May 2009

  • Zeno Clash Review

    By roskopp on 5/30/09 5:29am
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    Zeno ClashZeno ClashIf you are looking for a game that offers something a little bit different then you simply have to check out Zeno Clash. This is a first-person action game set in a fantasy punk world which challenges you to fistfight a range of bizarre aliens. It is fresh, original and loads of fun.

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  • Hi, my name is [anonymous] and I am a Mafia Wars Addict

    By artchick on 5/28/09 10:52pm
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    Hi, my name is [ANONYMOUS], and I am a Mafia Wars addict. I join with you, my fellow addicts, in reciting the 12 Steps to recovery, as follows:

    Not enough weapons!Not enough weapons!

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  • Hall of Classics: Flashback

    By msarko on 5/21/09 6:45pm
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    These days, the video game industry is fairly narrow. A few big companies dominate the scene, if only because they can pump millions of dollars into the development of what have become professional-level games. The visual design budget alone of any one of these games surpasses the money available for everything in a small studio, so it's practically impossible to compete. It's gotten to the point that ambitious startups are almost automatically dubbed "alternative" or "independent", labels previously applied to film and music that had too small an audience to be considered commercial.

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  • Hall of Classics: Jedi Academy

    By msarko on 5/7/09 1:37am
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    It's always nice to see a strong, ambitious game series develop to its full potential. Sequels are always tricky business, so when each successive game in a franchise improves upon the last while adding new content it's encouraging. Few series have evolved so interesting or so well as the Jedi Knight games.

    Produced by Lucasarts and Activision, Jedi Academy is the most recent game in the series, coming out in 2003. On its own, JA is a fun, engrossing action game that does a good job of mixing up missions and level designs so it's not just one long slog of hack-and-slash. But in the context of where it came from, the game is even more satisfying.

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  • 10 Worst Games Based on Television Shows

    By roskopp on 5/6/09 7:04am
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    Games based on movies are usually terrible and this is often because they are rushed out to coincide with a cinema release date. However there is a licensing nightmare even darker and more disturbing - games based on television programmes. These lazily pasted together cash-ins are churned out by greedy publishers. Just like movie tie-ins they are rushed out the door to hit the stores before the ratings die down on whatever television trash is topping the charts. Typically based on kid’s shows or mainstream TV they encourage sales through simple recognition and are often bought as gifts by people who don’t read game reviews. Here are the top ten biggest offenders, if you got one of these for your birthday or in a Christmas stocking you have my sincere sympathy.

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  • Browser Game Roundup: Best of April

    By msarko on 5/2/09 1:48pm
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    I come from the generation that was awe-inspired by the stunning eight bits of the Nintendo Entertainment System, so I get no small amount of satisfaction from seeing games that far surpass that top toy of 1985 being produced for play on any common web browser. Add to that the fact that many of these excellent games are programmed by fewer than three people and it becomes apparent how far the art of game design has come. The following are three excellent browser games that debuted in April 2009.

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