As I may have mentioned in the past, I play dodgeball. It's a schoolyard "sport" that I have carried with me into my mid-twenties and will hopefully carry on beyond that.

There's something about the competitiveness, coupled with the frantic nature of the game that make it truly enjoyable no matter what age you are. It's those same aspects of the game that publisher YUKES is hoping to capture in their upcoming Xbox Live Arcade release "Double D Dodgeball."

Developed at YUKES' Yokohama studio as a break from their standard fare of THQ wrestling titles, "Double D Dodgeball" is set to offer gamers a slightly different take on the video game version of the sport.

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I'm usually not one to brag, but I'm a pretty good dodgeball player.

I may not be an expert, but I play in a NYC co-ed charity league, and my team won the championship last season. To boot, I spent many hours of my youth playing "Super Dodgeball" on the NES. And I don't think there's been a good dodgeball video game since Techno's original release.

So when I heard there was going to be a sequel to "Super Dodgeball" released for the DS, I felt obligated to take it for a test run and see how it compared to the real thing.

While I couldn't help but enjoy "Super Dodgeball Brawlers," there were more than a few differences between it, and the real thing. Read more...