At first glance, Biology Battle looks like a simple two stick shooter, but that just isn’t the case. There are a wide variety of power ups, weapon upgrades, special weapons, and enemies here to keep gameplay fresh and interesting. The…

I remember the good old days of arcade gaming. I used to play Street Fighter II for hours on end in my favorite arcade as “I Touch Myself” by The Divinyls played on the jukebox over and over. I actually…

At this years Tokyo Games Show, John Schappert got on stage touting the “New Xbox Experience,” or NXE for short, as “the first time in history, we will completely reinvent a device through the magic of software.” With NXE launching…

When you make the decision to move into a new apartment, or house, what are the first things you think about when inspecting the new residence? School district? Local shopping? How close it is to work? Or do you look…

I’ve had a very love-hate relationship with Mortal Kombat games over the years.  Each of the first three games ate a large number of my quarters in the arcades of my misspent youth, but I  hated the last few games…

Depending on the type of person you are, you are either excited by or dreading the upcoming Watchmen movie. If you are in the latter group then you will probably want to stop reading now. However, if you are the…

With the launch of the NXE comes the launch of a new column here on Check Your HUD: Community Game of the Week. Each week, we’re going to highlight a community game from the XBLM that we feel really stands…

Let me throw two important facts about myself out there before I actually dive into this review. First, I loved Call of Duty 4. Second, I suffer from extreme World War II shooter fatigue—we’ve won the war more times than…

Game designer Cliff Bleszinski stated earlier this year at the Games Developer Conference that Gears of War 2 would be “bigger, better, and more badass,” leaving the question of how to improve on an already fantastic game and how they could…

Quantum of Solace puts you in the shoes of super spy James Bond, and takes you through the plots of the two most recent Bond movies Casino Royale, and Quantum of Solace, and it does it in style. There are…