Review: MLB 12: The Show (PS3)

Review: MLB 12: The Show (PS3)

Spring has sprung in North America, triumphantly signaling the return of America’s Pastime.  The smells of freshly cut grass and even fresher grilled brats, set against the combined cacophony of street vendors and bellowing umpires, can bring out the kid in all of us.  While many would prefer to...

Review: The Walking Dead: Episode 1 (PC)

Review: The Walking Dead: Episode 1 (PC)

The Walking Dead: Episode 1 is the perfect game for fans of The Walking Dead franchise. In other words, this isn’t another game where you run around and shoot zombies with a near endless supply of weaponry. This experience is more about interacting with other characters, building relationships with...

Amazing Moments of Licensed Music in Video Games

Amazing Moments of Licensed Music in Video Games

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...

Release of the Week: Prototype 2 (360, PS3)

Release of the Week: Prototype 2 (360, PS3)

Prototype is one of the last non-licensed, non-Call of Duty franchises left in Activision’s arsenal. While the Guitar Heroes, True Crimes and Blurs have gone by the wayside, Prototype is still here. For now, at least. The first Prototype hit during the summer of 2009 and managed to sell over 2...

Review: Little Deviants (Vita)

Review: Little Deviants (Vita)

We’ve got new hardware in the form of the PlayStation Vita, and as such, it seems only fitting for the platform to have it’s own mini-game compliation to break in all the new feaatures that come with new hardware. Does Little Deviants manage to set itself apart from past generations...

Review: Super Stardust Delta (Vita)

Review: Super Stardust Delta (Vita)

As a video game franchise, Super Stardust Delta has a long history. First out for the Amiga in 1993 as Stardust, the game has been published across several iterations. Super Stardust came out for the Amiga and Amiga CD32 in 1994, and was eventually ported to the PC and to the Atari. An enhanced remake,...

Review: Hustle Kings (Vita)

Review: Hustle Kings (Vita)

Pool games get a bad rap, being relegated to the far background of the virtual sports community. Though truth being told, virtual pool games are more or less the same when it comes down to it. What matters most when dissecting them is the physics, interface, and setting. Hustle Kings is the best improvement...

Review: Tales of Graces f (PS3)

Review: Tales of Graces f (PS3)

After years of begging, pleading, and overrunning the Facebook page of Namco Bandai, the “White Wishes” of Tales fans have finally come true.   But what about the rest of us?  Does Tales of Graces f deliver the goods to entertain JRPG fence-sitters, or even those that have given up on the...

Review: Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom (Vita)

Review: Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom (Vita)

Fighting on the go has never been this much fun, this gorgeous, or this addicting! UMvC3 may not be perfect, but the flaws are easily overlooked after the first hour flies by due to the game pulling you in. Game: Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom (Vita) Publisher: Capcom Genre: Fighting Price: $59.99 Pros: Console...

Review: Escape Plan (PS Vita)

Review: Escape Plan (PS Vita)

Escape Plan is a gorgeous 2D platform puzzler with adorable characters, a whimsical yet moody soundtrack, and a set design equal parts industrial, dystopic and Tim Burton-esque. This game makes the best use of the Playstation Vita touchscreen I’ve seen, with both front and back taps internally...