The Ship began as a mod for Half-Life, but as time went on, it soon became a stand-alone game using the Source engine. In it, you and a group of people have all been placed on a ship by an eccentric rich man known only by the name Mr. X. You're given a target, and it's your job to take them down by any means necessary. Read More.
I wasn't really sure what I expected Ship Simulator to be when I booted it up. I mean, the title is right there. It goes without saying that the game allows you to pilot a variety of boats in a variety of situations. There's a heavy emphasis on the realism of the situation and how the boats move and are controlled, and a really low emphasis on anything resembling action or, well, fun. Read More.
When EA Sports bought the exclusive rights to the NFL license, many gamers felt they had lost a home. While both the Madden and NFL 2K franchises were great for various reasons, they were also different enough to warrant separate purchases. A month into the 2005 football season, I needed my 2K fix and bad. Read More.
The intro to NBA 07 sets the stage nicely for the series' newest feature appropriately named The Life, which puts players in the $200 kicks of an up and coming NBA star named the kid as he progresses through his life on and off the court. I was initially quite impressed with the general level of polish present in NBA 07. Read More.
NBA 07 is a very solid title that all PSP owners should have whether they're devoted basketball fans or not. It retains all of the core traits of its PS2 cousin, and thankfully omits a few of the "tacked on" features that hound the PS2 edition. Read More.
Devil Summoner is the latest title in the long-running Shin Megami Tensei series, a series that shares more in common with style, theme and design than any other components. The latest installment pits you, Kuzunoha Raidou (or at least, the 14th person to have gained the title), against a mysterious foe with strong connections to the world of the demons, the Dark Realm. Read More.
Sega is mostly known for it's Sonic and various other classic hits from back in the Genesis days. But another Sega title that has a cult following to this day is Shenmue. It is an adventure title with a plethora of activities to do around a given city, and it also featured combat elements. Read More.
I must admit that the first time I fired up Dragon's Lair HD, I couldn't quite fathom how the packaging classified it as a video game. However, after a few more beers I gave it another go and was pleasantly surprised by how much fun this game actually offers. Produced by Canadian developer Digital Leisure, Dragon's Lair HD is a PC port of a cult classic arcade game dating back to 1983 - the year Return of the Jedi hit theatres. Read More.
This summer has seen an influx of pirate-based games for every platform imaginable, which is not surprising considering that the highly anticipated sequel to the movie Pirates of the Caribbean hit theatres to smashing success. Following in this recent trend of pirate-themed everything, Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales has recently come to the PC. Read More.
It's almost inevitable that any game that even remotely looks like an open-ended, action-oriented free-roaming sandbox game will get compared to GTA. When you're the grand-daddy of the genre, the grand-kids have big boots to fill. But in a day and age when every game seems to, in one way or another, try to steal a piece from the GTA ilk, we have to be careful to judge each game for what it truly is and not what it reminds us of. Read More.
The video game industry has a timeline that spans over 35 years, and every last person has enjoyed something it's put out at one time or another. Most of the time people look forward to headers, the spotlights that really gleam, possibly finding a gem in the hay and enjoying some unknown title. Read More.
Episodic content seems to be the way forward in the evolution of PC Gaming - more and more developers are moving to this model rather then the traditional expansion packs in new releases. Essentially, the core concepts behind episodic content is to allow for quicker release cycles, to push more content to the games and progress storylines, and from a development perspective, to keep the money flowing to finance the development of these multi-million dollar games. Read More.
As someone who plays more video games than most, I get asked the following question a lot: "So like, uh, which is better, the PS3 or the 360?" It's a fair question and also a very annoying one. As a reviewer, the responsible answer is really: "They're really the same. Read More.
It isn't easy being Assil. First, he can't find a bottle opener. Then he contracts a terrible death curse (as if there are any other), and then he's grounded for a week! How will he ever solve his predicament? Why, with a healthy dose of running around and using/combining seemingly random things, that's how. Read More.
Miami is apparently a very gritty place. Drug cartels around every corner, police who shoot first, shoot later, and then, if time permits, ask questions. Such is Miami Vice, one of the latest offerings of movie-to-game transitions. Read More.
