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Wednesday, July 20 2011

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Transformers: Dark of the Moon achieves nothing new and what it does do, it does poorly.


Friday, September 17 2010

‘Clash of the Titans: The Video Game’ is ‘Clash of the Titans: The Director’

Clash of the Titans: The Video Game follows the original script of the movie, not the reworked script that found its way into theaters.


Monday, November 30 2009

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

The biggest example of the developer’s new confidence can be seen in their desire to depict modern warfare without glorifying it.


Friday, January 9 2009

Call of Duty: World at War

Call of Duty: World at War's catalysts for combat personalize the brutality that the player will mete out on the Axis by dehumanizing and "othering" the Japanese and the Germans as barbarians and monsters.


Wednesday, January 7 2009

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

As it turns out, even though the movie has something in it for adults, the video game accompanying it definitely does not.


Friday, December 12 2008

Quantum of Solace

The hybridization of Quantum of Solace's first person mechanics with gameplay styles more often found in third person action titles lends the Bond game a curiously more elegant and thoughtful approach to first-person shooting.


Wednesday, December 10 2008

Quantum of Solace

What truly shines in Quantum of Solace is the single player mode, not the multiplayer that the series has become notorious for.


Monday, December 8 2008

Guitar Hero World Tour

By trying to take the innovation that Rock Band offered and apply it to Guitar Hero, Neversoft has turned the mechanic into an awkward experience that is surpassed by the Rock Band franchise in almost every way.


Friday, October 3 2008

Little League World Series Baseball 2008

The game's target audience might not have much patience for a game that offers a frustrating challenge, especially when the perception is that the game mechanics are at fault for much of the frustration.


Wednesday, August 20 2008

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars' journey from PCs to consoles was apparently a bumpy one.


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