Reviews
Wednesday, November 17 2010
'Call of Duty: Black Ops': Treyarch Attempts to "Modernize" Warfare
Treyarch's greatest "sin" is in failing to really add anything new despite having the same advantage that Infinity Ward had recognized and realized with Modern Warfare -- that an interactive medium might offer a new perspective on an old story, the war story.
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.
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.
Friday, December 8 2006
Call of Duty 3
"Why would you want to play a war game?" It's a fair question.
Thursday, October 7 2004
Spider-Man 2
Perhaps, unsurprisingly, the video game, which follows much of the action-oriented plot of the battles between Spider-Man and Dr. Octopus, fails to include this theme of personal and ethical crisis in the narrative.
