I know what you’re thinking. “Where have they been?” well we’ve all been busy doing our own thing, but worry not! Andy, our fearless leader has gotten us back on the strait and narrow.  I, myself, am going to try to post something of interest every Wednesday, as it is my day off from work and no one is around to distract me.  I know that the others are going to be writing again soon and I hope they don’t mind me jumping the gun and posting first. (sorry Andy)

So what have I been doing that has taken me away from my beloved Sparkbox, you ask?  Well personally I changed jobs. I now no longer work for the evil empire known as Enterprise rent-a-car and work for the slightly less evil empire know as Verizon.  Actually I work for an authorized retailer so it’s more relaxed, fun, and I can wear jeans to work. WOOOO!

Now I know you’re not entirely here to hear about me. You want gaming news, right? Sadly we’re in that time between Christmas and another marketable holiday for video games.  What I can review for you right now is Smackdown vs. Raw 2010.  Now for those of you who aren’t into Wrestling or the games inspired by them, I’m sorry. It’s just what I’ve been playing.  For those of you who are fans (and will get this reference) this review is for the peeps and by the peeps!

OK so the game controls have varied very little from the last game, which is good as the worked pretty well. Naturally they’ve been tweaked and revised adding in “struggle submissions” with a simple click of the right stick. An improvement that actually makes the controls flow better.  The roster is of course updated, but all that means is your created character has new guys to fight.  The best improvement is now you can level up your character’s stats in free play, online fights, story mode, and career mode. A vast improvement over 2009′s only in career mode leveling.  The only addition I didn’t like was the “mixed tag” option.  It’s not that I never teamed with the divas in the last game, it’s that now men cannot fight the women at all. If the male character hits the diva you are instantly disqualified.   It makes it very hard to help your tag partner when all you can do is ask her opponent nicely to please break the pin.  All in all it’s a solid game. It doesn’t feel like I’m playing an expansion of the last one, the new stories are entertaining, and there’s a small reminder every now and then that the game knows its a game by making fun of you or itself.

Until next time my friends.

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