Final Fantasy Tactics | Review

Reporting by Keyan Reid

Oh, Final Fantasy Tactics. Like most of the girlfriends I’ve had, you make me mad at myself for liking you. But who am I to say no?

Let me start this off by saying that I don’t know if this is a port of the original PSX version, or a new entry in the FFT series. I can’t say that I really care either….the PSX version was a long time ago, and if you can ignore the story and dialogue in this game, it makes for a good, old-school, RPG jam. Suffice it to say that this question of originality was not important enough for me to justify spending two minutes on Wikipedia for an answer.

Forza Motorsports 2 | Review

Reporting by Modus

Hey folks, Modus here.

Being the official driver of the JRE, I identify with great heroes like B.A. Baracus. You know, from the A-Team? Mohawk? Fear of Flying? The guy was always driving his fellow thugs around in that sweet freakin van. It had that ultra covert, ultra 80’s black finish – and to make it go fast it had a sweet red racing stripe and spoiler. But I digress…

Super Mario Galaxy | Review

Reporting by Modus

You know, every once in a while, you just have to stop and take stock of what’s going. And in so doing, I had to ask – An Italian plumber? Are you kidding me? What is it about this guy that keeps him alive? How has he not aged a day in 25 years? I don’t get it.

Mass Effect | Review

Reporting by Modus

Modus here, ready to fill you in on a little game called Mass Effect. I’ve read a lot of mixed reviews scattered throughout the internet about this game – some folks saying it wasn’t living up to the hype, while many others are spewing lofty claims about it being the greatest RPG of all time. I’m here to set the record straight.

Call Of Duty 4 | Review

Reporting by Keyan Reid

Ain’t no party like a west coast party cause a west coast party don’t stop.

What’s crackin’ party people. Keyan Reid here to tell you about one hell of a hot little jam, going by the name of Call of Duty 4.

Alien Syndrome | Review

Reporting by Keyan Reid

The game that would not die.

No, I don’t mean that in the sense that this is a game that has been resurrected after twenty years of lying dormant. I mean it in the sense that I thought the closing credits would have crept up shortly after level 12 or so. By level 30, I was beginning to wonder if the game did in fact have an ending.

But let me take things back a step. In fact, let’s go back quite a few steps to the year 1987….

The Club | Review

Reporting by Keyan Reid

Here at the JRE, we’re all about shooting straight with ya. I knew when I dropped my Sarah Bareilles and Paramore reviews that I was never going to hear the end of it as far as backlash was concerned. All the same, I spoke straight.  They suck.

DiRT | Review

Reporting by Modus

Right about now, this thug is shedding a tear for the late Colin McRae – perhaps the greatest rally car driver that ever was.

Advance Wars – Days Of Ruin | Review

Reporting by Keyan Reid

Beware, my fellow gamers. You are about to go pass into a dark and foreboding world. One torn asunder by the catastrophic impact of meteors on our fair earth, and further besieged by bandits and rogues looking to rape and pillage what’s left of humanity. This game is so unrepentantly dire and depressing that I hear players in Japan are rampantly offing themselves shortly after level 10 – still pretty early in the game.