Tweet Batman: Arkham Asylum was a bit of a pleasant surprise when it came out in 2009. It was a gritty game with a fantastic combat and stealth system that provided the nostalgia of animated series without the cheesy reality of the show. Good atmosphere and game mechanics made Arkham Asylum the first truly...

Tweet Turn 10 is back this week with the Xbox 360′s premier simulation racing series. This time around Forza Motorsport utilizes the Kinect for head tracking and vehicle inspection. With rival Gran Turismo 5 promising a huge content patch at the end of the month on the PS3, does Forza bring enough to...

Tweet We’ve had the Xbox 360 since 2005. Yes, it’s been that long. Somehow hard to imagine seeing as console generations traditionally have lasted far shorter spans of time, yet here we are. The 360 has managed to evolve through software updates that add new functionality and features throughout...

Tweet In 2009 From Software released the surprise hit Demon’s Souls on the PlayStation 3. Demon’s Souls achieved critical acclaim and quickly sold through its initial printing. In the end it won several Game of the Year awards, became a PlayStation 3 “Greatest Hit” and publisher Atlus...

Tweet Ico and Shadow of the Colossus were both met with critical adoration when they were released on the PlayStation 2. Both are high on any short list of artistic games. One game is a giant escort quest and the other is all boss fights, but the way Team Ico put them together left a mark on every gamer that...

Tweet If there’s only one thing we know about MineCraft, it’s that it has its own specific set of rules. After digging deep through dirt and stone, smelting more ore than I’d like to admit, I come to impart what I’ve learned. Popularity: 1%...

Tweet Deus Ex is almost certainly one of my top games of 2011. A game that offers me stealth and non-lethal options already has a leg-up on the competition if it handles them correctly. Deus Ex isn’t perfect though. When the original Deus Ex title appeared in 2000, there really wasn’t anything quite like...

Tweet 1998 was the last truly great year of video games that were dedicated to solely the original 1977-1983 classic Star Wars Trilogy. The Phantom Menace would launch the next summer, and while you can debate the merits of the prequels until you’re blue in the face (I love them to death. Feel free to...

Tweet The biggest Xbox 360 game of the year is here! Gears of War, the extremely popular third person shooter series, has come to it’s epic conclusion. Delta squad, a group known for it’s hyper masculine soldiers, has suffered so much in its war against the Locusts that they are actually...

Tweet The football season kicked off this weekend, and you know what that means: hockey is almost here! NHL 12 will launch this week with revamped gameplay, more realistic Be a Pro/GM modes, and an all new team! Say what you want about iterative sports games, but you’ll need to buy NHL 12 if you want...