Name: Jason "Njiska" Westhaver
Dateline: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Weblog: njiska.com/mt/index.html [RSS]
Articles: 52
First Published: Thursday, August 10, 2006
Last Published: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Jason Westhaver is your average beer swilling, hockey loving canuck, born down east on the south shore of Nova Scotia. As a life time gamer, avid cinema fan, and fierce Red Tory (think right of centralist), he has become known for his strong views, fierce logic, compulsive megalomania and slight alcoholic tendencies (by Canadian standards).Currently listing articles 52-1:
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BC Gaming's Five Weeks of Horror: Splatterhouse Arcade and TurboGrafx-16 Reviews— If you've ever seen an '80s slasher, then you'll know what to expect.
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BC Gaming's Five Weeks of Horror: A Nightmare on Elm Street NES Review— One, two, Freddy's coming for you. Three, four, better lock the door...
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BC Gaming's Five Weeks of Horror: Horror in the Time of Atari— It's amazing what having one can reap with a few pixels and a joystick.
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BC Gaming's Five Weeks of Horror: Clock Tower Review— It's like if Dario Argento made a horror game.
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BC Gaming's Five Weeks of Horror
— Violence and terror and gore, oh my! BC Gaming brings you 5 weeks of the finest horror games you may have never played.
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PC Game Review: Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: Episode 2 – Strong Badia the Free— Episode 1 was the opening volley, Episode 2 is all out war.
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PC Game Review: Strongbad's Cool Game for Attractive People: Episode 1 - Homestar Ruiner
— Homestarrunner.com. Great flash cartoons, but does the concept work as a game?
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PS2 Review: Obscure: The Aftermath— Survival horror, done WB.
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Condemned 2: Bloodshot Review Companion— Alcohol increased your ability to aim. BULLSHIT!
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Xbox 360 Review: Condemned 2: Bloodshot
— 20 drink minimum.
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Nintendo DS Review: Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword — The pen really is mightier then the sword.
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Xbox 360 Review: Kane & Lynch: Dead Men— Story driven action for ages 17 an up. Children and Live Free or Die Hard fans need not apply.
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Xbox 360 Review: The Simpsons Game— Best Episode Ever.
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PC Game Review: Shadowrun— A polarized review
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Xbox 360 Review: John Woo Presents Stranglehold— They say there's a thousand dead Chinese for every mile of the game.
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X07: Devil May Cry 4 Impressions— It's like Devil May Cry 3 only it's... Okay it's like Devil May Cry 3, but is that really a bad thing?
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X07: Assassin's Creed Impressions— A quick review of the walkthrough we got at X07
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X07: Kane & Lynch: Dead Men Impressions
— First thoughts on Kane and Lynch from the X07 media event.
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Xbox 360 Impressions: Stranglehold Demo
— Pour a shot of Tequila in a glass. Fill with a carbonated clear drink. SLAM into the counter. Drink. Repeat.
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Xbox 360/PC Game Review: Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars— Peace through power.
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Xbox Live Arcade Review: Eets: Chowdown— It's not Lemmings damn it!
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Nintendo DS Review: Hotel Dusk - Room 215— "Up ahead in the distance, I saw shimmering light. My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim. I had to stop for the night."
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Xbox Live Arcade Review: Alien Hominid HD— Where do you go when you’re tired of Metal Slug and you realize Konami will never, ever, release another true Contra?
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Nintendo Wii Review: The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess— You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into the Twilight Zone.
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Xbox Live Arcade Review: Small Arms— The Xbox Live Arcade continues to be the home of mediocraty.
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Xbox Live Arcade Review: Defender— Anyone else getting tired of the same old, same old?
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Nintendo DS Review: Phoenix Wright - Justice For All (JP)— Farewell, My Turnabout
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Nintendo Wii Review: Red Steel— Don't beleive the attacks. Red steel is a solid game and an example of just where Wii gaming is headed.
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Italy Screws the UK Out Of Rule of Rose— Rule of Rose is canned.
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An Open Letter to Fanboys— This is my angry response to the attacks on Jeff Gerstmann at Gamespot.
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PC Game Review: Secret Files: Tunguska— In 1908 a large fireball destroyed 60 million trees in the middle of Russia. Care to guess how it happened?
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Xbox 360 Review: Dead or Alive Xtreme 2— There are no wet t-shirt contests or trampoline bouncing here.
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Xbox Live Arcade Review: Contra— UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, and you know the rest.
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A Trip to Festival Arcadia in Montréal— It's all about what Wii had to do, just to have a little fun in Montréal.
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PC Review: Evidence - The Last Ritual— Think you're man enough ot unravel The Phoenix Killer's puzzles?
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PC Game Review: 80 Days— Jules Verne please forgive them, for they know not what they did.
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Xbox 360 Review: Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell - Double Agent— Reinventing the wheel.
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PC Review: Caesar IV— Like Caesar himself, this game is ambitious, but you'll need a legion of graphics cards to enjoy it.
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PS2 Review: Bully— It's like Columbine, only without the blood, guns and death... Ok it's nothing like Columbine.
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Xbox Live Arcade Review: Lumines Live!— Oh Mizuguchi-san, what have you done?
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PC Review: The Secrets of Da Vinci - The Forbidden Manuscript— If you can stand a point-and-click adventure, you'll love this.
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PS2 Review: Rule of Rose
— Children can be so cruel.
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Xbox Live Arcade Review: Dig Dug— Another Wednesday, another XBLA retro title, another less then stellar release.
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Xbox 360 Review: Bomberman - Act Zero— Well, at least it's better than Aquaman.
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PS2 Review: Yakuza— Is this just another beat ‘em up? Look closer and you’ll find an incredibly rich story and a surprisingly accurate look at Yakuza culture.
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Xbox Live Arcade Review: DOOM— Finally Live gets the original deathmatch.
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PC Game Review: Deep Ball Defender— Hands down this game is the best ball breaker since Arkanoid.
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PC Game Review: CivCity - Rome— CivCity: Rome is less Civilization and more SimCity
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Xbox Live Arcade Review: Scramble— It’s the same game we’ve seen a thousand times before.
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Nintendo DS Review: Break 'Em All
— Ball meet Paddle, then say hello to Bricks.
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Xbox 360 Review: Dead Rising— A near prefect zombie experience if you're smart enough to read a watch.
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Xbox Live Arcade Review: Pac-Man— Wakka Wakka Wakka, on Live
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