Saddle up, partner. Or should we say 'string-up'?

When I try to picture videogame development, I often think of an endless sea of poorly lit cubicles filled with overworked (but dedicated) programmers and artists who yearn for nothing more than a visible horizon for their work. For the folks at Twisted Pixel, I think it's more like a little kid's birthday party distilled into concept art and basic gameplay ideas before being completely covered in...[Read More]

Resident Evil 4 has spoiled me!

I don't think we're in Raccoon City anymore!?  From Capcom comes the Games on Demand release of the survival horror classic that has been given the "high def" treatment this time around.  And with enhanced graphics coupled with one of the best gameplay experiences of the last ten years, this serves as a great (and relatively cheap) way to welcome Halloween.

If you're tired of playing in the DiRT then come see how the big boys drive.

EA Sports drops the puck, not the ball, on the latest entry in their NHL franchise.

Motion gaming and me. Where to begin? It's been a bit of a roller coaster, but for the most part, my experiences with motion gaming have been either decent or disappointing. The Wii never lacked in terms of quantity of motion titles, but it has always lacked in quality. PlayStation Move and Kinect suffer from similar shortcomings right now, but Sega's latest release, Rise of Nightmares, has become...[Read More]

Certain Affinity isn’t pulling any punches with Crimson Alliance. A hack ‘n slash action role playing game, it suffers no delusions of trying to compete with Diablo or Torchlight. Its aim is to skip all the dead weight that the genre has collected and carried over the last decade. Crimson Alliance’s focus on pure gameplay was a noble mission, but it might have come at the cost of...[Read More]

Bodycount was one of those games that just kind of snuck up on the radar for me. It didn't get a lot of press, for reasons I was unsure of but still somewhat concerned about, and it looked like this generation's Black, or maybe even Soldier of Fortune. A demo was released, but I got a copy in for review before I got a chance to check that out. Sure enough, this is a pure FPS in the vein of Black. ...[Read More]

Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection should have been a celebration of Mortal Kombat’s golden years. What the original holy trilogy lacked in mechanics or balance was compensated with the violence and excess that defined videogames as a viable hobby for teenagers and adults. On a personal level Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 2, and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 were the reasons why I rode my bike to an ...[Read More]

Capcom has gone HD happy with a lot of classic games lately, and that's not a bad thing. For the last few years they've released a bevy of Street Fighter titles that have been upgraded, shined and sparkled for HD ready televisions. It's no surprise that it finally moved Street Fighter III Third Strike to the HD list. What is surprising is that they added a little sparkle to it for the hardcore fan...[Read More]

Because regular shadow planets just aren't cool enough anymore.