Darksiders Review

Darksiders is a game that shares similarities to several well known franchises but proves that when placed in the right hands, old tricks can be made new again. Darksiders is an action adventure game borrowing Zelda like progression fused with God of War like combat. Further influences include the lock on shooting mechanics of Panzer Dragoon and a Portal Gun similar to the one used in Portal. That’s not to say that this is a another generic “clone” of something we have already played. Darksiders [Read More]

Sony Cutting Retail Features From PS3

Sony has announced that the next version of PlayStation firmware, v3.21, will remove the Other OS functionality from the PS3. This will only affect older generation PS3’s as the feature has already been removed from the new Slim models released last year. Sony goes on to warn those who’ve been using the Other OS feature to back up data stored within the hard drive partition before downloading the new firmware, or else they’ll lose access to it. Without going into specifics, SCEA corporate communications director Patrick Seybold said, “In addition, [Read More]

Fallout:New Vegas Official Trailer and Release Date

Fallout: New Vegas has officially been announced as coming Fall 2010 to Games for Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 this morning. Bethesda also released a new teaser trailer for the game that shows just enough to have us thinking, “more Fallout.” I spent a lot of time with Fallout 3 and I will admit that the official word the game is coming this Fall has me feeling a little excited. We don’t have a lot of details regarding Fallout: New Vegas yet, but Bethesda provides the following description of [Read More]

Most Bang For Your Buck: I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1

Ska Studio’s I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 has slowly evolved into the most well known Xbox Live Indie Game release since the service first appeared on the Xbox 360. Gamasutra reported that the game has sold over 200,000 units since it first released in August of 2009. This means the developer, James Silva, has pocketed somewhere in the ballpark of $140,000.00 after Microsoft took their cut. The best description I can come up with for I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 is a twin-stick shooter featuring multiple weapons that [Read More]

Red Dead Redemption: Latest Videos

Red Dead Redemption is a open-world Western epic that is being developed by Rockstar San Diego Studio for both the Xbox 360 and PS3. The game is slated for a US release on May 18, 2010. Following the pre-release coverage since it’s announcement my anticipation continues to grow as the shelf date draws near. Red Dead Redemption takes place in America during the early 1900’s at the tail end of the Cowboy era. The star of the game will be John Marston, a former outlaw, who has been tasked with [Read More]

Lost in Warcraft: The One Hundred Day Adventure

For five years I have sat on the side lines reading articles and listening to people talk about World of Warcraft and I finally decided I had heard enough. It was time to swallow the red pill and take the plunge down the rabbit hole. I sat at my PC and proceeded to install the free ten day trial and I didn’t look back. Plunge might not be the best word to describe my one hundred day affair with World of Warcraft, crashed is probably a more suitable term.
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Little Big Planet PSP at First Glance

I had to do a some traveling recently which gave me an opportunity to dust off my PSP and partake in a little road trip gaming. When I was looking over the list of handheld games I wanted to pickup Little Big Planet for the PSP caught my eye. I don’t own a PS3 so I thought that this would be a good opportunity to familiarize myself with the Little Big Planet franchise and see what I’ve been missing. I didn’t have as much down time during my travels [Read More]

Social Gaming: Network Cable Required

The idea of video games becoming a social experience has been a major staple of the current generation of consoles. Games like Rock Band and Wii Sports have broken the barriers of traditional gaming audiences and have friends and family of all ages lining up across couches everywhere to play games together. The integration of social networking tools into game consoles combined with the growing broadband adoption rate means that playing with friends is as easy as turning on your console. The majority of games released these days include some [Read More]

Netflix Streaming Video: Uncovering the Hidden Gems

I have been a member of Netflix on-line DVD rent-by-mail service off and on since 2002. I subscribe to Netflix for a small fee of $12.45 a month. For this price I can check out two DVD movies at a time and I have unlimited access to their on demand service. Netflix is the best solution for renting movies for a person like myself. I am not interested in Television and I would rather put in a good movie than spend an hour or two watching reality TV or some [Read More]

Achievements: Good or Bad?

When the Xbox360 launched back in 2005 it changed the way I play games. The console itself didn’t really change things, it was the introduction of achievement points. For anyone who has been under a rock for the last four years, achievements are points that players receive for completing game-specific challenges. These challenges range from finishing a level to winning a certain number of matches against other players on Xbox Live. Every retail Xbox360 game has 1,000 available points and every Xbox Live Arcade game has 200 possible points. When [Read More]