Torchlight has been out for the PC for some time, but makes its debut on console as a downloadable XBLA title. The dungeon crawler offers hours of game play with untold number of dungeons to fight your way through as you fight a mystic ancient evil with your pet by your side. A straightforward RPG that in many ways feels […]
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PopCap may be the kings of the casual game. Plats vs. Zombies, Peggle, Bejeweled, the list of fun addictive games that everyone from your grandmother to your six-year-old nephew can’t stop playing is extensive. Odds are you have played Bejeweled at some point; Bejeweled Blitz Live isn’t even the first iteration of the classic puzzler on Xbox Live Arcade, and […]
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In the era of FPS games, one genre that has fallen to the wayside in the last two console generations has been the arcade racer. Some notables have come along, such as Hydro Thunder Hurricane and of course there is a Mario Kart for the Wii (I’m sure there is a law that states a Nintendo system must have at […]
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Harmonix had just finished their first game featuring a single band, a project featuring one of the most successful, memorable, and loved bands of all time: The Beatles. While the game didn’t sell as well as most had expected, it was well received both by critics and gamers alike, and undoubtedly the guys at Harmonix had to be wondering how […]
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Its the late nineties; arcade machines littered restaurant aisles like the Octo-Mom has random children. The pure classics- like Crazy Taxi, Pac-Man, Daytona USA, and the one that seemed to be in every American eatery and shopping center, Hydro Thunder. From its roots in seat style arcades to down-loadable title on XBL, I’ll be giving you the splash (pun intended) on […]
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Currently on sale on Xbox Live, does Aqua provide high adventure on the high seas or is it merely just another twin-stick shooter? I recently got a chance to sit down and spent more time with the multiplayer and have made a few minor changes including correcting an error I made to that section of the review. Aqua takes place […]
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Sure as the sun will set, people will blame any media they can for the violence in our world. Video games have taken their fare share, and continue to do so. Recently a lawmaker has suggested adding warning labels to video games much in the way the government currently puts warnings on alcohol and tobacco. This started as a […]
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As part of the mega sale of digital content this week, Rockstar has discounted both pieces of DLC for Grand Theft Auto IV. In honor of that we are bumping our review schedule ahead to bring you a special edition review of GTA IV’s Episodes of Liberty City. Grand Theft Auto has repeatedly been a groundbreaking series since GTA III […]
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For a little over a month numerous people including Budz McGee and myself have enjoyed the carnage filled Xbox Live arcade game “Harms Way.” The sole and simple objective of the game is to win the race; which can prove difficult depending who is gunning (literally) for you as you twist and turn your way across three desert-themed tracks. Four […]
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In honor of this week’s sale on select EA digital content, including Risk: Factions, a special edition review! Now with more words and less nudity! Risk has a bit of notoriety to it. It is best known as the game that can take weeks to play to completion and carries with it the reputation of the type of tabletop gamer […]
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