September 7th, 2011
For many, the choices offered in Deus Ex: Human Revolution will boil down to which abilities to upgrade first, which weapons to use, which dialogue options to choose, which patrolling guard to take out first, or which path to take inside a heavily guarded building. All of those are present in the game, but for me the coolest choice offered by the game was the capacity to goof around.
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August 31st, 2010
A new wireless Xbox 360 controller is on the way, but what makes it special?
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August 12th, 2010
In a surprise announcement, Irrational Games and Ken Levine revealed that they have been working on a new game called Bioshock Infinite. However, this isn’t the familiar Bioshock game you might be expecting.
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August 10th, 2010
The sequel to the excellent Batman: Arkham Asylum now has a name. According to the latest Game Informer, fans of the first game can look forward to playing Batman: Arkham City in the fall of 2011 on Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.
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December 4th, 2009
The final month of the year has arrived yet again. Along with bitter winds and the potential for white flakes in the air, it brings annoying jewelry commercials, crowded shopping malls, and skyrocketing airline ticket prices. Oh yeah! December also dishes out an onslaught of lists detailing the best “whatevers” of the year. In this case, the “whatevers” I am bringing you are video games. So what did I think of this year’s crop of interactive entertainment?
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October 31st, 2009
NBC hasn’t aired a single episode of Chuck this fall, and we still probably won’t be seeing the show until 2010 despite rumors that it might come back in November. However, the network recently announced that they have ordered an additional six episodes of Chuck, bringing the total for this yet-to-be-aired season up to 19.
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August 5th, 2009
Maybe you’ve never heard of Alice Sebold’s best-selling novel, The Lovely Bones. Maybe you have heard of it, but the paperback is still sitting in your “to read” pile. Maybe you’ve read the book so many times you could recite it in your sleep. Regardless of where you sit in relation to the source material, the trailer for Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of the story looks absolutely amazing.
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July 22nd, 2009
Would you like to blow stuff up and smash things with a sledgehammer? Yes? Then Red Faction: Guerrilla is tailor-made for you.
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July 20th, 2009
The latest cast member to join the HBO production of George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones is a very exciting one.
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July 7th, 2009
High Voltage Software has been hyping their new game, The Conduit, as the title that will make “hardcore” gamers dust off their Wii and give them a reason to play the system again. Should you grab a dust rag or continue using your Wii remotes as paper weights?
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June 23rd, 2009
It’s not every day that you wake up on the coroner’s table, interrupting your own autopsy. For most people, that would be a strange occurrence, but it’s only the beginning for Alex Mercer.
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June 7th, 2009
A ton of great trailers and preview videos for big releases have been shown at E3 this year. There have been so many videos posted online that some games can get lost in the shuffle. While seeing footage from big games like Modern Warfare 2 and God of War 3 is certainly a good thing, this article is for those videos you probably missed among the explosion of new content released this week.
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June 2nd, 2009
Sony was the last of the Big 3 companies to hold their press conference at E3 this year. What did they show, and how did they stack up to the other two? Read on for my impressions and video.
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June 2nd, 2009
Last year, Nintendo’s press conference was less than stellar. Did they improve things this year? Read on to find out what Nintendo brought to the table.
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June 1st, 2009
The Electronic Entertainment Expo is here, and Microsoft was hoping their conference would kick E3 off with a bang. Did they succeed? Read on for my impressions of the first of the conferences from the “Big Three” companies, including several videos from the show.
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