Verdict: classic Strong Badness

In a Nutshell: Use the rockin’ mouse, or the rollin’ Wii-mote, to point and click your way to first create, and then attempt win, the battle of the bands; all for the sake of your fun machine.

(from the game’s website)

“Rock and roll! Hurting for cash, Strong Bad sets out to dominate the Battle Royale of the Bands. Can he rule the stage and win the big prize? Or will he be drowned out by the competition? Find out in this high-voltage episode — with special guest stars, rock gods LIMOZEEN!”

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Verdict: strategilicious!

In a Nutshell: Spectromancer is a strategic card game similar to Magic: The Gathering.

(from the game’s website)

“In Spectromancer, an online fantasy card game, players participate in a magical duel against other mages by strategically summoning creatures and casting spells. Each mage uses five magical elements during a duel – Fire, Water, Air and Earth, plus a fifth related to the specific mage type. There are six mage types in the game: Clerics use Holy power; Mechanicians use Mechanics; Necromancers use Death; Chaosmasters use Chaos; Dominators uses Control and Illusionists use Illusions. Players are able to duel against the computer or against other online players live.”

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Welcome to the first GameBrainSpew survey!  Since the elections are just around the corner, we wanted to get you ready to make your mark on the upcoming ballots.  Unlike the monumental decisions facing you next month, the GBS survey is simple and fun and will not effect the outcome of your place in the free world.  This will be a short one and will not go down on your permanent record as we test things out and see what you think.
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Verdict: Arcade-tastic!

In a Nutshell: Schiziod is a “gobble-em-up” classic and needs to be in a stand up machine in your local arcade or convenience store where you and your friend can vie for top co-op place with Slushies at your side.

(from the game’s website)

“Schizoid, the most co-op game ever, is an action game for 1 or 2 players, who must cooperate to protect each other from barrages of glowing enemies.”

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Verdict: Nostalgic, Funny, and Addictive.

In a Nutshell: LEGO Star Wars is buckets of fun, but if you’re not a fan of LEGO and/or Star Wars, it will probably start to drag on after a while.

(from the game’s website)

Building on the success of both LEGO® Star Wars ™ “block-buster” videogames, LEGO® Star Wars ™: The Complete Saga enables families to play through the events of all six Star Wars movies in one videogame for the first time ever.

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Verdict: Huzzah!

In a Nutshell: Use the might of the mouse, or the wavy power of the Wii-mote, as you struggle alongside Strong Bad against the over-reaching, over-weighty authority of the Municipality.

(from the game’s website)

“When Strong Bad fails to obey the King of Town’s totally unfair email tax, he’s placed under house arrest. Once freed from his wrongful imprisonment, Strong Bad goes on a mission to unite the local warring factions under the Strong Badian flag. Is Free Country USA ready for such an awesome ruler?”

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Verdict: too much of a good thing

In a Nutshell: Point and click your way along to help Strong Bad in his latest caper of ruining Homestar Runner.

(from the game’s website)

“When Strong Bad’s plans to beat the snot out of Homestar backfire, he ends up with an unwanted houseguest cramping his style. Now he needs to get life back to normal, by any means possible.”

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