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Beijing 2008 (Xbox 360)

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from: Sega

June 27, 2008
Ok first off the events are great with a nice variety of controls. And the events will leave you as sweaty as the athletes as you bash those buttons. The only poor event for me is Judo which despite many attempts I just can't get to work.

Where this game falls down however is in it's lack of choice of countries and on-line play. I play other games on-line but if I try this with 8 people and 100m run the lag is dreadful and the connection usually drops. I think it can't handle all the rapid button imputs. So your going to need a very high speed internet connection for this to work. Mine does ok with 4 people. Also some of the events which run as knockout like table tennis and archery do not run concurrently so you have to sit there ... Read More:

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Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (PS3)

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from: Sony

March 28, 2008
Great graphics, great cars, great sounds, and the online play works well. It is a fantastic game for the price and they are also adding stuff all the time including GT TV which came this month!

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Puzzler Collection (Nintendo DS)

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from: Ubisoft

August 01, 2008
This a great puzzle pack......BUT I do find it very difficult to get it actually to get to the puzzle or game.The opening list of things to press to tell the DS to start up the chosen game seems to be over complicated.I do sometimes find I spend more time getting the thing up and running,hence have lost much playing time,and I certainly cannot pick it up casually play a short game or do a crossword unless I have plenty of time.Once it is in the puzzle mode all is fine......but then I am loathed to switch it off knowing I will have to go through the whole drama to start it up again !!!!!

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Sony Playstation 3 Console (40GB Version)

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from: Sony

October 10, 2007
Bought this expecting great things and to be honest was a little disappointed.

Its great for playing blu ray dvds, excellent gameplay and quality picture yet the reason I only give it three stars is the disappointing load up times and the lack of online gaming.

You stand for three hours in the pouring rain for that long awaited game at midnight, get home in the wee small hours and hey presto wait for an hour while the damn thing uploads and downloads. M mate meanwhile is an hour into his game on his xbox 360.

I have to wait for my mates to drop in for a multiplayer game, my mate plays it all the time on the xbox 360.

Had sony not won the war in the hd versus blue ray I know where I would have ... Read More:

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Big Brain Academy (Wii)

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from: Nintendo

July 20, 2007
This game is a fun way to excercise the brain. The main downside is that you must endure long, tedious, repetitive and annoying rumblings in the form of instructions. This unnecessary addition to the game (what on earth were they thinking?) can put gamers, especially kids off; therefore only three stars.

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Xbox 360 Console (60 GB Hard Drive)

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from: Microsoft

August 15, 2008
The 360 elite and the 360 arcade were made in 2007 whereas the premium console was made in 2005 the elite and the arcade have newer components and breakdown LESS than the premium so therefore the new 60gb premium will have up to date components making it less liable to breakdown. So now on the all 360's should be more robust with less over heating problems. Hurrah!!

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Datel Action Replay Max (Nintendo DS)

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from: Datel Direct Ltd

September 15, 2006
This item is great when i first got it.It had all the cheats i wanted and loads more but i was just unlucky when it stopped working after bout an hours use.I then asked for a replacement by amazon which works fine.You should buy this definately if ur a pokemon fan i was just unlucky.

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Lego: Indiana Jones (Wii)

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from: Activision

June 17, 2008
We started playing at 8pm because there was nothing on tv (what a surprise) next thing we knew it was 1am!
Loads of fun, the lego angle is excellent- we love when you blow someone up and they break into lego bricks.
Excellent if you don't want your kids exposed to gratuitous blood and gore, but they want to play a great action game.
Once you've completed the levels in story play, you can go back, using other characters from the films and find other hidden areas and "treasures" not accessable to the basic characters- so the game isn't boring, you just keep going back as other people-or make your own person, choose a spade or a whip, and off you go...
Would definitely recommend-in fact I just bought it for my 12 year old nephews birthday ... Read More:

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Sony Blu-Ray Disc Remote Control (PS3)

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from: Sony

March 23, 2007
Terriffic item for winning over non-gamers to your purchase of the PS3. Far less fiddly than using the sixaxis, far more intuitive too.
It may not work "straight out of the box", but the pairing process takes only a few seconds, and you only do it once!
It may not control the TV volume, but most of us watch BluRay films in 5:1, so I need my cinema amp control anyway - no biggie, particularly if you are grown-up enough to get the volume right within 10 mins of starting the film.
Best of all, unlike the sisaxis, it isn't switched on & off itself, it just works when you need it, every time.

Buy it, love it.

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New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo DS)

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from: Nintendo

June 30, 2006
This was the first game I got with my DS and I've really enjoyed playing it. I'm not the best games player but this Mario is amazing! The graphics are lovely and it's just generally a really good, fun game to play. There's plenty of levels and various extra things you can unlock too, which makes it even more fun. I also like the way you only need one game card and then someone else with a DS can go against you, playing wirelessly, on the mini games which are surprisingly addictive. Even my dad who thought the idea of me getting Mario was ridiculous was hooked on the card games for hours!

All in all I think it's a brilliant game with hours of fun gameplay and definitely worth getting!