PAX East 2012: Hands-on with Hell Yeah!

Hell Yeah! is a game about a rabbit named Ash, the prince of Hell who had some racy photos of him and his rubber ducky spread all over the internet. He also happens… Continue reading →

BioWare’s Artistic Remorse

I have spent the past month catching up to the series people have been so invested in since 2007. Thanks to the hype leading up to the release of Mass Effect 3, I realized how… Continue reading →

Shepard’s “Good Old Days”

After spending almost twenty hours with my team in the original Mass Effect, it was a bit sad watching the ending credits roll and realizing our mission was over. Since I had invested… Continue reading →

The Mass Effect 3 Effect

A couple years ago, a friend of mine gave me his copy of Mass Effect to try out. He wanted action and told me that the game was too dialogue-intensive and just plain… Continue reading →

Review: Final Fantasy XIII-2

As with most Final Fantasy games, Final Fantasy XIII gave players the responsibility of saving the world before it was too late. Its characters were marked as fugitives and running away from the authorities and monsters kept… Continue reading →

Review: Dance Central 2

I am sure there are many of you who remember playing the latest Dance Dance Revolution game in arcades or in the privacy of your homes. Back in the day, hitting buttons on… Continue reading →

Review: Rage

Over the past few years, the word “wasteland” has become one of Bethesda’s favorites as two of its most recently published games have taken place during a post-apocalyptic world where mutants and humans… Continue reading →

Review: Rock of Ages

Throughout history, countless lives have been lost in the many battles and wars brought forth from man’s universal pursuit of power. From the Battle of Thermopylae to the Thirty Years’ War, these bouts… Continue reading →

Review: Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition

Fighting games always reach different groups of gamers who either play for fun or play to win. While the pro gaming community may want a fighting game that offers balanced damage scaling, responsive… Continue reading →

Review: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

Remember how Samus lands on an unknown planet and gradually gains new weapons that allow her to venture even deeper in search of the evil menace that lurks at its core? I’m sure… Continue reading →

Review: From Dust

One lesson that I took from playing From Dust is that geology is an amazing subject to study. I remember taking a geology class in college and learning all about rocks and the formations of… Continue reading →

Review: Bastion

Bastion is a contradiction, a finished work-in-progress. As soon as you begin the game, you will get the feeling that it is unfolding live before your eyes, and that your character’s every move affects… Continue reading →

Review: Shadows of the Damned

In Shadows of the Damned, you’ll be playing as a smooth-talking, badass Mexican named Garcia Hotspur as he travels through the shadowy depths of Hell to rescue his beloved Paula who was abducted… Continue reading →

Review: Dungeon Siege III

Getting rid of the traditional party-based system, deep character customizations, and slower strategic format of its past two games, Dungeon Siege III is a refreshing take on the series that provides you with… Continue reading →

Review: L.A. Noire

One way of knowing whether a film is a success or not is if it manages to engage its audience by sucking them into its world with its use of ambiance, spectacle, and… Continue reading →

Review: Mortal Kombat

Remember playing Mortal Kombat back in the 90s when it dominated arcades and ate your quarters faster than a trip to Vegas? Ever since those glory (and gory) days, the franchise has never… Continue reading →

Review: Rio

Labeled as a multiplayer party game, Rio gives you some of the flavor of the movie in a collection of mini-games that is best played with friends. The game is definitely geared toward… Continue reading →

Review: Rush’n Attack: Ex Patriot

Konami’s classic arcade game Rush’n Attack gets an HD facelift on your Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but the game still plays very much like its 1985 predecessor. Rush’n Attack: Ex-Patriot may give… Continue reading →

PAX East 2011: Mortal Kombat Hands-On Impressions

The demo for Mortal Kombat is now available for everyone to download, so if you want to experience a taste of brutality, get it now on your Xbox or PlayStation 3. The demo only offers… Continue reading →

PAX East 2011: Child of Eden Hands-On

Child of Eden is Ubisoft’s upcoming Kinect title that feels a lot like a dazzling ride through a sea of colors, lights, and shapes. The game is a rail-shooter and is very much… Continue reading →

PAX East 2011: Deus Ex: Human Revolution Gameplay Demo Impressions

At PAX East this weekend, Eidos Montreal showcased live gameplay of their upcoming and highly anticipated title Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The panel had Community Manager Kyle Stallock, Game Director Jean-Francois Ducas, and… Continue reading →

Review: Stacking

Leave it to a developer like Double Fine to create a game that puts you in a world of Russian matryoshka dolls and lets you harness the simple power of stacking as the… Continue reading →

Review: Breach

When you play a first person shooter game like Breach, you will feel a lot closer to the battlefield than you would if you played any other shooter. Sure, you are still playing… Continue reading →

Review: Bomberman Live: Battlefest

The first time I played a Bomberman game, I was hooked on its multiplayer mode. Bomberman games don’t really have an impressive single player mode, but get some people together in a room,… Continue reading →

Review: Microbot

Microbot is a futuristic twin-stick shooter published by Electronic Arts and currently available on Xbox Live Arcade. In the future, it seems humans don’t have enough white blood cells in their bodies to… Continue reading →

Review: Cthulhu Saves the World

If you were around during the 16bit era when Japanese RPGs were the hottest imports, you’d remember how many hours you might have spent leveling up your party members as you traveled from… Continue reading →

Review: A World of Keflings

If you’re looking for a real-time strategy game that’s simple to play and yet still as engrossing as some of the more well-known titles, look no further than NinjaBee’s A World of Keflings.… Continue reading →

Review: Unbound Saga

Sometimes a game’s storyline has so much potential and yet dies because of weak gameplay. That’s what I thought about when I started playing Unbound Saga for the Xbox Live Arcade. Despite coming… Continue reading →

Review: Marvel Pinball

A few weeks ago, Zen Studios released Pinball FX 2 on Xbox Live Arcade. The game provides a good outlet that lets you play a variety of fun and distinctive pinball tables by… Continue reading →

Review: Splatterhouse

The original Splatterhouse came out in arcades back in 1988, and while it wasn’t a ground-breaking beat ‘em up title, it did gain a cult following due to its controversial graphics and horror… Continue reading →