A head in the clouds is an idiom normally assigned to the whimsical musings of idealistic dreamers. At Irrational Games it appears to be a declaration of faith. The hype surrounding their follow-up to BioShock was bound to go supersonic, but the wild ambition and blissful imagination that visible in BioShock Infinite's announcement and subsequent preview cycle sent expectations through the troposp...[Read More]

The game where it's a-okay to be the 'camper'.

For all of its gifts to gaming, it's a shame James Cameron's Aliens has never birthed a great videogame. There have been a few earnest attempts, most involving Predator(s), but Aliens aches for a defining moment - something akin GoldenEye 007 or Escape from Butcher Bay - to understand its influence and realize its potential. Aliens: Colonial Marines, in some phase of development for over five year...[Read More]

  Too weird to live, too rare to die.

Just as the real schedule cools down, this game's season heats up!  From Activision and Eutechnyx comes the follow up to this team's first excursion into the Sprint Cup from last spring with a much more in depth Career mode.  Unfortunately, the improvements to the online mode have not led to much of an "upgrade."

Sega’s Ostensible Nostalgia Induction Contraption

I enjoyed Black Ops when it came out two years ago, but I always felt like Treyarch was lagging behind Infinity Ward when it came to developing its Call of Duty series. Most people consider Treyarch titles the 'go between'  for the new releases of Modern Warfare. Modern Warfare introduces huge maps, Black Ops follows.With that said, while some things stay the same, there are moments where things g...[Read More]

Some days it just doesn't pay to be in the middle of a fight. Other days, it's fun as hell.

The latest Dragon Ball game is a first person brawler and Kinect exclusive.

The latest Sherlock Holmes adventure from Frogwares does not, fortunately, have anything to do with Jonny Lee Miller or Lucy Liu.

Heeeeeeeey sexy shinobi, MMA, Ba Ji Quan ladies!  From Tecmo Koei and Team NINJA comes the fifth installment of the fighting series known for high res character rendering, generous "physics," and thumb blistering button mashing.  And while this one delivers on all of those points for the most part, it also reels in the "crazy" just a tad to ensure fighting is taken as the main event.

Mass Effect’s downloadable content seemed to be on a bell curve. Bring Down the Sky and Pinnacle Station, both of which complimented the original Mass Effect, were relative low points. Kasumi’s Stolen Memory and Project Overlord represented a distinct improvement, but Lair of The Shadow Broker, on its own, was one of the best parts of Mass Effect 2-proper. Then and now, Shadow Broker i...[Read More]