Category: VG Review
Once, I tried to play Tomb Raider: Underworld while reading Thomas Malthus’ "An Essay on the Principle of Population" and scanning my entire apartment with a black light looking for complex ciphers, all while sloshing through a waist-deep wave pool… Read More »
I had forgotten that the Uncharted series was unoriginal until I returned to Lara Croft’s temple-trekking trio of games in HD, The Tomb Raider Trilogy. Uncharted 2 ushered in high-polish, interactive set pieces combining climbing challenges and agile gunplay; Tomb… Read More »
Portal 2 is difficult to write about because I need to be objective with my thoughts about the game, and translate them into something that doesn’t sound like the caffeine-infused ramblings of someone who is head-over-heels in love with possibly… Read More »
When I sat down to write the review for Shift 2: Unleashed, I couldn’t think of what I wanted to write. Nothing I put down really was able to convey what I wanted to say. So, I figured there was… Read More »
THQ has released Red Faction: Battlegrounds as a tie-in game for the upcoming Red Faction: Armageddon. This top-down, dual-stick shooter features vehicular combat, plenty of explosions, and online multiplayer. All of that sounds great for a downloadable title, but ultimately… Read More »
The latest addition to the Pinball FX2 Xbox LIVE oddity is back. The series is a little bit different from other Xbox LIVE games, and you can find out why by clicking here or here to read past reviews of… Read More »
Originally released for the PlayStation 2 all the way back in 2005, Phantom Brave has returned, this time on the PSP. Aptly titled Phantom Brave: The Hermuda Triangle, the game’s name is pretty much the only thing that has been… Read More »
Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition marks the end of a significant drought, as it is the first Street Fighter game to appear on a Nintendo console since 2002’s Game Boy Advance iteration of Street Fighter Alpha 3. It also… Read More »
"I mean, that’s sort of cool, right?" I asked my girlfriend, who was immersed in playing catch with her Pug, Otis. "You know, like, technologically. It’s interesting." In my hand I was holding a 3DS, running Super Monkey Ball 3D…. Read More »
It’s no secret that first-person shooters have stagnated. Carbon copies with shinier textures continue to sell incredibly well. Like these clones, Crysis 2 does little to create new material in the genre, though it cobbles together disparate gameplay elements that… Read More »