With the holidays upon us, expect the industry to plunge into a deep hibernation during the next few weeks. While most developers, publishers, and PR people will be taking a much-needed reprieve, at last one ...
Read More »Three Against the World: Trine 2 Review
What is the concept? Recalling the SNES puzzler, The Lost Vikings, Trine 2 tasks players with utilizing the unique skillsets possessed by a trio of protagonists. From Pontius the knight’s competency for breaking foe and ...
Read More »Podcast 9-4: Blinky, The Ghost of Christmas Present
Inebriated from the cornucopia of gaming goodness this holiday season has produced, DesertEagle, SeanNOLA, and BlueSwim offer impressions of Mario Kart 7, Kinect Sports 2, Fortune Street, Where is My Heart?, SkyDrift, as well as ...
Read More »Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012 Review
As a fitness tool, Microsoft’s Kinect has been disappointingly erratic. From the cumbersome menu navigation of EA Sports Active 2 to an inability to recognize fundamental exercises such as push-ups in THQ’s UFC Personal Trainer, ...
Read More »Rules With an Iron Fist- Tekken Hybrid Review
Nearly as contentious as the matches within the Tekken games are the conversations which surround Namco-Bandai’s respected fighting franchise. While some clearly prefer the outlandish hit combos present in contemporary entries, others (such as the ...
Read More »New Releases for the Week of December 18th, 2011
Think you’ve spent a wad of cash this holiday season? With a purported cost of $140 millions dollars, its doubtful you have outspent Electronic Arts, who will be releasing Star Wars: The Old Republic this ...
Read More »Joe Danger: Special Edition Review
What is the concept? Games which try to synthesize an assortment of popular mechanics often end up becoming less that the sum of their parts. Fortunately, that tenet doesn’t hold true for Joe Danger: Special ...
Read More »Mite Makes Right- Nano Assault Review
Anyone who’s ever read Carl Zimmer’s Parasite Rex knows how unsettling the microscopic domain can be- a realm where tiny organisms are capable of castration, mutilation, disfigure, and even zombification. Far worse that the hackneyed ...
Read More »Xotic: Not Quite Acclimated
What is the concept? Whereas most first-person shooters are conduits for militaristic, cinematic set- pieces, WXP Games’ Xotic draws inspiration from the leaderboard driven diversions of classic coin-operated titles. As such, the title offers more ...
Read More »JASF: Jane’s Advanced Strike Fighters Review
One of the FAA’s stipulations for becoming a commercial pilot is at least 250 hours of piloting time. If the agency ever permits air combat simulations into their calculations, I should be well on my ...
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