Reviews
Review: Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax (XBLA)
Half-Minute Hero began life essentially as freeware known as 30-Second Hero originally developed by UUE. A unique take on the Japanese Role Playing Game (JRPG) formula, players had 30 seconds to beat an evil wizard and save the world from certain destruction. In 2009, the game would be adopted by Marvelous Entertainment where they would make the move from a standalone 1 MB game and add 5 other dif...[Read More]
Review: Roxio Game Capture Device
Everyone likes to brag about their gaming achievements. Everyone loves to tell Falstaff tales about how they took out four Borgia guards single-handedly using only their double hidden blades in Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. Everyone loves to tell big fish stories about a great racing win in SEGA Rally Online Arcade. Everyone loves to recount their legendary musical shooter performance in Ch...[Read More]
Review: Mortal Kombat Season Pass / Skarlet DLC (360)
Looks like DLC passes might be the wave of the future. First Rockstar’s L.A. Noire, now Warner Bros. Mortal Kombat (you can read my review on the game here) is using this business model to sell DLC. The way it works is you buy the pass for 1200 Microsoft Points ($15 Bucks), and it gives you future DLC at a discounted rate. Without the pass, Skarlet, Rain, Kenshi, and a yet to be announced kombatan...[Read More]
Review: Mortal Kombat (360)
Nothing can prepare you. That’s the old tag line, and it’s true. It’s been a long time since Mortal Kombat delivered the type of fighting I’ve come to expect from the series. In 1995, Mortal Kombat 3 (along with Ultimate and Gold) would be the last title to let fans fight in a 2D plane until now.
Review: Dungeon Siege III (PC)
The dungeon is open, and though it has a few scrapes and bruises, the third siege still manages to enthrall.
Review: Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters (PS3)
This time, we have the game tie-in to the Green Lantern movie starring Ryan Reynolds. But can I believe it? It’s fun?!
Review: Green Lantern
There are times when I become horribly confused as to what the majority of critics are thinking. This is one of those times.
Review: The N-Control Avenger
The Avenger controller mod by N-Control is touted by its creator as a mod that avenges disadvantages and even makes other modified-from-the-ground-up controllers better. We’ll see if it can it give you the edge on your competition. David Kotkin, designer and creator of The Avenger, developed the controller add-on out of necessity. In the design stages, David got some assistance and input fro...[Read More]
Review: inFAMOUS 2 (PS3)
Superhero protagonists aren’t exactly new to video games. However, more often than not, those superheroes are the common newstand fodder we see in comic book shops and in the movies. What made the original inFAMOUS so incredible was not just the spectacular game play, but the creation of an original hero that felt new yet familiar. Cole McGrath managed to appeal to nearly everyone, whether they ma...[Read More]
Review: L.A. Noire (PS3)
As an interactive movie and a testament to the story telling power of video games, L.A. Noire excels. As a game itself…well, there the topic becomes a bit less black and white.
Review: OnLive
I’m going to be perfectly honest with you here…I have a pretty awesome job. I get to sit at a computer all day and create Excel masterpieces. In my downtime, I browse the Internet and just generally screw around. There’s only so much Internet, though, and I do, at times, find myself getting bored. This ended, however, when I managed to get my hands on OnLive. Downtime at work? As...[Read More]
Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale (XBLA)
I came in to Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale both hesitant and hopeful. On the one hand, I’ve been a massive fan of Dungeons & Dragons since Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition. On the other hand, I’ve been a massive fan of Dungeons & Dragons since Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition. I could either have been very happy with a great console Dungeons & Dra...[Read More]