As both time and the death of Guitar Hero have shown, the Rock Band franchise is the king of the music game genre. From fully-functional guitars and basses to a working laser light show and ...
Read More »Is MiniStick the Cure for WASD Phobics?
PC gamers often espouse the advantages of a mouse and keyboard control method. Yet, for players accustomed to the ergonomics of a console controller, using a piece of equipment intended for crafting memoranda can create ...
Read More »New Releases for the Week of Sept. 9th, 2012
This week’s new releases sustain their domination of digital channels, thanks to a number of high profile releases such as Joe Danger: The Movie, Jet Set Radio HD, and Wayforward’s re-imagining of Billy and Jimmy ...
Read More »Zen Pinball 2+Plants Vs. Zombies Table Review
Preceding the launch of Pinball FX 2 onto Xbox Live, developer Zen Studios referred to their steel ball simulation as a “platform”, rather than use a more orthodox descriptor such as “game”. For some critics, ...
Read More »Lights, Camera, Party! Review
What is the concept? As both the Wiimote and Microsoft’s Kinect peripheral have demonstrated, motion-sensing devices have helped the mini-game genre to proliferate. Similarly, Sony’s Move controller has spurned an assemblage of wand-waggling titles, from ...
Read More »Podcast 11-4: Spacejunk
Beyond offering diverging schemes for galactic domination, this week we also offer impressions of Damage Inc. Pacific Squadron WWII, Chopper I, The Next Space, New Super Mario Bros. 2, Papo & Yo, Counterstrike: Global Offensive, ...
Read More »New Releases for the Week of September 2nd, 2012
During a week of few retail releases, publishers are taking the time to mix things up with downloadable content. Unfortunately, it can be a little confusing. Take the Battlefield 3: Armored Kill DLC which will ...
Read More »Damage Inc. Pacific Squadron WWII Review
As an aficionado of the air combat genre, I’ve sunk entire summers into staunch simulations such as IL-2 Sturmovik and DCS A-10C Warthog, as well as weeks on less fastidious fare like Heroes Over Europe ...
Read More »Way of the Samurai 4 Review
The concept of bushidō is often crassly articulated in gaming. Action-based titles such as Samurai Shodown and Brave Fencer Musashi- typically forgo the tenets of honor and loyalty to focus on the thrill of sword ...
Read More »Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Review
The premise of two factions of massive, shape-shifting, robots stuck in eternal strife like some sort of cybernetic Capulets and Montagues seems like a near-perfect premise for a game. Yet, as titles such as 2009’s ...
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