Spider-Man: Miles Morales & The City That Never Sleeps DLC Review – A return to the Big Apple
In this review I take a look at the newly released Miles Morales spin-off in addition to The City that Never Sleeps expansion.
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Backlog Quest II – Sidequest: To the Moon – A Story Worth Experiencing
Dear Journal, Recently, I experienced one of the best stories in modern video games with a graphical style that brought me back to my childhood. When I say experienced, I mean it. To the Moon is not so much a game as it is an experience. In many ways, it’s the model interactive story adventure – heavy emphasis on narrative […]
Read moreDr. Geek: Batfans, Putting the Fanatic Back in Fan
The theory goes that the term “fan” originated as a shortened form of fanatic. Fanatic comes from long, long ago, when the only fanatics were of the religious type, as a way to describe such people with excessive zeal, enthusiasm and passion, as if driven mad and consumed by the madness. Due to its etymological origin, the term fan, when […]
Read moreReview: Defender II (Android) – Monsters, Crossbows and Fireballs oh my!
Defender II is a tower defense title for your Android powered smart phone where you must defend your castle wall from an ever-increasing army of various monsters. To do this you must use your badass crossbow and various magic (and other upgrades) to fend off their advances. Featuring what seems like a countless number of stages and an online multiplayer, […]
Read moreReview: Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations — Ninjas are better in orange
Hi. My name is Briana Lawrence and I — deep breath — am a Naruto fan. Well, that’s not entirely true. I’m more of a recovering addict. My fangirl mind has become exhausted with the series and, recently, I haven’t felt the excitement I use to feel oh so many years ago back when Naruto was a wee little lad […]
Read moreReview: Total War: Shogun 2 (PC – Steam)
In the realm of real-time strategy games, few can hold a candle to Creative Assembly’s Total War series. Imagine combining the legendary Civilization games with an RTS like Age of Empires and you start to scratch the surface of what Total War is all about. The ability to create immense armies that have superb graphic detailing and send them into […]
Read moreReview: Modern Warfare 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the latest installment of the Modern Warfare series produced by Infinity Ward and newcomer Sledgehammer Games. The series seems to have a relatively simple formula for success; provide a fairly entertaining single player game and attach it to a revolutionary multiplayer system that sucks grown men (and women) from their real-life duties for hours/days/months on end. This formula has produced mind boggling results in revenue, and it has done so once again with Modern Warfare 3. However, do we get our money’s worth in entertainment?
Read moreDLC Review – The Wavy Tube Man Chronicles (The Gunstringer)
Following our review of The Gunstringer for Kinect, it seemed fitting to take a moment to take a quick look at the game’s DLC, The Wavy Tube Man Chronicles. Available on the Xbox Live Marketplace for the unbeatable price of FREE, this nearly 2GB sized game add-on takes the basic gameplay of The Gunstringer to a… unique new experience. The […]
Read moreReview: Naval Warfare (PC)
In the world of Naval Warfare, you are in control of the Emperean vessel captained by Captain Grey and manned by his loyal crew. In a steampunk-style world were two supreme powers come face-to-face in an unexpected war. Fueled by a mysterious plot, you struggle to survive against uneven odds to protect the world from the forces of evil. Taking […]
Read moreReview: Lego Rock Band
I feel like the first thing I should say is that I am a big fan of Rock Band. I enjoy playing it on my own or as part of a group, and have had some especially great times with the latter. I am also fairly good at them as well. I say this, as a form of disclaimer and […]
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