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Review: Portal 2 matches the hype

"Portal 2" has considerably more expectations put on it than its low-key predecessor, yet it equals or surpasses the original in nearly every way.

By | April 28th, 2011|0 Comments

Improving the 2010 Game of the Year

Even though it's my game of the year, and I've celebrated it as such, I can't close the book on "BioShock 2" without mentioning a few areas where I saw room for improvement.

By | January 14th, 2011|3 Comments

E3 Tuesday recap

So I can get some sleep, I'm going to avoid recapping Tuesday as exhaustively as I did Monday. I spent the time I normally would have devoted to a comprehensive recap of Tuesday writing my column on the 3DS, Kinect and PlayStation Move for Friday's paper. In lieu of a [...]

By | June 16th, 2010|5 Comments

What to play this weekend (May 21-23)

All right, there's been a lot of good stuff in the past two weeks, so I'll just cut to the chase. I hit a lot of the major releases here, but I'll still mention 'em here briefly. "Super Mario Galaxy 2" (rated E, $50 on Wii, due out Sunday), "Red [...]

By | May 22nd, 2010|0 Comments

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.

By | April 16th, 2010|2 Comments

What to play this weekend (Jan. 29-31)

"Mass Effect 2" (rated M, $60 on PC or Xbox 360): For someone like me, who loves a good story, well-written characters and believable dialogue, this is the huge game this week. If you're at all interested in sci-fi role-playing games and own a gaming PC or an Xbox 360, [...]

By | January 29th, 2010|2 Comments