Oh Marvel Ultimate Alliance the second, I really wanted to like you. You had so much potential what with the whole Civil War thing. But that’s what it boils down to: potential. While I played I couldn’t help but think of the game I could have been playing. Sure, this gameplay has worked in the [...]

Okay folks, if you’ll just indulge me for a second here I’d like to address voice over artists in general and Eliza Dushku specifically: if you’re just going to phone it in, do us all a favour and DON’T. Better yet, if you don’t respect the medium enough to bring your A-game, turn down the [...]

Not five minutes into the game and I was already riding flying dinosaurs and doing battle with zombies and mutants (of my own creation) with a variety of weapons, both conventional and unconventional. When things got too heavy I hopped in my trusty time machine and headed back to medieval times.

If you’re a Beatles fan there’s no need to keep reading this article. You already suspect what I’m going to tell you. Rockband’s newest iteration is quite frankly a masterpiece. The experience almost transcends the game that presents it. At times it feels like the game is something that is happening to you, not something [...]

I realize this is a little old by internets standard time, but I just checked out Bioware’s Star Wars: The Old Republic GamesCom 2009 presentation. It definitely left a positive impression on me but it also left me with a ton of questions: can all classes take cover, or only some? What steps are being [...]

A little bit about me is in order here before I begin: I’m a huge Batman fan. I suppose, then, that it goes without saying that I can’t help but be a little biased in a review of a Batman game. But I can also recognize a terrible fucking Batman game. And brother, this ain’t [...]

According to text that can barely be made out from the above scan (the higher rise original can be checked out at  Rise of Games), we may be seeing Sony’s titular Playstation 3 driving sim by the end of this year.  Apparently, this pamphlet was handed out at GamesCom 2009. An exciting development for folks [...]

When Watchmen hit theatres earlier this year, I was really excited. I mean, this was a flick I’d been waiting for for most of my life. After taking it in, though, I was left lukewarm on the whole thing. So it was with only moderate interest that I checked out Watchmen: Director’s Cut on [...]

I’m going to go ahead and get this out of the way: I fucking love all things Ghostbusters. The movies? Seen ‘em both more times than I can remember (yes, even Ghostbusters 2). The cartoon? Watched it religiously. The toys? Let’s put it this way, if I had kept them in good condition (you know, [...]

Prototype puts you in control of Alex Mercer, an enormously powerful, mutated badass. As you play the game you unlock abilities and combat options that are equal parts flash and brutality. this combination definitely works as combat is rarely routine. In addition to the hand to hand stuff, you can pick up weapons and [...]