Category Videogames

Review: The Warriors

The Warriors (Video Game) Platform: XboxDeveloper: Rockstar TorontoPublisher: RockstarPlayers: 1-2 The movie this game is based on came out in 1979, before most of Rockstar’s target demographic was even born. Someone on the Rockstar designer team has massive indie cred…

Review: Battlefield 2: Special Forces

Battlefield 2: Special Forces Platform: PC Developer: Digital Allusions Publisher: Electronic Arts Players: 1 + online When Battlefield 1942 made it’s debut a few years back, the game blew everyone away, both in graphics and gameplay. Battlefield: Vietnam came after,…

Review: Black

Black Platform: XboxDeveloper: CriterionPublisher: Electronic ArtsPlayers: 1 For FPS and Black Op-type games, this is your candy, your treat for sweating out those difficult games. BLACK is probably one of the most straight up fun, best looking Xbox games I’ve…

Review: Call of Duty 2

Call of Duty 2 Platform: Xbox 360 Developer: Infinity Ward Publisher: Activision Players: 1-4 + online Call of Duty 2 is my first expierence with FPS’s on the Xbox 360, and damn, for a first generation game on this new…

Review: NHL2K6

NHL2K6 Platform: PS2 / XBox Developer: Visual Concepts Publisher: 2K Sports Players: 1-4 + online Anybody who has ever dumped massive amounts of time into hockey videogames, from anything like EA NHL ’96 on the Genesis to Blades of Steel…

Review: Gun

Gun Platform: Xbox Developer: Neversoft Publisher: Activision Players: 1 This is what Red Dead Revolver wished it could have been. A gritty Wild West free-roaming shoot-em up. And you get to ride a horse. Gun is essentially a third person…

Review: Destroy All Humans

Destroy All Humans Platform: Playstation 2 / Xbox Developer: Pandemic Studios Publisher: THQ Players: 1 One of my favorite Tim Burton films is Mars Attacks!, the comedy that pits attacking aliens against America’s finest and goofiest. Destroy All Humans borrows…

Review: Battlefield 2

Battlefield 2 Platform: PC Developer: Digital Illusions Publisher: Electronic Arts Players: 1 + Online Multiplayer Yes, this really is a review of a game that was released in July. I’ve spent the last few months carefully playing, err, testing this…

Review: NBA2K6

NBA2K6 Platform: XBox Developer: 2K Sports Publisher: 2K Sports Players: 1-4 + online While going the traditional basketball outlets, NBA2K6 does indeed share some of the positives (and negatives) of its younger brother, NHL2K6. First, graphics are slightly worse. This…

Review: Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Platform: Xbox Developer: Ubisoft Montrea Publisher: Ubisoft Players: 1 + Online Multi/Co-op The newest Splinter Cell raises the bar in an already long line of successful predecessors; every aspect of the game has been tweaked and…