Being a pretty nerdy kid who was into mysteries and detectives, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? was one of the first video games I ever really got into. I remember playing it on an Apple II computer at school before eventually getting my own copy for the Commodore 64 at home. I even [...]
It’s a little hard to believe, but Duke Nukem Forever now has an official release date of May 3rd, 2011… only 14 years or so after it was first announced! Not too shabby. The trailer looks like a hilarious throwback to ’90s first-person shooters, complete with a barrage of bad one-liners from voice actor Jon [...]
Although the App Store, Playstation Network and Xbox Live Arcade are great ways for smaller games to get noticed, the truth is, there are so many other great indie games that no one ever sees simply because they are stuck on the PC. It’s a shame because there’s some brilliant stuff out there, like Terry [...]
Well after recruiting the entire movie cast for the relatively successful Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Atari has decided to cheap out for the sequel and go the Xbox Live Arcade route with Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime. Normally I wouldn’t be all that interested, but I’m a sucker for top-down dungeon crawlers, particularly those built for [...]
When I read that the release of a new PSN game called Explodemon was getting pushed back to January, my first question was, “How is this not just a shameless rip off ‘Splosion Man?”. Then I watched the trailer, and the obvious Mega Man influence got me pretty excited. So yeah, I’m totally on board [...]
It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about L.A. Noire, the upcoming ’40s crime thriller from Brendan McNamara’s Team Bondi. Although this new trailer doesn’t do much to showcase actual gameplay, it definitely has me very intrigued. The style and setting have a ton of potential, but when a game has been in development [...]
Although most of us are perfectly happy with the simple yet addictive style of games that are typically being released for the iPhone right now, there are a lot of developers out there trying to turn it into a handheld console for hardcore gamers. And why not? It’s got plenty of horsepower… in fact, some [...]