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Vandal Online: Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure Preview

Vandal Online writes: "Sometimes we are faced with titles that, while apparently not having anything new to offer the broad spectrum that covers the range of a gaming system like the Nintendo DS, simply provide a fun and playable experience that engages, without more. Surely, this is the case of Rhapsody, a new challenge gender roles within the Japanese court for our portable dual screen. A game that, on the other hand, has clear influences from the comics and animated series known as the shojo manga, or Japanese comics for girls, which gives us enough clues about the type of audience to which, surely, the title tumor."

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Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure Retrospective - Old Games With Grandpa Heath: The Musical

"I laughed and I cried. I did both for reasons similar and opposite. I went full range on this one." -GR

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knifefight3217d ago

"I have to go now. My planet needs me."
Pretty much. They just toss that plot twist in so stupidly.

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6 Awful Game Songs (That Stain Good Soundtracks)

"As we say in the 'cast, these aren't necessarily the worst songs in gaming, but they stand out to us as ones we dread. In most cases, they're simply the worst songs out of otherwise great soundtracks." -GR

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knifefight3328d ago (Edited 3328d ago )

Wait, how is Rhapsody a "Good Soundtrack?"

Anyway, the museum music in Animal Crossing: New Leaf is like the only song I don't enjoy.

Gilgamesh153328d ago

Breaking Benjamins song in Halo 2 was way out of place, and awful.

Wedge193328d ago

So many albums have THAT song that just highlights how good the rest of the soundtrack is.

Bass_fisherman3328d ago

I dont want to even know why the $%#/ someone would thin any song in FF9 stains the soundtrack...

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5 games for girls men will enjoy

Just because a game is geared towards women doesn't mean men will catch cooties from trying it out. This list suggests men give Style Savvy: Trendsetter, Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom, Atelier Meruru, Princess Debut and Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure a chance.

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Neckbear4156d ago (Edited 4156d ago )

I've enjoyed all the games listed here except for Hakuoki. Princess Debut is my favorite, and one every big burly man should play at least once.

Fantastic list.

Bobby Kotex4156d ago (Edited 4156d ago )

If this is your way of justifying kiddie games, then do what you gotta do.

cheetorb4156d ago

I hear "Fiddle the Bean" is pretty fun.

r214156d ago

From the Artelier paragraph, 'the heroines are almost always female.' No crap sherlock!

Anyways, its true, one of the reasons I've never tried the Artelier games on PS3 is that it seems girly. Might give it a go as soon as the PSV port is released.