I somewhat understand the decision of Visceral to emphasize on the action elements in Dead Space 3. However, the tricks by which they can scare the audience are not unlimited. After the 10th time, the breaking of a pipe and the discharge of steam before your eyes starts to …

Silent Hill is, in my opinion, everything that is perfect when it comes to survival horror games. Sure, Resident Evil is a great series, but the psychological ends to which the Silent Hill will dive to is astounding. The game’s really know how to mess with you, and that’s …

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Team Fortress 2 is the long awaited sequel to Team Fortress, a game by Valve. Like many of the games Valve makes, Team Fortress 2 is a FPS (First-Person Shooter).
The long wait has caused it to be labeled as ‘vapourware’ for some time (a term coined to refer to …

It is a bit embarrassing at my age to be told by a five year old to quiet down because he couldn’t sleep, but that is exactly what happened the other weekend at my friends’ house. I have rarely played video games, but after a few drinks, we decided …

There are a few problems with The Sims 3—”the Sims games never seem quite ready when they’re released, and always require a lot of patches down the road—”but the biggest problem is how much time I spend playing them. Of course, the fact that I’ve spent hours playing The …

With the original Super Nintendo game being such a wonderful classic, we could only assume that a sequel or a reimagining was on its way sometime in the future. While we had to wait a good long while to get it, several new Yoshi’s Island games started to appear …

Ever since I first came into contact with the Gran Toursimo offering on the PlayStation, before the turn of the millennium, it has become a brand I have come to look forward to having in my gaming collection when their latest release comes out and one particular feature that …

Movie games are often horrible, only there to cash in on the success of a blockbuster. Of course, every once in a while, you do get a game that actually does do the movie justice while still being fun on its own. This game, I think, falls somewhere in …

Myth Makers: Orbs of Doom for the Nintendo Wii is a game that I had some fun with, but unfortunately, the game is so flawed on a number of levels that the fun that I had and could have had quickly diminishes after a short amount of play time. …

I got a free Heroclix Iron Man Figure at Free Comic Book day on saturday. And I must say this thing is pretty cool, and well worth the money if you see one online. I would sell mine, but I want to keep it and watch it go up …

My little brother introduced me to this game a few months back. It is an MMORPG and a very popular at that. At any point there are always 150′000++ people playing. I have to say that this particular genre of game is extremely addictive …

I received an XBOX 360 for my birthday last year. I really like the system as a whole because I’m not that big of a gamer and I still find very valuable uses for it.
I play a few games on Xbox 360 and they are entertaining. The …

Don’t let the silly semi poetic name put you off, providing you can actually FIND this game at a store it’s a gem.
Want to lead your people to conquer the galaxy? Fantastic you’ll love this. First we have the cast, namely The Advent the TEC and the Visari.
The advent …

EA Sports Active for the Nintendo Wii is an interactive exercise game designed to help users get fit and to keep track of their progress. It allows players to customize a character and choose a personal trainer, as well as individual workout plans, which target specific areas of the …

Story:
Think “Tekken” meets “Dungeons & Dragons”. Wizards, sorcerers, witches, goblins, elves, and many more gather up to put their wits to the test and do battle with one another.
Graphics:
The characters are nicely rendered while the backgrounds look very attractive and vary in style, even though you don’t get to …

I have a real fascination for computer games and one of my friends said ‘The Sims 2: Double Deluxe’ is something for people above 18-20 years, I felt extremely excited and bought one. It is really enthralling and I don’t know how many hours I spent in front of …

My wife and I were looking for a budget game we both would enjoy for our Wii. We settled on Classic British Motor Racing.
While I’ll admit the game is somewhat fun, I do have to say I can understand why it was so cheap.
The racing is a bit unrealistic …

Games based on classic board games weren’t that uncommon during the 8-bit and 16-bit era. Chess, Monopoly, Backgammon, these are all great board games that were made into video games… really cheap video games, I might add. Original games that emulated board game play were pretty much unheard of …

Star Fox became a legendary game when it was released on the Super Nintendo with revolutionary graphics, interesting characters, and addictive flight simulation play. While its sequels were met with mixed reviews, this original game was one of my favorites and has always held a special place for …

I love Big Fish Games (www.bigfishgames.com). I found this website by pure coincidence, while trying to find games for my children. Big Fish offers something for everyone, and there are hundreds of games in stock. The prices are low (about $20 per game) and both Windows and Macintosh platforms …

Preview: The PSP in general is a portable system that has had its ups and downs. Its an amazing and innovative machine but it lacks what its competitior(Nintendo DS) has. Playable games. NBA Live 2009 for the PSP manages to continue this downward spiral. Its a slight improvement over …

Civilization Revolution is a turn-based strategy game released for the Xbox 360 and PS3. It is one game in a long line of civilization games, though all other have been made for Computer systems, exclusively. Honestly though, Firaxis does not do a bad job in the transition.
Fans of the …

I look forward to my lunch hour every workday since I spend it playing Liong the Dragon Dance. This game is like mahjongg but much more entertaining. Instead of matching tiles on a static board which design you can change, Liong is a puzzle game that has differing tile …

In the game of Marvel vs. Capcom, there are helper characters. As with the main menu of characters, which features hidden characters…there are a couple of hidden helper characters that you can unlock as well.
In the arcade a special code is used to get these characters, while at home …

Mario Kart Ds is a great game for kids of all ages. It is simple enough that my five year old nephew picked up and played without anyone showing him how to play. It has all of your classic Mario characters, and several levels to choose from. …

This free online browser based MMO (massively multiplayer online game) is a text based game, where you are in charge of an army. You can be one of 5 races; Orc, Elf, Human, Dwarves or Undead. Each race gives you a certain benefit over …

The original Mega Man X for the Super Nintendo Entertainment system is a classic through and through. I played the crap out of this game when I was younger and I replayed it recently with all the charm still intact from when I originally played it all those years …

I love Capcom. They made some of the best arcade games to come out during the eighties and nineties. They made the Street Fighter series, the Megaman series, and the ever popular Bionic Commando. They also made the infamous games in the Ghouls and Ghouls series, some of the …

I remember having a Rubix’s Cube when I was a kid. Rubix’s Cube is a cube with a different color on each side. there are three rows and three columns on each side. You can turn the rows up, down, and sideways. The goal, once …

We had first discovered Collectors Dominoes, double fifteen set, at a friend’s house, where we played this game for several hours, 4 adults and 3 kids, with equal interest. Later on my mom bought me my own set as a Christmas gift. The set includes 136 large color dot …

Many years ago, Halo: Combat Evolved did more than any other first person shooter to get me back into the genre as a whole. It was a game that did much to show just how well a first person shooter could be made for a home console, and there …

Team Fortress two is a free to play shooter by the company valve. This company is also known for other products like the half-life series and the portal series. An internet connection is required to play this game. The game is on console(X-box 360 and PS3) but it is …

I like crafting and I like video games, so Kirby’s Epic Yarn was an obvious gift for me. This game is actually very visually well-done, with the ability to pull on the walls as if they are really made of fabric, and the pictures are wonderful.
Kirby’s Epic Yarn can …

I played a lot of Pacman in my teens. This is a simple game which has a maze, a Pacman and his enemies. The target is to eat the beans while he is trying to escape from the enemies.They also have some gold coins in it and if …

Recently SONY has just released their newest model of the PlayStation 3 gaming console, the PlayStation 3 slim 250GB. Also a little further back in early September SONY has also released their first model of the slim PlayStation 3 consoles which held 120GB of Hard drive space. This console …

Brain Challenge volume two is the continuation from the previous game Brain Challenge. Actually, it’s not really different from Brain Chalenge. It’s about testing your brain through some tests which are logic, math , memory, and visual tests. In this volume two, there’s some added tests which are focus …

This game sounded good, and the trailers I saw looked amazing, I thought it would work as something to get me by until a new GTA came out, the playing area is massive, you can take over businesses and then take over the secret business they run out of …

Assassins Creed II is a sequel to the first Assassins Creed and picks up right where Assassins Creed left off. The story starts in Abstergo Industries where you (Desmond Miles) have to break out and your friend Lucy that …

‘Oh Great! Another World War II themed first person shooter,’ Right? Wrong!
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 was developed by Gearbox Software and published by Ubisoft. The combination of these two companies equals a great game. In the game you play as Sergeant Matt Baker in the 502nd …

With the unexpected success of Sonic Riders, was it any wonder that a sequel was on its way? This game is good on its own, but it trades its improvements for new problems.
Story: 6/10
This story is just slightly better than the first game, if only because it feels a …

My daughter got the game Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader for Christmas this year. It seems to be a very interesting game overall. We have played twice so far. I did not read the rules but my daughter did but it is a fairly easy game to …

YoVille is a game that I first discovered on Myspace and later found on Facebook. I was never really into the game even though it didn’t take that much time to play. You can get an apartment, work at the local factory and earn some money for various items. …

The game Gears of War is a war-shooting game that takes place as an X-Gear member named Markus Fenix and his team of Gears. They face off against an invasion of beasts called locus. You go through various misions in the pursuit of defeating the locus …

Gameplay 9/10
Resident Evil 4 is a third person shooter game just like the other installments in the series but this time around it is more of a action packed survival game rather than a horror survival game. This game in my opinion has the changed the direction of the series …

Pac Man is one of the most fun games I have ever played. You can pretty much get this for any video game system now. Or you can buy it for you PC. This is a classic video game. It’s so simple yet so much fun. The game is simple …

Wow! I love this game. This was my dad’s before he passed away. Now, I have given it to my grandson and we play it so much. I love being Crash and crashing the boxes to get apples. When you get 99 apples you get an extra life. …

Burn calories while you play a video game! DDR Max 2 is a video game for your playstation with a dance pad controller. To play you listen to music, and place your feet on the arrows the game tells you to. This is a fun game for parties, and …

Twisted metal three is an old PlayStation one game. It’s one of the few generation one games that so good it’s worth keeping in playing again and again. He can play on a PlayStation two, and it’s definitely worth hunting up on eBay or some such site. …

Project Gotham Racing is an incredible racing game for the Xbox 360.The graphics are far superior to most games within the genre.I found the racing to be action packed and exciting.My only complaint about Project Gotham Racing is the lack of customization capability.It is not up to par with …

Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance is a 2d action/ adventure side scrolling game. This game was an attempt by Konami to try and fix some of the problems that were in the previous title, Circle of the Moon, at an attempt to please their fan base. Does the game succeed? …