Blue Dragon: Because magic means having a weird ass shadow

Blue Dragon is a unique game for me.  Namely, it’s one that I have actually beaten.  Oh, granted, it took me a while.  I teetered on the edge of no return of this JRPG for about a year and a half before I finally piloted my airship-fish into the atmosphere sucking hole at the end [...]

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 [...]

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

Castlevania is a long and storied franchise.  Or so I’m told.  I’ll admit, I’ve never really played any of myriad of Castlevania games.  All I knew going in to Lords of Shadow is that Dracula is a bad dude and will generally need to be whipped back into undeath.  As it turns out, my lack [...]

Just Cause 2: Mayhem on the end of a grappling hook

I think we all saw the developer walkthrough for Just Cause 2. I decided to rent the game based on that 10 minute video alone. It sounded like it had everything I love in a sandbox videogame. Over the top stunts and explosions, an expansive area to explore, and something I’d never seen before. The [...]

Ghostbusters: Needs more Rick Moranis

Who doesn’t love Ghostbusters?  The cheesy 80s music, the ridiculously over-the-top special effects, and the bumbling antics of Peter Venkman, Egon Spengler, Ray Stantz and Winston…  Churchill? (IMDB says his last name was Zeddmore.  Do they ever say that in the movie?  I certainly don’t remember it.) quickly became cultural icons from 1984 and well [...]

Halo Reach

I’ve never had a meaningful relationship with the Halo franchise.  Having never owned an original Xbox, I missed out on the universe Bungie has painstakingly crafted over the last ten odd years.  I played Halo and Halo 2 multiplayer via friends over the years, but never in a serious way and I never did more [...]

XBLA 2: I’ve lost that shining feeling

Has your wallet been stolen by ninjas?  Are you not a bad enough dude to get it back?  It might be time to hit up Xbox Live for your next game.  There’s a lot of gems and a lot of junk in the Xbox Live system though, so make sure you know what you’re getting [...]

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 [...]

Splinter Cell Conviction

Splinter Cell star Sam Fischer has always been about stealth.  The old formula involved catching foes unawares one guy at a time and sneaking up behind them to put them down.  Then a couple of things happened.  Number one is Ubisoft clearly started watching 24.  Number two is Sam Fischer decided that while it’s fun [...]

Dead Space: I am scared

I’m not really a scary movie type person.  It’s not that I dislike being scared but I feel like finding a good horror movie amidst the giant sea of absolute crap that comes out is very difficult.  I want the scares to be EARNED.  I want a plot that at least makes sense.  Most movies [...]