Evidently, hunting season has begun. Beyond the abundance of Cabela games, with each consoles receiving two different animal-tracking titles, this week gamers will also be tracking a variety of different vermin. Beyond Medal of Honor: ...
Read More »Dishonored Review
Save for Pierce Brosnan’s farcical depiction of a melancholic, middle-aged hit-man in The Matador, media routinely romanticizes the assassin. From Chow Yun-Fat’s debonair, yet doting, gun for hire in The Killer to the exploits of ...
Read More »Retro City Rampage Review
The game industry is no stranger to the oxymoron. From the endurance of the Final Fantasy franchise, the amount of wholly original content in New Super Mario Bros. 2, to control schemes which provide only ...
Read More »XCOM: Enemy Unknown Review
Too often, death is little more than an irksome impediment in gaming. Amidst the coin-op era, the manacles of mortality could be undone by an additional quarter or token. At home, a visit by the ...
Read More »New Releases for the Week of October 14th, 2012
Veteran players are likely familiar with many of the protagonists featured in this week’s new releases. From the return of gaming’s original space marine in Doom 3 BFG Edition to a visit from everyone’s favorite ...
Read More »Dead or Alive 5 Review
Following Tomonobu Itagaki’s departure from Team NINJA in 2008, the Toyko-based development team has irrefutably struggled. From the superfluous changes and reduction of viscera made to Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 as well as the critical ...
Read More »Carrier Command: Gaea Mission Review
One of the more dubious propositions in contemporary gaming is the reinvigoration of an adored classic. As the botched reboots of respected titles such as Yar’s Revenge, Golden Axe, and Syndicate have demonstrated, modernizing a ...
Read More »Sonic Adventure 2 HD Review
Eleven years ago, Sonic Adventure 2 was a divisive game. It was a turning point in the series, when a lot of fans started to write the series off. It’s often considered the beginning of ...
Read More »New Little King’s Story Review
It’s hardly surprising that 2009’s Little King’s Story was a critical darling. As a clever amalgam of kingdom simulation, real-time strategy, and light role-playing elements, the game stands as one of the better third party ...
Read More »Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up Review
NIS America aficionados may have noticed a schism between the publisher’s interactive output and their growing library of anime. While their games habitually incorporate capricious scenarios peppered with lascivious situations and a reliable sprinkle of ...
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