SMH – If It’s Broke…
I was playing Skyrim the other day while Darth Healthcare played Portal 2. Really, that meant we were both completely silent until either I shouted, “Dragon!” or he laughed aloud at something GLaDOS said. After some time though, he laughed particularly loudly and added, “That was great.” I couldn’t ignore the curiosity. “What happened?” “No,” … Read more
DC Universe Online: It’s Free to Play… But Is It Worth Your Time?
*Note: This editorial is based on the PS3 version. I don’t know what possessed DC Comics and Sony Online Entertainment to even dream that they could force a subscription-based pay model on console gamers. Many, like myself, enjoyed the first (free!) month of DC Universe Online, and then promptly put it up and never touched it … Read more
What the Hell, Super Mario Land?
It’s often said that memories from our childhood are obscured by our brain in such a way that we recall things being differently than they actually were. With the Super Mario Land series, this is absolutely the case. Nintendo’s release of Super Mario 3D Land for the 3DS prompted a friend of mine (let’s call … Read more
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Review: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Hate Capcom
I was a little conflicted as to how I would start this article. In my approach as a game reviewer, I was indifferent to the whole thing (I am generally this way about fighting games). The best fighting game—in my very, very humble opinion—was Mortal Kombat: Deception (2004); it offered a generous and diverse roster … Read more
Become the Dragonborn – A Review of “Skyrim”
Every so often, a video game series has a Milestone. For Halo, it was Reach. For Resident Evil, it was RE4. For Zelda, it looks like it may be Skyward Sword. I have to quickly specify that “Milestone” doesn’t just mean “really good” here; a Milestone Game is one that fixes everything that was broken about a series; Reach, for example did … Read more
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Review (Haters gon’ Hate)
Yet another article that I feel compelled to begin with a short retrospective. When I first picked up an installment of the Call of Duty franchise; it was Modern Warfare (2007). The first of now three games that have pushed the envelope of console-based first-person shooters. Modern Warfare was a refreshing game in a genre … Read more
A Fond Farewell to ‘Oblivion’
Disclaimer: If you haven’t finished The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, beware; there’s a bunch of spoilers in this article. It was the strangest thing, looking out at Cyrodiil and knowing I would never see it again. I know, that sounds over-emotional, but hear me out; I know that at some point, I’ll turn on Oblivion and ride through … Read more
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Review
Video game heroes more often than not stray away from the cinematic definition of a hero, even though games are growing to have more and more in common with cinema. There are many definitions of heroes within these two mediums alone; heroes in video games are often not as relatable as heroes in cinema due … Read more
Sonic Generations Review
Sonic the Hedgehog holds a special place in my heart as my very first video game memory. My cousins Jason and Scott graciously let five year old me play the 1991 classic on their new Genesis, and then promptly took the controller away when they saw I couldn’t grasp the concept of jumping over the … Read more
@ The Round Table: The X-Men: Schism, Regenesis, and Beyond
The X-Men have been doing a lot of the same lately. With one big crossover event after another, the last few years have been the same Extinction stories over and over, with X-Men—nay, mutant world leader—Cyclops gathering an army of Marvel Comics’ most incredibly diverse andvaried set of powers and personalities to combat evil geneticists, … Read more
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