Babel Rising: Tedious omnipotence
It’s time to get your god mode on. In Babel Rising, you are an unseen deity whose followers begin building a tower to heaven. Rather than share your seraphic living accommodations with the masses, you...
View ArticleDesperation takes hold in The Walking Dead
If you still think the undead pose the greatest threat during a zombie apocalypse, you haven’t been paying attention. In three months since the Atlanta outbreak, starvation, infighting and...
View ArticleFor Skyrim fans, Dawnguard offers even more to love
The best video game of 2011 has gotten even better. Whether you poured hundreds of hours into Skyrim when it released in November or got sidetracked not long after slaying your first dragon, developer...
View ArticleOlympic spirit can’t save London 2012
The same storylines emerge during every Olympics. A plucky young underdog will stage a thrilling upset, Americans will rally around their favorite new athletes only to forget them within a month’s...
View ArticleNCAA Football: You’ve seen this playbook before
Make no mistake, NCAA Football 13 is the greatest collegiate pigskin simulation ever made. It ranks just slightly higher than last year’s version. How many times will you pay for the same product?...
View Article‘Girlfriend mode?’ You’ve got to be kidding me
John Hemingway, what were you thinking? During an interview with Eurogamer published Monday, Hemingway, the lead designer for developer Gearbox Software’s highly anticipated first-person shooter...
View ArticleSleeping Dogs puts unique spin on gangster saga
Detective Wei Shen is a man with too many loyalties. An undercover cop raised in San Francisco, Shen has barely set foot in his childhood home of Hong Kong before an ill-fated drug deal lands him on...
View ArticleStorytelling takes center stage in Long Road Ahead
Telltale Games continues to defy conventional wisdom. Amid the violent bedlam of a zombie outbreak, the developer finds its strongest voice in the quiet moments between the chaos. Telltale took a...
View ArticleNFL 13 a big leap for Madden series
“Why are you buying this?” I plunked a copy of Madden NFL 13 onto the counter as the game-store clerk gave voice to the question I’ve been asking myself for more than a decade. Every year, against all...
View ArticleDouble Dragon Neon a faithful, but flawed, nostalgic ride
Much of my childhood was spent in the cramped arcade room of a local bowling alley, my parents buying peace and quiet one quarter at a time. A lot of classic video games came and went from that...
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