With a name as long and confounding as Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, it is hard to imagine that players would have any kind of a read on the experience that awaits them on the other side of the title screen.  Almost as if followed verbatim off a list, within the first minute of the intro cut scene...

Diablo Clone: Though many would consider this to be the mark of inferiority–showing that a game couldn’t establish itself enough to warrant its own description–others see this as a badge of honor. And who else would be more fitting to carry the Diablo torch than former members of...

Valve has never been coy about the fact that Steam is an ever-evolving ecosystem of PC Gaming.  Originally launched back in September 12th of 2003, the platform was first used to handle the launch of Valve’s premier game, Half Life 2.  Though it was a disaster at first, the software suite has been...

Put simply, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 is more of a good thing.  The original Bionic Commando Rearmed was an excellent update to a classic franchise, and this one picks right up where the previous one left off. Game: Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 Publisher: Capcom Developer: Fatshark/GRIN Genre: 2D...

Pinball is one of those age-old varieties of gaming that unlike the arcade culture that birthed it, refuses to die. Though no longer being dominated by the traditional heavy hitters like Williams and Gottlieb, the genre has recently seen a rebirth in a digital form, proving that the fan base is still...

Coming soon exclusively to PS3 owners comes Superstars V8 Racing from publisher O-Games. This publisher has released games for every major console and had a novel approach for their upcoming racer, “O-Games can sell Superstars V8 Racing for a lower price since we do not have to pay the costs to...

If there are any video game mascots that stand above the rest, it’s hard to argue that Lara Croft is one of the most recognizable. Many gamers sang praises of Tomb Raider’s protagonist as they followed her adventures on the original Sony PlayStation. Several years passed, development changed hands and...

Software piracy is something that really rubs me the wrong way.  As a developer of PC software (not of the gaming variety) it makes me especially irritated when game studios chose to release a game DRM-free as a show of good faith, only to have it exploited to hell and back by the selfish masses. ...

Summer of Arcade continues this week with Castlevania Harmony of Despair, then Monday Night Combat and the summer ends with Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. Major Nelson reminds us that if we purchase all five titles, we’ll receive 1200 Microsoft Points back. GrE will have a review for each of...

Six games this week from Nintendo: two for the Wii and four for the DSi platform. Nothing’s ringing our bell at this moment, but you or your children may get a kick out of these downloadable games for the DSi and Wii consoles. Keeping you in the loop, that’s what we do here. WiiWare Fantasy...