Music and sounds have always been an integral part of video games.  Whether it was the 8-bit bleeps and bloops of the NES, all the way to the crisp, HD orchestrated music featured in modern games, I have always taken an interest to the sounds and scores of my favorite games.  Halo, for instance, while not...

I review books as well as video games. A book takes me about 5 hours, maybe less, to play through it. I don’t ever get stuck in a particularly tough boss chapter section where either my skills or the book’s design prevent me from moving forward. I watch movies, too. I can imagine that reviewing...

This week, I was planning on playing my copy of Resistance 2: Fall of Man. But then, as part of the gaming hype machine, I saw the Catwoman trailer for the new Arkham City game. I suddenly felt like playing Arkham Asylum. Am I that easily influenced? Yeah, I guess I am. However, in my defense, Arkham...

UPDATE: I just got an email from MadCatz, offering a replacement dongle, in response to an email I sent them last week. Great job, MC! This week, I spent too much time NOT playing games. Honest, I tried. Last week, I spent some time with Enslaved and found it to be not as bad as I thought when I had first...

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West – a game that was hyped, then panned, by a majority of the sites I frequent. This is a game I actually bought, which may sound odd, but as a game reviewer, I get many of my games for review sent to my by the publishers themselves. This can lead to a bit of entitlement,...

I have too many damn games. I also just bought a house and am slowly turning it into a home. Part of that transformation lies in setting up the consoles. Part of setting up the consoles is connecting them to the TV, putting the controllers next to the consoles, and, of course, putting the games in a cabinet...

It’s not an argument for or against the “Games as Art” thing. Think of it more like how after you watched Super Mario Brothers: The Movie, you never looked at those plumbers quite the same way. Ever since people started to imagine pretty much anything, those that read or heard stories of...

Boston is no doubt a true metropolitan city; the historic architecture and contemporary skyscrapers provide the backdrop for some of the most influential and high caliber video game development studios in the nation.  Boston’s Irrational Games has been a city staple since 1997 with the now defunct...

(This article republished with permission from our kick-ass sister site, The Portable Gamer.) Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars was meant to be a massive hit. It goes back (somewhat) to the old days of Grand Theft Auto, having a top-down view (albeit isometric rather than true top-down) rather than a Third...

Hello evil, evil world fans! What a week it’s been here on GrE. For fear of stepping out of line, I want to affirm that there have been some operational changes, but we’re committed to keeping things running as smoothly as possible! With that in mind, dig in with me as I go through a (rather...