Posts Tagged ‘review’

Call of Duty: World At War Storms Your Console, Claims Victory

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

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…

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Mirror’s Edge: Feeling the Runner’s High

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Every once in a while you find a game that feels like it was directly catered to your interests, almost as if the developers had peered into your brain and found the exact switches to trigger the anticipation. While I…

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Resistance 2 Takes Your Corpse, Turns It Into A Chimera

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Way back when the PS3 launched, Resistance: Fall of Man launched with it. The first Resistance was a solid launch title, and it attracted the coveted first person shooter fans to the PS3. Here we are just two years later,…

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Gears of War 2: These Gears are Polished to a Shine

Monday, November 10th, 2008

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…

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Quantum Of Solace Is Shaken, Not Stirred

Monday, November 10th, 2008

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…

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LittleBigPlanet: Build, Create, Share, Kiss Your Free Time Goodbye

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

LittleBigPlanet is, at it’s core, a rock solid platformer. It’s got an extensive single player campaign that will keep you engaged for a good long while. Many levels contain hidden items that will require you play the level through more…

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Fallout 3 Blows My Mind, Leaves A Mess On The Carpet

Friday, October 31st, 2008

When I first heard Bethesda was taking on Fallout 3, I was terrified. Not because I thought they’d muck it up or anything like that, but because Oblivion took up over 240 hours of my life. It damaged my interpersonal…

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Spiderman: Web Of Shadows Makes My Spider Sense Tingle - In A Bad Way

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Ahh Spiderman, you and I have gone on so many adventures together. From the comic books of my youth, to the AWESOME animated series in my teen years, to the three movies… well, the first two of the three anyway.…

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Fable 2: Man’s Best Friend

Friday, October 24th, 2008

The very first major announcement I can remember hearing about Fable 2 was the inclusion of a dog. There may have been major announcements before that, but I have to confess, my brain works kinda like an etch-a-sketch - shake…

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Dead Space: In Space, No One Can Hear You Dismember Your Enemies

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Dead Space has been pushed as a survival horror game with an engaging plot, and unique combat system. Some of those things are true, some of them aren’t. The total package, while enjoyable, isn’t exactly what I was expecting when…

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