All the information I've heard about Prey 2 has been enough to get me pretty excited about playing it whenever it comes out. Unfortunately, I seem to suffer from the Caravella Disorder of needing to play through games sequentially. That's why I shelled out $20 for The Darkness on Xbox Live a few weeks back when I couldn't find a cheap used copy in my nearby proximity. Of course, that game actua...
When we played the Super Scribblenauts demo at PAX, my friend was able to make a helicopter give birth. That's enough reason for me to go buy it this week.
Mass Effect 2 has quickly become one of my favorite games of all time. Bioware has somehow managed to find the right blend of third-person shooter gameplay and RPG mechanics, and delivered it with an incredible level of polish to create an experience that is unmatched by any other game out there. In my opinion, Mass Effect 2 has it all: an epic story, memorable and unique characters, fun gamepl...
I was looking through my Steam library last night and saw that the last time I had played Dragon Age: Origins was back in March. "Wow," I thought. "That is way too long to go without playing that!" (understand that I have yet to beat that game, or even get halfway done). So I jumped into the game and quickly remembered why it had been so long. That game is hard. Really hard. Now before you go c...
Red Dead Redemption is the best game Rockstar has ever made. Let that comment sink in for a minute. If you don't already know, Rockstar is the company behind the Grand Theft Auto series. Aside from whipping up a media frenzy, the GTA games have been best known for their ability to push video games forward. Much of their development is geared towards creating huge open worlds where anything can...
Super Mario Galaxy 2 is an incredible platformer that surpasses the original in almost every way. It ranks up there as one of the best Mario games, and it could possibly be the best game available on the Wii (with the possible exception of Shattered Memories ). You should play it. You should be playing it right now. So go do that. ...OK, I suppose I should go into more detail than that. This is...
I don't play online shooters. It's not that I don't like them. I think it's that I know I suck at them. Most of the time, I just wander around for a couple of seconds and then wind up dead. Repeat thirty times until the round ends, then let's go do it again. You can see why I don't find that cycle to be very much fun. Halo and Gears of War are franchises that have helped make XBox Live the jugg...
I already went pretty in depth into why I loved Heavy Rain . I recommend you check out that review if you want to know specifics about how I felt. In summary, I thought it was a fantastic evolution of the adventure game genre that excelled in the way it not only told the story, but allowed the player to determine how the story would play out. My brother recently finished the game, and when disc...
Sam and Max continue to set the bar higher than before when it comes to comedy in games. This duo of an anthropomorphic dog and his psychotic rabbit friend have provided some of the best laughs I've had not just in games, but from all media this year. With the latest installment in this franchise, The Devil's Playhouse , Telltale continues to show how modern adventure games, and episodic gaming...
Holy cow, 2010 is half way done. Already?! Where did all that time go? Well, I know where a lot of my time went. It went into playing games. Six months in, and 2010 has already seen some incredible game releases. I'm almost tempted to say we've seen some of the greatest games I've ever experienced. I think we may look back on this year as a very important one, where genres finally blended in a...
Dear God above, has there been a more frustrating game in the past five years than Dead Rising ? I mean besides Mega Mans 9 & 10 . Those were intentionally meant to brutalize you. Although I guess Dead Rising was too. And they are both from Capcom . Hmm... Oh right, I was talking about being frustrated by Dead Rising. I didn't own a 360 back when it first came out, so I missed it back when it w...
From Ed Boon : “This game really is a response to what players have been demanding: mature presentation, reinvented 2D fighting mechanic and the best, most gruesome fatalities ever!” Is that really going to drive sales? I remember MK back in the day being the game that was outrageous. You'd look at the arcade machine, see a dude get his head ripped off (with the spine still attached), and say t...
There's a phrase I've been hearing every now and then over the past few years that really bothers me. When I hear it, it's being used as a criticism of a game, and it just kind of hits a bad chord with me. That phrase is "It made me feel like I was playing a video game". You might hear different variations like, "it never made me forget I was playing a game," or "it would do things that reminde...
I hear the discussion every now and then. Well, OK, I actually hear someone talk about hearing the discussion. That person is usually Jeff Gerstmann, and the discussion is about in-game advertising . When I hear Jeff talk about it (on the Bombcast. I'm not trying to claim he and I are tight buds or anything), he mentions that apparently there are people who are offended whenever they see some f...
I'm sitting in front of my computer at work, but I'm not really there. My mind is out wandering the wilderness of New Austin. I'm waiting to get back out there and explore the vast expanse. Maybe I'll go track down some treasure. Maybe I'll go find that snake oil merchant that's gone missing. Maybe I'll go help out Miss MacFarlane on the ranch. Or maybe I'll go check out that movie house to see...
Maybe I'm just getting older and have less time on my hands, or maybe I'm changing with the mood of the culture, but I'm finding I'm having difficulty sticking with one game at a time. There's more than a couple times I've been playing a game and thought, "Come on, just end it all ready!" I suppose this is a testament to the stories in these games, though, since I'm willing to keep playing thro...
I seem to be living off of downloadable games. Geometry Wars 2 , Braid , Bionic Commando Rearmed , and Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People have been occupying the vast majority of my time, with brief stints of Hotel Dusk wedged in during bathroom breaks. Although I've beaten that now (again), so I guess I have to find something else to do while on my porcelain cruises. But I'm sure no...
I love the idea of digital distribution, if only because it's one less reason to get off my bloated behind and venture into the wild outdoors. My transformation into a crazed shut-in is almost complete! So when Siren: Blood Curse was released as a downloadable title on the PS3, I was all for it. I used to cower in the corner while cradling a shotgun at the thought of horror games like Siren or...
Man, there's some cool stuff out on consoles right now. I'm dying to go try the demo for Siren: Blood Curse , or go nab Geometry Wars 2 . Unfortunately, I'm house sitting right now and am nowhere near my consoles to go buy and play any of that. Thank God for the DS . You know, there's a lot of talk right now about how Nintendo has abandoned its fanbase to go fish the bountiful waters of the mai...
Jimmy's Gaming Journal - 7/23/08 So I decided to start a journal about the games I'm playing. I don't know if anyone will ever read it, but it might be fun to update every now and then. I started The Bourne Conspiracy yesterday, and I almost quit yesterday too. The first mission just pissed me off. The designers thought it would be cool to have you go through the mission where Jason ends up los...