Mario’s first excursion into the fanciful realm of roleplay was over 13 years ago, when Nintendo teamed with Squaresoft to create the whimsical Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars on the SNES.  Since ...

Browsing through the recently rechristened Xbox Live Indie Games Marketplace can seem like an excursion through a virtual red-light district. However, between the assortments of sordid massage programs, sophomoric fart apps, and drinking titles, steadfast ...

While running and jumping are arguably the most popular way to traverse game worlds, rolling is no slouch. Since Marble Madness first introduced its sphere-spinning mechanic, games have had us rotating everything from Monkey Balls, ...

Growing up, owning your own pinball machine was an indicator of success.  I recall spending countless afternoons in an affluent friend’s garage taking turns on his family’s beloved Captain Fantastic table. Having neither the assets ...

While the notion of time travel is a popular motif in gaming, only a handful of titles have effectively exploited the concept. For every game like Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask or Braid, whose central ...

As much as the mainstream media would like to portray gamers as Mountain Dew fueled, attention deficit disorder-riddled misfits, this week’s new releases would paint a contradictory picture. With entries based on crime-novelist James Patterson, ...

Arguably, one of the best things to happen to the Guitar Hero series has been the creation of the Rock Band franchise. Without a robust competitor, Activision’s seminal series might still be mired in awkward ...

Undoubtedly, one of the most reinvented franchises within the gaming industry must be the Need for Speed series. The title’s 1994 commencement utilized the power of the 3DO to create a graphically impressive, realistic driving ...

Raven Squad for the Xbox 360/PC. Developer: Evolved Games, Publisher: Southpeak Games ESRB: T In gaming, warfare is usually presented in one of two distinctive perspectives. Titles like Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty ...

WET for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Developer: A2M, Publisher: Bethesda Softworks ESRB: M Something sinister is going on at the Artificial Mind and Movement production labs. It seems the ominously named developers have ...