What is the concept? As titles such as Toy Soldiers, Monday Night Combat, Trenched and Orcs Must Die have demonstrated, the action/tower defense genre has proliferated across Xbox Live Arcade. Yet, associating the recent release ...
Read More »New Releases for the Week of October 23, 2011
While Battlefield 3 players will be trying to keep their muzzles steady, there is likely to be a lot of swaying throughout many of this week’s other new releases. From Dance Central 2, Just Dance ...
Read More »Ace Combat Assault Horizon Review
After a dozen franchise entries across a span of nearly two decades, the most menacing foe in the Ace Combat universe is the specter of stagnancy. The old axiom “if you’ve seen one, you’ve seen ...
Read More »Guardian Heroes Review
What is the concept? 1996’s Guardian Heroes is a textbook example of the fan-pleasing design philosophy of Japanese developer Treasure (Gunstar Heroes, Bangai-O, Ikaruga). Most brawlers of the era focused on the protagonist’s efforts to ...
Read More »NBA 2k12 Review
For gamers, there is a redemptive sliver of hope amidst a deadlocked NBA season. Typically, the simultaneous release of a new sports title alongside the commencement of a season can present a struggle for leisure ...
Read More »New Releases for the Week of October 16th, 2011
While the week ahead promises to bring forty-six new SKUs onto store shelves, there’s probably only title that has near-universal appeal- Batman: Arkham City. Dwarfing Rocksteady Studios’ 2009 predecessor in both scope and ambition, the ...
Read More »A Truly Unreal Engine- Rage Review
Call of Duty 2’s release amidst the Xbox 360’s launch lineup was a harbinger of hope for first-person shooter purists. Sporting an impressive draw distance and a habitually solid sixty-frame per second output, the title ...
Read More »Burnout Crash Review
With every new Burnout game, it seems that the racing portion of the game takes a backseat to crashing or forcing someone else to crash in a nifty way. For better or worse, Burnout Crash ...
Read More »Podcast 8-7: When Virtual and Real Worlds Collide
Between getting caught leering at pixelated breasts on a PSP screen or succumbing to the intimidation of a Soul Caliber tournament announcer, the life of a podcast personality often exists in the nebulous space between ...
Read More »Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland Review
While my teenage years were marked by weekend trips to the congested cineplex, in college I had developed an appreciation for the smaller art-house theatres. Having watched an endless procession of rugged heroes save the ...
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