Video Game Reviews
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Red Dead Redemption
Reviewer: Krogenar Genre(s): Action Adventure, First-Person Shooter, Online Multiplayer, Simulation Platform(s): PS3, XBOX Your horse trots along the hillside, the sunlight friscalating against the sage brush. Spotting a white-tailed deer you raise your Spencer rifle. Sighting in on the deer, with the rifle balanced against your other arm, you take a deep breath, hold it -- and then you notice how quiet things are. The deer runs off, suddenly. Cursing, you try to put it back in your sights -- -- but you're on the ground now, pinned under the corpse of your horse. A catty growl tells you that the cougar that killed your horse is upon you, but you can't see the bastard. It killed your horse with a single swat of its paw. Tossing the Spencer into your other hand (the one that isn't pinned under your horse's body) you realize you've only got one shot. The cougar lunges. Welcome to the world of Red Dead Redemption. Rockstar's latest open world video game is a wonderful homage to spaghetti westerns like For a Few Dollars More, Hang 'Em High and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Film critic Roger Ebert recently declared that video games can never be art. He's clearly never played a game like Red Dead Redemption. |
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PixelJunk Eden
Reviewer: Krogenar Genre(s): Music, Puzzle Platform(s): PS3 I'm a man. And I like to play a game designed for men. Games with guns, explosions, and guns. And explosions. Which is why I decided to play PixelJunk Eden, a game in which you play a kind of protozoan creature that leaps around on plant leaves while soothing trance techno music plays in the background. Your goal, my manly friend: pollinate those plants! |
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God of War III
Reviewer: Lord Esdawgus Genre(s): Action Adventure, Roleplaying Platform(s): PS3 God of War III is the long awaited sequel to, well, God of War and God of War II. For those of you just tuning in, the God of War saga is the epic tale of Kratos, a former captain in the Spartan army, who had some real bad times in one of his battles against a barbarian horde. The battle ended with Kratos about to get his skull crushed in by the Barbarian Chieftain. He avoided this fate by swearing his life to Ares, the Greek God of War, in exchange for not dying that day. |
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DarkVoid
Reviewer: James_Powell1987 Genre(s): Action Adventure Platform(s): PS3, XBOX From ground fight to dog fight... This was the premise that DarkVoid had in mind. With its unique rocketeering combat style and a rarely used game play location what could go wrong? |
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Fallout 3
Reviewer: Krogenar Genre(s): Action Adventure, First-Person Shooter, Roleplaying Platform(s): PC/Mac, PS3, XBOX As I wait in a dank, post-apocalyptic sewer, I can hear something skittering about in the darkness ahead. My wrist-bound PipBoy 3000 has a small light I could activate, but if I turn it on then whatever is lurking up ahead will know I'm here. A quick check at the pale green readout of my PipBoy 3000 shows my radiation level is within manageable levels. 'Manageable' means that with the proper drugs ('RadAway') I won't die outright from occassionally drinking irradiated toilet water. The scratching sound is getting closer. |
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Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Reviewer: Krogenar Genre(s): Action Adventure, Puzzle Platform(s): PS3 Everyone's favorite Lombax returns in one of the very first games to be released on the Playstation 3, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction. Created by Insomniac Games, Tools of Destruction follows the adventures of Ratchet (the only known Lombax in existence, his alien race having vanished) and his robot companion, Clank. Highlights include: |