Wednesday, December 7 2011
Xenoblade Chronicles
Consider this a belated EU review and an early US preview of Xenoblade Chronicles
Monday, December 5 2011
Need for Speed: The Run
You do plenty of running in The Run's story, but the challenges mode and multiplayer are more worth your time.
Friday, December 2 2011
Forza Motorsport 4
Forza Motorsport 4 is another in a long list of games that serve as love letters to cars and car culture.
Wednesday, November 30 2011
The Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection
In an industry dominated by automated actions, quicktime events, and broad storytelling, Ico and Shadow of the Colossus offer the gift of minimalism.
Monday, November 28 2011
Battlefield 3
It’s a testament to Battlefield 3’s fundamental multiplayer design that it’s still enjoyable even with so many odd and irritating changes. Sadly, the same can’t be said for the rest of the game.
Wednesday, November 23 2011
The Sims 3: Pets
Strangely, The Sims 3: Pets put me, as a gamer, on more of a leash, and I frankly like it all the more for doing so.
Tuesday, November 22 2011
Crimson Alliance
Crimson Alliance delivers so many genre platitudes that it begins to feel like a poorly delivered joke.
Monday, November 21 2011
Rock of Ages
ACE Team shoved a lot in here, but at heart (and as the title implies) this is a game about a rock.
Friday, November 18 2011
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Make no mistake, despite the title of the franchise’s long running Modern Warfare series, the games have never been about warfare. Instead, they simulated what would happen when two futuristically equipped SWAT teams ran into each other: an orgy of technology, explosions, and gadgets.
Wednesday, November 16 2011
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
Ace: Combat: Assault Horizon so totally embraces the military-porn mindset that it out-Michael-Bays Michael Bay.
Monday, November 14 2011
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
Weirdly, I want to suggest that Dead Rising has more in common with The Sims than it does, say, Resident Evil because its emphasis is on efficiency, not horror in the traditional sense.
Friday, November 11 2011
Wednesday, November 9 2011
Pro Evolution Soccer 2012
In a world where FIFA 12 exists, you have to be really good to be worth it. This is not.
Monday, November 7 2011
Air Conflicts: Secret Wars
Half of the challenge of games like this is determining where to shoot in order to hit a moving plane. Secret Wars does this for you.
Friday, November 4 2011
‘Rochard’ Adapts Pop Culture
Rochard takes elements from pop culture and puts them in a fresh environment with endearing characters and the ability to create your own experience.
Wednesday, November 2 2011
Mercury Hg
Mercury Hg takes the otherwise stale periodic table and makes a game out of it. But still it's hard to conclude that it's a good game.
Monday, October 31 2011
Dark Souls
Dark Souls is forged on the idea that the experience of a game is one marked by punishing difficulty, frequent death, and even more importantly, consequential death. And this is why its fans like it. And why you will too.
Friday, October 28 2011
Wednesday, October 26 2011
‘White Knight Chronicles II’ Is a Waste in Almost Every Sense of the Word
There is not a single original idea in White Knight Chronicles II, and of the stolen ones, few are anything to aspire to.
