June 4th, 2010 
Andrew Galbraith 
As a kid, I would constantly be terrified by the subtle horrors that Stephen King would give to life in his creative works, wrestling with nightmares while still utterly compelled in my anxiousness to turn the next page and see what happens next. The same can be said for Alan Wake, which conducts the exact [...]
Posted in 360, Console, Reviews 
Tags: Alan Wake, Microsoft Game Studios, Remedy Entertainment, Review, Stephen King, Xbox 360 
1 Comment » June 3rd, 2010 Andrew Galbraith 
Yesterday, we posted the first part of our list compiling ten games for the PlayStation that you should be playing. While many of these games have found themselves comfortable spots nestled on bookshelves and entertainment centers alike, there will invariably be some who believe that the best place for these titles is lost forever amidst [...]
June 2nd, 2010 Andrew Galbraith 
Admittedly, there are some exceptional games created for the PlayStation that can be played on the PlayStation 3. While I could go on ad nauseam about all of them, I find it would behoove everyone if I split them into parts. As a small aside, it should be noted that this list is in no [...]
Posted in Classic, Console, Featured, PS3 Tags: Hydro Thunder, Jet Moto, Medal of Honor, Medievil, Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit, Playstation, Playstation 3, PS1, Sony, Top 10 9 Comments » June 2nd, 2010 Andrew Galbraith 
Even with the aid of hindsight, it’s difficult to imagine what the creative minds at Bungie were thinking when they began creating Halo. After the release of the game, which launched alongside Microsoft’s original Xbox, Halo remained a blockbuster hit throughout the lifespan of the console. Over roughly the last decade since then, the series [...]
Posted in 360, Console, Reviews Tags: Bungie, Comic Books, Comics, Graphic Novel, Halo, Halo: Helljumper, Marvel, ODST, Xbox 360 5 Comments » June 1st, 2010 Jason Grantz 
When Alpha Protocol was announced back in 2008, it was touted as the next step for American RPGs. Two years have passed and following on the heels of such genre-stretching RPGs as Mass Effect 2 and Borderlands, the finished product comes up short, instead revealing itself to be more of a technical blunder with appealing [...]
Posted in 360, Console, Featured, PC, PS3, Reviews Tags: Action, Adventure, Alpha Protocol, Government, Jack Bauer, James Bond, Jason Bourne, Michael Thorton, Moscow, Obsidian Entertainment, PC, Playstation 3, Review, Rome, RPG, Secret Agent, Sega, Stealth, Taipei, Video Game, Xbox 360 2 Comments » May 31st, 2010 Jason Grantz 
Time magazine recently revealed a list of The 50 Worst Inventions. While we completely agree with most of the items listed here, we hesitate to accept the Virtual Boy as a bad invention. Sure, it never received the amount of acclaim that other Nintendo consoles received, but we believe this brilliant, albeit headache-inducing, device was just [...]
Posted in Classic Tags: 3DS, 50 worst inventions, Mario Tennis, Motion Control, Natal, Nintendo, Playstation Move, Retrospective, Time Magazine, video games, Virtual Boy 5 Comments » May 31st, 2010 Jay Bickford 
At PAX East, I had the pleasure of stumbling across a booth featuring one of the best top-down shooters I’ve played in a while. The game is called Shoot 1UP by Mommy’s Best Games; a game that proves you can, in fact, teach an old dog new tricks. In Shoot 1UP your ship upgrades come [...]
May 30th, 2010 Andrew Galbraith 
Woot is on a hot streak with some exceptionally awesome video game t-shirts. Today’s shirt, designed by Jewelwing from Pisgah Forest, North Carolina reminds everyone of the potential the Soviet Union had to create ridiculously addictive video games capable of slowing Capitalist production to a crawl. While the USSR eventually dissolved, we thankfully still have [...]
May 29th, 2010 Joe Witthaus 
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following essay discusses the nature of Alan Wake’s creepiest moments and underlying themes, but may also contain spoilers that will ruin the game if you haven’t played it yet. Reader beware! From the get go, it’s clear that Remedy Entertainment’s Alan Wake lead writer Sam Lake has pulled inspiration for the game [...]
Posted in 360, Console, Featured Tags: Alan Wake, Essay, Music, Remedy Entertainment, Sam Lake, soundtrack, Stephen King 5 Comments » May 28th, 2010 Andrew Galbraith 
While the original Xbox may not have become the content powerhouse that its successor has long since achieved, there were many, primarily in the modding community, who believed in the power of Microsoft’s first gaming console as a media center. XBMC Media Center, essentially an alternative to both Microsoft’s Media Center and Apple’s Front Row, [...]
Posted in Console Tags: Homebrew, Microsoft, Mod, Modding, XBMC, Xbox, Xbox Media Center 2 Comments »
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