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Getting closer to the end of my "must-plays" of 2009, I just wrapped up Batman: Arkham Asylum on the PS3 a few minutes ago. I've got to say, this is one of those extremely rare times when I felt that all of the praise and accolades given to the game were well and truly deserved. ...
Gaming
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Rocksteady
Batman
Xbox 360
Bonjour class! Welcome to Ludology 101. Matthew Wiese of the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab talks about his work and his experience on the academic side of games. Is ludology as sleep-inducing as it sounds? No sir, and in fact criticism and academia may have more in common than you think. With ...
Gaming
Xbox 360
Wii
This one time, me and my friend Keith... HIGH: Barreling through all four survivors with the charger. LOW: Rochelle's extremely bland character. WTF: Why can't the tank pick people up like the charger does? read more
Gaming
Left 4 Dead 2
Left 4 Dead
Valve
Xbox 360
Electronic Arts
News has started to trickle out about the upcoming Shiren the Wanderer for the Wii. Set to release on February 9, this is absolutely one of my most anticipated games for the foreseeable future. In case you missed it, I picked up a copy of Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer on DS a while ago ...
Gaming
Shiren the Wanderer
Xbox 360
Wii
DS
Frodo, meet Commander Shepard HIGH Superb characterizations, story, and role-playing. LOW The combat system is a mess. WTF Screwing up a quest by missing one line of dialogue 20 hours beforehand. read more
Gaming
Dragon Age: Origins
BioWare
Xbox 360
Electronic Arts
A while ago, a friend on Twitter recommended I check out SwitchGames , an online trading service for folks who want to get rid of the old in exchange for the new. Rather than messing around with tokens, credit, or trade points (I get enough of that nonstandard currency crap paying for DLC ...
Gaming
As first-person shooter campaigns go, it's definitely in the 95th percentile of enjoyable shooting galleries. But it's also a campaign that worries me. While playing through the brief solo mode (roughly five hours), I couldn't help but be reminded of the stereotypical Bay film: Things blow ...
Gaming
Modern Warfare 2
Xbox 360
Infinity Ward
Call of Duty
Stephen Totilo of Kotaku provided a fascinating look at Zach Gage's Lose/Lose , a curious statement-game (I would call it an "art game," but that label comes with its own baggage and may obfuscate the analysis below) that posits players in a pretty lousy situation: Get ...
Gaming
Assassin's Creed II
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Dragon Age: Origins
Forza Motorsport 3
Halo 3: ODST
Left 4 Dead 2
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
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Gaming
Wii
Xbox 360
DS
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Dragon Age: Origins
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Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate-at-Law HIGH The Harry Potter
-esque way that the plotline connects back to Chapter...
1. LOW The gameplay connects back to Chapter 1 (i.e. the jungle) as well. WTF Morgan?! Nooooooo! read more
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Tales of Monkey Island Chapter Four: The Trial and ...
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Over the past few weeks I've been eagerly awaiting Left 4 Dead 2, and in the meantime I've been digging through my collection of old games, giving in to a sudden and inexplicable wave of nostalgia. There were the old pleasures to be sure, but I was amazed at how many of these games just ...
Gaming
Always one to support smaller development houses and those exploring the downloadable space, I was fortunate enough to get the chance to have a brief exchange with Max Wagner, one of the co-founders of brand-spanking (sort-of) new Signal Studios. The studio's first game, Toy Soldiers , was ...
Gaming
Xbox 360
Three Heads Are Better Than Two HIGH Excellent concept, great production values. LOW Lack of any real boss battles. WTF Experience comes in glowing green bottles? read more
Gaming
Trine
I wrote the headline to this story not really thinking—and only now does it dawn on me that "gets a street date" make it sound like Silent Hill: Shattered Memories went out and picked up a hooker… That's not what happened, though. Instead, Konami has announced the release date for ...
Gaming
Wii
Konami
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Silent Hill
PS2
Super Heroes? More Like Pretty-okay Heroes... HIGH Going multi with Luke Cage and Iron Fist, together again. LOW Generally poor selection of heroes from Marvel's vast universe. WTF What happened to the QA process? read more
Gaming
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Vicarious Visions
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Xbox 360
Activision
Wii
You Won't Even Notice That All The Humans Are Gone HIGH: Overlooking the city from the game's high points. LOW: The somewhat anti-climactic ending. WTF: The oddly convenient series of pipes in one of the puzzles. read more
Gaming
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In my review of Call of Duty: Modern
Warfare 2 , I disagree with my peers that...
the game is not a compelling example for games as art, rather it's perfect for a sports argument. Take 36-year-old David Dague of Chicago. When interviewed by The ...
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Now about that terror attack level everyone's talking ...
Stranded (and bored) in the wasteland HIGH Millions of guns to choose from, theoretically... LOW The "adventure" is pure contrivance, utterly lacking a soul. WTF Where's the onscreen minimap? Why do weak guns auto-equip? read more
Gaming
Borderlands
Gearbox Software
2K Games
Xbox 360
Bland name, tasty game HIGH A new, predatory twist on puzzling. LOW The difficulty of the final third feels haphazard and unrefined. WTF Rainbow-colored regurgitation. read more
Gaming
Critter Crunch
iPhone
Sony
Spoiler Alert for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 fans!! This morning on Twitter, I saw a link come in mentioning Modern Warfare 2 . I don't really give a rip about it and I've been skipping over most of the masturbatory OMG-look-at-this-new-feature news on it, but this particular tweet was from ...
