Digging deeper on Star Wars: The Old Republic
Some additional thoughts on BioWare’s new “Star Wars” massively multiplayer online game that didn’t make it into last week’s review, namely the fact that my jedi is always broke.… Read More »
Star Wars The Old Republic: A newbie’s view
BioWare’s massively multiplayer “Star Wars” game set thousands of years before the movies is well-suited to fans of the universe and beginning MMO players.… Read More »
Calendar full of promising games
Blogger’s note: This list of upcoming games I’m looking forward to appeared recently in The Press Democrat, but I held it back for publication so that I could add a few more titles I didn’t have room for in print. Now that every video game company has cleared the decks of new titles to get ahead of Christmas, gamers are catching up on three months’ worth of stellar games. But that doesn’t mean we can’t pause between sessions of “Skyrim”… Read More »
My 2011 Game of the Year and runners-up
It’s been such a great year for video games I could make a convincing year-end top-five list featuring only games I came nowhere near finishing. The games I did play in 2011 astounded. This year’s tops five are all worthy of being Game of the Year, but decorum dictates a favorite must be picked. Epic Games’ “Gears of War 3” (rated M, $60 for Xbox 360) [full review] stands apart from this year’s other releases because it accomplishes an unheard-of… Read More »
Review: Dungeon Defenders absurdly deep
Trendy Entertainment’s downloadable “Dungeon Defenders” packs a ton of content into an affordable, $15 package.… Read More »
Review: Don’t miss colorful Rayman Origins
Ubisoft’s “Rayman Origins” feels like a game that was sent out to die at retail. Released the same week as “Saints Row: The Third,” “Halo: Anniversary” and Ubi’s own “Assassin’s Creed: Revelations,” and just four days after “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim,” the side-scrolling, two-dimensional platform-jumping game had no shot of getting noticed by anyone other than fans of creative director Michel Ancel or parents looking for a colorful, cute game for their kids. Even Rayman himself, part of a… Read More »
2011 holiday gift guide, extended remix
A much longer version of the holiday gift guide that recently ran in The Press Democrat features plenty of suggestions for all sorts of gamers.… Read More »
Review: Batman Arkham City bigger, not always better
“Batman: Arkham City” is every bit as good as 2009′s excellent “Arkham Asylum.” Still, it’s not hard to be a little disappointed it doesn’t surpass it’s predecessor.… Read More »
Review: Skyrim a staggering solo play
“The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” is a towering achievement of interactive, single-player fiction. At a time when the games industry is embracing online and social features, it digs in its heels and says, “Wait a minute.”… Read More »
Review: Modern Warfare 3
“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3″ delivers the same thing as its predecessors: a campaign full of ridiculous spectacle and a deep online multiplayer experience that features a robust, addictive leveling/unlocking system.… Read More »