ninja blade


Pads & Panels proudly announces the winners of our last two contests.

Tales of Monkey Island Contest Winners

Christian (Winckle) of Rochester, N.Y.

Nathaniel (nnoah95) of Westfield, Mass.

Emily  (iceboxme) of Tuscon, Ariz.

Worms 2: Armageddon Winner

Stephanie of Urbana, Ill.

A special thanks to Microsoft’s PR firm and Telltale Games for providing the codes.

And for those curious about the answers to the questions…

Question 1 – The scientific name for the bootlace worm is Lineus Longissimus.

Question 2Professor Monkey-for-a-head created the “ultra-high-tech-super-space-cyber suit” for Queen Slug-for-a-Butt. (Earthworm Jim)

Question 3Ninja Blade was the one worm-related game reviewed on this site thus far.

ninja blade


ninjaboxTitle: Ninja Blade

Platform: 360

ESRB Rating: M

Publisher: Microsoft

Developer: From Software

Rating: ★★★☆☆

Review by: Dan Braun

With ridiculously outlandish action sequences, some epic encounters and humor good enough to poke fun at itself, Ninja Blade could have been one of the most fun games ever made. The disappointment is that Ninja Blade is painfully derivative of more popular games, and has enough glitches and inconsistencies to besmirch the good name of ninjas everywhere. (more…)