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American McGee is best known for his work on DOOM, Quake, and Alice. The latter, which I found to be a deliciously twisted romp through the wonderland of Lewis Carroll. McGee’s past games have earned him an automatic “I gotta check out what he’s doing next” pass. His latest project is entitled American McGee’s Grimm [...]
I gotta admit, Homestar Runner was a huge part of my college days. Every Monday my friends and I would eagerly wait for the latest animated Strong Bad email to be posted so we could watch and quote it for the rest of the week. Though I stopped following the site in recent years, I [...]
Games like Bioshock and Grand Theft Auto IV are pushing the boundaries in terms of storytelling and emotional evocation from a video game.
Ninja Gaiden 2 does no such thing.
What it does do, is provide the most exhilarating, visceral kickassery that you’ll experience on the Xbox 360.
An way to describe the kind of game you’re getting [...]
When I heard that EA and Steven Spielberg were “teaming up” to create a video game, I have to admit that the announcement didn’t exactly get my panties wet. Though Spielberg is one of the great movie directors of our time, he has never been involved with the production of a video game. On top [...]
I’ll be the first to admit, I was never really a Grand Theft Auto series fan. The frustrating and tedious mission structure combined with not really caring about the “open world sandbox” gameplay style combined to turn me off from the series after playing a few hours.
However, we’re in the next generation of game [...]
You know how a lot of DS games feel like they’re either Super Nintendo titles or could have been done on the Game Boy Advance? Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword (NGDS) is not one of those games. In fact, it’s pretty safe to say NGDS would not be possible on any other gaming platform. It’s a [...]
If you’re a fan of Final Fantasy 7 and own a PSP you owe it to yourself to play Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 ASAP. Just stop reading and head over to your favorite retailer and pick up a copy – you won’t be disappointed. If you’ve never played a Final Fantasy game [...]
Apollo Justice is Capcom’s fourth entry into its venerable Ace Attorney series of handheld video games. It also represents a couple of firsts as well. It’s the first title in the series to not feature spiky-haired Phoenix Wright as the main protagonist and it’s also the first title in the series designed from [...]
“Hi, we’re an unsigned band from Los Angeles,” introduces The Airborne Toxic Event singer/guitarist, Mikel Jollett, to the frisky and diverse sold-out crowd at the Troub.
Two songs into the set, you would have been hard-pressed to believe that this Los Feliz quintet wasn’t signed by a Major or Major Indie (your Merges and Sub-Pops of [...]