Online Gaming: It’s not you, it’s me!

Remember the time when multiplayer gaming was an enormous hassle?  I recall renting a SNES multitap adapter ; a magical device that let four controllers be connected to one system.  Fire up some Super Bomberman, get some friends to bring their controllers, and the fun would last for hours.  Sure it might SOUND crazy for [...]

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

I am not a car guy.  As long as my car gets me from point A to point B without losing parts on the way, I’m pretty happy.  So when a game like Gran Turismo 5 comes out, my reaction is pretty meh.  I know there are tons of gear heads out there that want [...]

Call of Duty: Black Ops OR How Activision prints money

So ok, everybody hates Activision, we get it.  They’ve gouged us on map packs, probably screwed over original Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward, and are generally just a giant corporation hell on bent on making money at the expense of the little guy.  Since Call of Duty is so huge we have the expected [...]

Bayonetta: Because Kratos isn’t a hot chick

Many games out there aim for realism now a days.  Not real in setting or story, but take a look around any FPS and “dark and gritty” is going to be pretty much the norm.  Bayonetta is not such a game.  Bayonetta looks reality in its stupid face and then uses a giant bird hair [...]

Arkham Asylum: It’s Batman time

I was at work today, minding my own business and thus proving just how awful of a reporter I am when my boss came into my office and dropped off the most recent page he had been working on.  It was the obit page, also known as the dead page, what with all the people [...]

The Force Unleashed OR What you wish Obi-wan did to that jerk in the Cantina

There is a sad sad history of games based on movies being terrible.  The Last Airbender? Yuck (although, apparently, better than the movie!). Iron Man? Yuck. One good movie, two bad games. Luckily for us gamers in recent times the trend has started to get a little better. Star Wars lends itself quite well to [...]

Red Dead Redemption: City slickers need not apply

Actually, this game is great for city slickers and range riders alike. But still! The co-op missions come out tomorrow, so I thought it high time I weigh in on the game that made rdr cougar an internet meme. I feel that I am more qualified than my counterparts Elrood and Tophat to discuss this [...]

Modern Warfare 2: Whaaaaaaat.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is now an international sensation, with loads of people, whole bucket loads of them, logging into the servers to “pwn some noobs.” Tophat takes a look at what the game does right and what it does wrong as Modern Warfare 2 mania continues. Lets blow up space.

Why the Ending of Heavy Rain Fails

So I sat down to write a quick post about my thoughts on some problems I had with the ending of Heavy Rain. So of course, it turns out to be longer than the review itself. I apparently have a great number of thoughts on this subject. My main thought: the ending takes some of the strengths of Heavy Rain as a narrative and grinds them into dust. Enormous spoilers ahead, proceed at own risk.
–Elrood

Heavy Rain (Fighting Crime with Jerky Controller Motions)

Heavy Rain is a kind of game that you most likely never played before, mostly because games like this really don’t exist. This PS3 exclusive aims to give gamers an experience far removed from your standard fps fare. The systems and game mechanics laid down here are not perfect, but they signal a new type of game, one that has the potential to do some very impressive things. Read on for a full review, spoiler free!
–Elrood