Harry potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the videogame, is the fifth installment of the Harry Potter videogame series. It has great graphics (the best so far), but there’s not much you can do. It has been called over and over, and I agree, “just an endless chore simulation”.

You start out at Grimmauld Place and learn how to do basic spells.

• Wingardium Leviosa: The Levitation Charm (you use this to help pack Ron’s trunk)
• Reparo: The Fixing Charm (Sirius has you fix everything in the house with this).
• Depulso and Accio: Depulso is the Knockback Jinx and Accio is the Summoning Charm.

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This new need for speed game is in my opinion the Ultimate and i mean Ultimate racing game. I have browsing the site over and over trying to see if i should get this Ultimate racing game.

The opening part of the site’s review states: “ What starts in the city is settled in the canyons as Need for Speed Carbon immerses you in the world’s most dangerous and adrenaline-filled form of street racing.

You and your crew must race in an all-out war for the city, risking everything to take over your rivals’ neighborhoods one block at a time.

As the police turn up the heat, the battle ultimately shifts to Carbon Canyon, where territories and reputations can be lost on every perilous curve.

With online racing and the most advanced graphics and car customization tools ever, Need for Speed Carbon is the ultimate next generation racing game.”

As you see, it’s not only you and the computer racing,  but the police  have  decided  to have some fun and race their interceptors also. You can also control the police to arrest illegal street racers (introduced in NFS Hot Pursuit).

They have introduced new classes of cars also (you choose one of them and race those cars). The Different classes are:

• Tuners: Choose these cars if you want to race normal cars that have been tuned-up. they are made to have heightened steering control so they are ideal for twisty courses.
• My Favorite Exotic cars: these are cars made in different countries. Exotic cars are high speed and performance cars (not very good for twisty courses). I looked at the car gallery and I saw something i didn’t like…….They didn’t put even one Ferrari in it!

Then there are muscle cars. These super fast vintage Mustangs and corvettes are the kings of road racing! They have the speed of the exotics and the cornering of the tuners! with a car like this you can’t go wrong.

While not the most cutting edge game, even when it came out, the game that really got me interested in computer games was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, by EA Games.

Back when I was ten, I got the game after reading all of the Harry Potter books. If your a Harry Potter fan, you’ll probably like the game, while others may not.

The game has a few innovative concepts, but nowadays I’d say it’s too linear. The sequels, Chamber of Secrets and Prisoner of Azkaban were much better (though Goblet of Fire was horrible). From what I’ve seen, Order of the Phoenix, the newest of the Harry Potter games, will not only be the best of the HP games, but one of the most innovative games in general. (more…)

Stop laughing! I’m serious; Lego Star Wars the Videogame and the sequel, Lego Star Wars the Videogame 2: The Original Trilogy, are great games.

If you’re a Star Wars fan, or a Lego fan, you’ll like these games.

Here’s the general idea: The Star Wars movies with a Lego twist. Think Star Wars, but a lot funnier. When players/enemies are killed, they collapse into a pile of Lego bricks. You can use the force to build things out of Legos, you can fly Lego spaceships, you can fight with ligtsabers/blasters, and more.

You play through the trilogies with Lego versions of the characters, finding bonuses along the way. After playing a level, you can do it again in “Free Play” mode, where you get to pick the characters you want to bring along (even from other episodes). The developers obviously wanted the game to be funny, as there are tons of hidden jokes throughout the whole game. It’s not just in-game things either, the cutscenes are even funnier.  One example is the part where Luke buys R2-D2 and C3P0 from the Jawas. After the sun sets, they come back, you see silhouetted Jawas running into the building…and running back out with the droids. Luke runs into Kenobi when he goes to find them (a little different from the movie, I suppose).

The Jawas cause mischief during actual gameplay as well. When you’re in the Mos Espa Spaceport, they run off with your landspeeder if you leave it unattended (you just chase after them on foot and kick them out of it if it happens).

Lego Star Wars is a very enjoyable, long, game with plenty of replay value. The game is really funny as well. I highly recommend it, just keep an eye on the clock…or you could unknowingly spend six hours playing it.

The trailer for the 5th Harry Potter game is now available. You can watch it here. The game will be available for XBox, PC, Playstation, Wii, GBA, PSP(?), and Aspyr will probably port it to Mac eventually. On the Wii version you use the Wiimote as a wand, doing various motions to cast different spells. There will be 13 spells which will be used for dueling and interacting with your environment (you can levitate and blast nearly anything). For screenshots of the game, you may want to look at the Site of Requirement Gallery.

From what I’ve heard so far, this game will be far better than any of the previous games. You will be able to play the basic storyline, but there’s also an “Endless Day” function where you can explore Hogwarts and do things for a long time. Electronic Arts claims that mode may entertain you for weeks. We’ll see about that.