby's Rest of the Crap - Next gen video game technologies that just didn't work out including the Mindlink (Atari 2600), R.O.B. (NES), U-Force (NES), The Interactor (SNES, Genesis), and others.

Retro: Utopia or Dystopia? - A look at retro games with a vision of the future including Crystalis (NES), Ratchet & Clank (PS2), Mega Man (NES), Snatcher (Sega CD), Chrono Trigger (SNES), Shadowrun (Genesis), F-Zero (SNES), and more.

_{Back cover of the May 2007 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly}

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