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You play as Nathan Drake, a charming rogue who’s not above snapping a guy’s neck in order to make a clean getaway. Tomb Raider is an obvious source of inspiration for developer Naughty Dog as there is a lot of ledge jumping and shimmying. There are also the prerequisite exploding barrels to be found throughout. “Find a way through” will usually mean finding a red barrel Read the rest of this entry »

The story that begins Ultimate Spider-Man shows the father of Peter Parker and Eddie Brock working on a cure for cancer. The result is the black goo that changes Eddie into the powerful Venom, Spider-Man’s arch nemesis. The plot and story, as short as it is, rolls out from there and the player alternates between Spider-Man and Venom as dictated by the storyline.    Read the rest of this entry »

“Rocketman: Axis of Evil” is a top down shooter, but unlike “Ikari Warriors” it is a dual stick shooter. My experience with dual stick shooters is mostly with games like “Geometry Wars” or “Super Stardust HD”, games where you are faced with unbelievable odds yet through the users maneuvering, targeting and power-ups, coupled with the speed of the ship those odds were more approachable. Read the rest of this entry »

You play as the newest member of the First Encounter Assault Recon, the military’s top-secret task force assigned to deal with paranormal situations. And the mission in F.E.A.R. certainly counts as above and beyond the regular call of duty. As explained in the opening cinematic, a military commander named Paxton Fettel goes insane and takes command of a secret army of cloned soldiers that are telepathically linked to him. Read the rest of this entry »

The characters are quirky and offbeat and would fit well into a video game. TellTale games realized this and finally made a “Point and Click” adventure game based off the web cartoon. The game opens with Strong Bad reading an e-mail asking him why he doesn’t just pummel HomeStar and get it over with. He then travels down to the race track to beat up HomeStar and learns that a race is being held. You play from there interacting with all the characters from the HomeStar universe. Read the rest of this entry »

If you played the current-generation versions of Burnout: Revenge, the Xbox 360 version won’t provide many new surprises. The object of the game is simple: take part in various race types, all while attempting to demolish the competition by ramming your opponents in to pedestrian cars, walls, off cliffs, and pretty much any other solid object. Read the rest of this entry »

The Last Remnant’s presentation is also a mixed bag; it’s a beauty and pushes the Unreal Engine 3 to its limits; there are epic “Lord of the Rings” type battles with over 70 characters on screen at one time. But this creates a great deal of confusion, as the character models blend together. It’s rather chaotic and I usually found myself unable to tell which characters belonged to me, and which ones belonged to the enemies. Read the rest of this entry »

Given the mere two-hour span of the story mode, I was a little disappointed by this the first time, thinking that I’d have no motivation to replay this game ever. Turns out that beating the game on Normal unlocks the Hard mode, of course Read the rest of this entry »

SoulCalibur was famous for its blisteringly fast frame rate and its gorgeous character models. With a frame rate of sixty frames per second, for once, 3D fighting games actually eclipsed their 2D counterparts. No longer did players have to witness slow animations and blocky polygons. Instead, they could play as characters who swung their weapons with ferocity. These fearsome warriors managed to look convincing, not only because of their blades of death, but because of their excellent character models. Read the rest of this entry »

Dead Space draws inspiration from a variety of sources but its most obvious reference point is the movie Aliens. The simple yet effective story centers on a three-man crew of space engineers who are sent to investigate a distress signal aboard the USG Ishimura, an enormous mining vessel capable of harvesting entire planets for resources. The mission is routine: repair the communications blackout and return home. Of course, things won’t stay that simple Read the rest of this entry »