Love, marriage and Fable III
Some experimenting with the way “Fable III” treats wives, children and family creates a soap opera… Read More »
Review: Fable III a failed yet important experiment
The latest from Lionhead Studios fuses social gaming with a traditional swords-and-sorcery tale, with mixed results.… Read More »
Solid first steps
Why the “Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker” tutorial I played rubbed me the wrong way, plus a short list of games with compelling ways of teaching gamers how to play them. This post is an expanded version of the column that ran in Friday’s paper.… Read More »
Just call it ‘Gears of Warcraft’
Bethesda Softworks took the wraps off of its newest third-party title. No, not “Fallout: New Vegas,” but a game from inXile Entertainment called “Hunted: The Demon’s Forge.” The two-player co-operative dungeon crawler uses Epic’s Unreal 3 game engine and looks so much like a fantasy version of “Gears of War” that I’m content to call it “Gears of Warcraft.”… Read More »
X10: More on ‘Fable III’
“Fable III” introduces more wrinkles beyond letting you serve as Albion’s ruler. A look at other nuggets from the presentation of the game I saw at Microsoft’s X10 event last week.… Read More »
X10: Will ‘Fable III’ make better citizens?
Lots of video games end with you becoming king and living happily ever after. “Fable III,” an upcoming game for the Xbox 360, will take a look at what happens when you become king, then find out that “ever after” isn’t so happy.… Read More »
Getting the most out of your gift cards
Soon, it’ll be Christmas morning, or less than a week after the end of Hanukkah, and you’ll have a stack of gift cards. Rather than burning a huge percentage of your haul on a $50 or $60 game like “New Super Mario Bros. Wii” or “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2,” you might want to make your gift card last. Most of us are scrimping and saving where we can, and why buy one or two brand new, blockbuster games… Read More »
‘Fallout 3′s’ downloadable do-over
SPOILER ALERT: This blog post revolves around “Broken Steel,” the new downloadable content for “Fallout 3″ that continues the game’s story beyond its original ending. In the course of reviewing “Broken Steel,” I’ll be discussing the conclusion of “Fallout 3″ as well as how “Broken Steel” reworks it. I also briefly touch upon the plot of “Fable II.” While I won’t go into specifics, some of what I discuss could spoil plot elements for those who haven’t completed it. As… Read More »
‘Wii Music,’ ‘Fable II,’ ‘Far Cry 2′ top new releases
If you own a Wii, you’ve probably noticed that it’s been a slow year since the release of “Wii Fit” in May. “Wii Music,” a product of uber-designer Shigeru Miyamoto, aims to remind us that Nintendo still has it. If you’re a die-hard fan of the fake-instrument genre of music games, “Wii Music” could be a bit of a let-down. Miyamoto’s latest work falls more along the lines of recent, nongamer-oriented titles like “Wii Fit” and “Wii Sports” than his… Read More »