Tweet 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...

Tweet The worst thing about Double Fine Productions’ games, like Psychonauts, was that they only came out every four or five years. The best thing Double Fine has done, on the other hand, has been to shift their focus to downloadable games. Sure, epic quests like Psychonauts won’t come along nearly as...

Tweet Dead Block is a third-person tower defense game set during a 1950s zombie apocalypse.  You play as a construction worker, a boy scout, and/or a police woman as you attempt to hold off a horde of zombies. Each level involves you searching a building for an electric guitar, amp and subwoofer. Why?...

Tweet Downloadable football games are few and far between because the market is so narrow nowadays thanks to EA’s chokehold on the NFL market. That isn’t to say that good football games can’t be made without a license; it just takes a lot of creative thinking. Backbreaker Vengeance is a...

Tweet Boulder Dash is not the most well known name in classic gaming. It has made appearances on the Atari 800 XL, Commodore 64, MSX, ColecoVision, Amiga, Acorn, PC, Aniga, and the NES, yet it’s not the most commonly known retro game. While having been ported to every single console and portable you...

Tweet Shadows of the Damned isn’t a very good game the same way Evil Dead 2 isn’t a very good movie. But both of them are awesome. If I didn’t hate getting my controller all buttery, I’d call it a popcorn game. Game: Shadows of the Damned Publisher: Electronic Arts Developer: Grasshopper...

Tweet Puzzle Agent 2 is the latest game Telltale Games, a studio known for its humorous adventure titles. While most of Telltale’s projects are episodic in nature, the original Puzzle Agent was marketed as new game pilot. It seems it did well enough, as Puzzle Agent 2 is here in all of its quirky...

Tweet MX vs ATV Alive isn’t your standard casual friendly off-road racer. With its RPG like progression system and almost old-school focus on straight, no frills, dedicated racing, MX vs ATV Alive is built for the hardcore motocross enthusiast, which is the game’s greatest asset, and biggest...

Tweet If you have heard my ramblings on the EvilCast every week, you’ll know that I am a big of a fan of the Witcher series. The PC versions of the games have pushed the limits of what we expect from a hardcore RPG. Luckily, console gamers will soon be able to experience CD Projekt RED’s latest...

Tweet The lovely ladies of Dead or Alive are back, and this time, they’re portable.  In recent years the Dead or Alive series has become more well known for moe fanservice resort dress-up simulators and mini-games  (DoA: Xtreme Beach Volleyball and its sequel) than hardcore fighting, so it is...