Review: South Park Snow Day is anything but a reason to be glad school’s out
We’re goin’ down to South Park gonna have an awful time with this game.
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BGS 2023: How Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown stole the show
With Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Ubisoft reinvents its classic videogame franchise yet again in a brilliantly put together platformer that has a huge emphasis on speed and precision movement and does not shy away from set pieces and fantastic combat.
Extinction shows promise early on, but fails to follow through
Extinction is one of those games that should, on paper, work. All the elements are there, and, for a while, it’s great. A bit rough around the edges, but hey — nothing’s perfect, right? Extinction, unfortunately, is ultimately undone by those rough edges. What begins as a solid action game with a good premise soon…
Spirits of Xanadu Review
2001: A Space Odyssey is still what I would consider to be one of the best films of all time. Despite the fact that the futuristic universe 2001 imagined has never come, it has an unrivalled aesthetic, soundtrack, and style which remains second-to-none. The special effects, impressive beyond anything seen before in 1968 are still…
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor Review
The saying goes that if you want to steal from someone, you might as well steal from the best. While nobody could ever go as far as saying Shadow of Mordor steals, it certainly borrows the best elements of some of the most fun stealth games around and makes terrific use of them in one…
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist Review
Splinter Cell has always been in a continuing shift in tone and in gameplay. Double Agent introduced the concept that Sam Fisher isn’t always willing to be the good guy and Conviction showed that he’s pretty darn good at shoot outs. The latest entry in the series, Blacklist, attempts to appease fans on both sides…
Dishonored: Dunwall City Trials Review
Dishonored was one of my favorite games of 2012 and it’s great to see its gametime getting an extension through downloadable content. Dunwall City Trials might not be exactly what you may be looking for when it comes to a game like Dishonored, due to its focus on score competition and leaderboards, but it does…