In: Reviews by Anthony McGill
6 Mar 2011Like so many others, I’m almost foaming at the mouth for a new Elder Scrolls fix. Unfortunately, there are two problems: The Elders Scrolls V: Skyrim is more than eight months away, and I’ve literally beaten Oblivion to death over the last five years. Thankfully, I stumbled across a short-term cure for my withdrawal: Nehrim: [...]
In: Reviews by Anthony McGill
16 Feb 2011Let’s be honest, the stock headset for the Xbox 360 is tolerable at best. It’s good to start with, but the construction and sound quality just aren’t up to par. Eventually, serious online gamers need to invest in a higher quality headset and mic. Prior to Pax East 2010, I had never heard of Turtle [...]
In: Reviews by Anthony McGill
20 Jan 2011For a while, I was chomping at the bit for World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Somewhere along the way, I grew tired of it and scoffed at the daily releases of information, including such favorites as: “OMFG, Thousand Needles is flooded!” or “Holy s*@&!, Look how pretty the water is!” Now that I have Cataclysm, I [...]
In: Reviews by Nicholas "Heartbreak Ridge" Sylvain
9 Dec 2010Obsidian Entertainment, creators of Fallout: New Vegas, surely would garner a nomination for Most Hard Luck Developer. Rising from the ashes of Black Isle Studios, Obsidian has had a string of troubled games hit the market: Knights of the Old Republic and Neverwinter Nights sequels were panned by critics, its Aliens RPG was cancelled by Sega [...]
In: Reviews by Anthony McGill
4 Dec 2010Minecraft is to Lego-obsessed architects as Lord of the Rings Online is to J.R.R. Tolkien worshipers. Simply put, you will lose your life to this game. In Minecraft, you see your world of blocks through the blocky eyes of a block man. Seriously, the whole game is made from cubes — but this is part [...]
In: Podcasts by Edie Sellers
23 Nov 2010This sounds dirty. It’s not. Trust me. This week, Holy Goalie, Edie Sellers, and Nick Dinicola chat up about the week in news. Admittedly, it’s LAST week in gaming news, but there it is. Whatchagonnado? Gran Turismo 5 due in stores November 24. Kinect costs about $56 to manufacture, or so says a website that [...]
In: Reviews by Nicholas "Heartbreak Ridge" Sylvain
17 Nov 2010In the wake of the cancellation of a Brütal Legend sequel, Tim Schafer announced this past July that Double Fine’s next four games will be a mix of downloadable and retail games and that their future offerings would be smaller in scope than a triple-A game. A light and fun turn-based role-playing game set on [...]
After I got done with Angry Birds on my iPod Touch, I found a very similar game called Fragger, put out by Miniclip. So for a buck I figured I frig around with Fragger for a while. This is another physics-based game in which you must use grenades to destroy enemies. Depending on where your [...]
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