Lollipop Magazine

Pure – Review

December 1, 2008

With sterling presentation and an adrenalized experience with every session, Pure easily stands with Burnout Paradise as the best racing game of the year.

007 – Quantum of Solace – Review

December 1, 2008

It still has a little of that “good enough” movie tie-in mentality. Makes little effort to incorporate the trademark Bond style into the maps or presentation.

NHL 2K9 – Review

November 1, 2008

No big innovative leaps this season, but it improves in all the right ways. The solid, simple gameplay feels a little more responsive and satisfying.

Facebreaker – Review

November 1, 2008

The cartoony design of the boxers and comic book presentation is distinctive and attractive, but the concepts for the characters are out of the WWE reject pile.

Civilization – Revolution – Review

October 1, 2008

An artfully streamlined approach to the plan/build/conquer RTS template. Matches between dueling civilizations are mostly quick and fun.

Mercenaries 2 – Review

October 1, 2008

The sheer amount of extra content, from weapons challenges to side missions, in addition to the lengthy core story means that you’ll never be bored.

Guitar Hero – Aerosmith – Review

October 1, 2008

A stripped-down version of Guitar Hero III with Aerosmith songs. The band’s songs are incredibly fun to play, whether or not you know them or even like them.

Kung Fu Panda – Review

September 1, 2008

The designers took to heart the stylish look of the movie and seem to have been genuinely inspired when translating it into a gaming world.

Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground – Review

May 1, 2008

Proving Ground inexplicably drops the colorful environments of Project 8 and replaces them with uniformly gray, washed-out, gritty urban areas.

Call of Duty 4 – Modern Warfare – Review

April 1, 2008

It’s fun to fire your weapons. Call of Duty 4 stands neck and neck with BioShock and Halo 3 as one of the best FPS releases in an impossibly cutthroat year.