Posts Tagged ‘Reviews’

When we got a chance to review a copy of Rocket Knight, courtesy of publisher Konami, I pretty much jumped at the opportunity. The name triggered something in the doldrums of my skull, memories from a time before console wars, high definition visuals or dedicated multiplayer. This was a time when reflexes and cunning were [...]

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I’ve been getting my medically prescribed overdose of Vitamin Beta  this week, chock full of LIVE-ly parties, squelchy n00bs, and drunken frag-fests. Between stabbing Spartans in the back courtesy of the much anticipated Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta  and ensuring my Battlecruisers were indeed operational via Starcraft II, I’ve had little in the way of breathing [...]

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Following the exploits of ex-outlaw John Marston, Red Dead Redemption‘s solitary story is a meandering tale of mayhem, murder, revolution, and despair accented by generous amounts of skullduggery. With his family being held by a mysterious government agency tasked with cleaning out the remaining criminal elements of the receding Wild West, a world weary Marston [...]

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Nostalgia is a hell of an emotion.  When Perfect Dark for the Xbox Live Arcade was announced at E3 ’09, I was absolutely giddy.  You see, back when Nintendo 64 ruled the roost, I was one of the few people that legitimately liked Perfect Dark more than GoldenEye.  In fact, it happened to be my [...]

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Ever heard of the Twisted Metal series?  Ever played or experienced it?  Well, here’s a short summary of all the games: cars strapped with weapons (machine guns, missiles, oil slicks, mines and more) designed to cause as much destruction to other players as possible, in order to be #1 in the competition.  Now, combine that [...]

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Apple. Pumpkin. Blackberry. Cherry. Blueberry. Crème. Boysenberry. 3.14. It’s true,  I like pie, but so does the dastardly villain at the heart of the time twisty The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, now available on Xbox LIVE Arcade. A puzzle adventure in the same vein as the beautifully addictive Braid, Winterbottom allows players to solve a [...]

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There’s a school of thought within the entertainment industry that if you’re going to have the audacity to make a sequel to an all-time classic, you best be damn sure that the successor is both a classic within itself and innovative to the franchise.  Let me pose just one simple question to these people: Why? [...]

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Quick poll: Who ever thought that video game developers would draw from early 14th century poetry for their inspiration?  I’ll be the first to say “Not I”.  However, the minds at Visceral were sharp enough to realize the potential for a game based on Dante Alighieri’s work and ran with it.  As paraphrased from an [...]

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First off, I’d like to quote what I heard somebody say on twitter. “The people behind Duke Nukem should have taken a page from the people behind Matt Hazard. That’s how you keep a franchise alive.” The first game in the Matt Hazard “series” Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard was more or less [...]

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Simply put, Serious Sam HD is old school. It’s a revamp of a older game, but not as old as it feels. The original was only made in 2001 and then, it was in a way a homage to shooters from the early days. Gone are the more in depth storylines and cover systems. The [...]

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