Tweet Your Wallet Hates You It’s the last week of October, and we’re now squarely in the midst of the annual fourth-quarter crush of video game releases. These past two weeks alone have seen me spend upwards of over $400 on new games, and there’s still a ton of stuff that I’d like to...

Tweet Since Qore was rolled out on the PlayStation Network Store earlier this year, there’s been a sense of division. Qore subscribers have been the early beneficiaries of demos for SOCOM Confrontation and Valkyria Chronicles, to name a couple… while the non-Qore folks are left kinda wondering...

Tweet YEA or NAY? The (Not So) Ultimate Battle YEA or NAY will become a regular staple of the Perspective, as I’ll give you some quick takes on news and notes from the last week: 1: YEA to the Bioshock demo that went up on PSN this past Thursday. Since I don’t own a 360, this was my first...

Tweet It’s Monday, which means that it’s time for another edition of the Perspective. It looks like many of you caught a glimpse of my pilot column last week, and I truly appreciate the comments that I’ve received both online and offline. Thankfully, the markets have stabilized a bit from...

Tweet Video Armageddon: The Follow-Up As promised, let’s tackle some reader comments in response to last week’s Perspective: Jason commented on the trend towards downloadable games and wondered if it had something to do with the economic crisis. I think that this may be possible, but I also...

Tweet The announcement of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe shocked everyone at E3 this year, but with its November release date approaching, Midway today released more screens of the game in action and some shots of the final retail packaging. If you somehow haven’t heard about Mortal Kombat vs. DC...

Tweet Release: Sep 9 2008 (US), Sep 12 2008 (UK) Developer: EA Canada Publisher: EA Sports Genre: Sports I am writing to you as the newest member of the Edmonton Oilers. After dazzling my way through games as a member of my local AHL affiliate, the Springfield Falcons, I finally got the call from the...

Tweet Welcome to the first installment of Pete’s Perspective. This regular feature here at Games Are Evil will be my forum to discuss any of a variety of topics pertaining to gaming; sometimes you’ll see impressions of new games, other times I’ll cover breaking news stories and my personal...

Tweet Release: Sep 25 2008 Developer: Sony Studio Liverpool Publisher: Sony Genre: Racing When WipEout first hit the PlayStation platform back in 1995, it was a visual marvel that combined speed and technical racing skill with weapons and the ability to use armaments to either eliminate your competition or...

Tweet Release: Jul 4 2008 Developer: Relentless Publisher: Sony Genre: Party Games Perhaps the biggest challenge that faces game developers and publishers in today’s marketplace is to find the right formula to create a game that can appeal to a wide range of potential players. Trivia games tend to...