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Roger's PlayStation Games Blog January 2008 Archive

By Roger Altizer, About.com Guide to PlayStation Games since 2004

This Week's PS2 and PS3 New Releases: January 28-February 1, 2008

Wednesday January 30, 2008
Turok revives everyone's favorite dino-hunting franchise on the PS3 this week. Be on the lookout for some hot games coming down the pip in Feb, including Devil May Cry 4. PlayStation ... Read More

FPS Brain: Drug Yourself Into Being a Better Gamer

Tuesday January 29, 2008
FPS Brain is an OTC supplement designed to help you get your game on. It is similar in composition to any number of concentration or energy enhancing herbal supplements on ... Read More

Pre-Teen Rocks Guitar Hero on the Ellen DeGeneres Show

Tuesday January 29, 2008
Kotaku recently covered a video of a kid playing Guitar Hero (and really rockin' it) on the Ellen DeGeneres Show. It's a great clip and watching adult women in the ... Read More

This Week's PS2 and PS3 New Releases: January 21-25, 2008

Tuesday January 22, 2008
This could be January's biggest release. Burnout Paradise takes gaming's most exciting racer and blows it wide open with a map designed for free roaming. All the speed and insanity ... Read More

Japanese Gamers Evenly Split Between Wanting a PS3 and a Wii

Thursday January 17, 2008
According to GameDaily a new survey shows that Japanese gamers are just as likely to purchase a PS3 as a Wii. Only 6.1 percent [of Japanese gamers polled] cited price as ... Read More

PlayStation Network (PSN) Updates for 1/17/08

Thursday January 17, 2008
Well, though there may not be many new retail games, the PSN is getting lots of fun content this week. Including Turok... I had big plans about buying the Turok ... Read More

This Week's PS2 and PS3 New Releases: January 14-18, 2008

Thursday January 17, 2008
No new PlayStation game releases this week. I feel like apologizing, only I don't work for Sony, so I'm not sure that'd make you feel any better. Oh well, there's ... Read More

Soulcalibur IV Screenshot Gallery

Friday January 11, 2008
Why not continue with the Soulcalibur goodness? To go along with the news of Darth Vader and Yoda appearing in SCIV, I've posted a gallery of Soulcalibur IV screenshots. In ... Read More

Darth Vader Exclusively Featured in the PS3 Version of Soulcalibur IV, Yoda Graces the Xbox 360 Game

Friday January 11, 2008
The rumor mill got it right. Not only will Darth Vader and Yoda appear in Soulcalibur IV, the Sith Lord will be exclusive to the PS3 version of the game, ... Read More

Rock Band Review - PlayStation 3

Friday January 11, 2008
I love Rock Band. Let me get that out of the way before you read my review and decide to break my knees. I love Rock Band. Groveling aside, it's got ... Read More

This Week's PS2 and PS3 New Releases: January 7 - 11, 2008

Tuesday January 8, 2008
Birdman or football... I hate these kinds of decisions! Neither are on TV at the moment, so perhaps it's time to bring both back to the small screen. PlayStation 3 New ... Read More

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue: Fact Sheet and Preview

Friday January 4, 2008
Yes, I too am on pins and needles waiting for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. Until we can play the ultimate driving simulator, all we can do is dream... this may ... Read More

PS3 Hacks/Mods/Homebrew

Thursday January 3, 2008
A good number of you have been asking me about PS3 hacking, mods/modding, game dumping/game copying, and how to play burned DVDs or Blu-ray discs on your PS3. Alas, I, thus ... Read More

Activision Can Keep on Rockin' the 80s, Despite Angering the Romantics

Wednesday January 2, 2008
A federal judge in Detroit on Monday, December 17 ruled against The Romantics' request to stop the use of the song "What I Like About You" in Activision's Guitar ... Read More

This Week's PS2 and PS3 New Releases: December 30, 2007 - January 4, 2008

Tuesday January 1, 2008
Sometimes I understand not releasing new games. But the first week of the year? It seems like this is the time to get some of that Christmas returns money and ... Read More

Happy New Year!

Tuesday January 1, 2008
Happy 2008, PlayStationites! Here's hoping yours was safe and insane. Here's also hoping that we see Metal Gear Solid 4 and Grand Theft Auto 4 sooner, rather than later. Cheers! -Roger

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