Rhythm/Music, Sim
Rock Band Unplugged

First things first: The latest entry in the enormously popular Rock Band franchise isn’t what you might think it is. …

Action/Adventure, Combat
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow

It was only a matter of time before Jack Sparrow of the mega-hit movie franchise ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ set …

Combat
Virtua Fighter 5

On the heels of 14 years of karate chopping, hook-kicking success, the godfather of 3-D fighting games has released a …

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
The World Ends With You

We all have ideas about what happens to us after we die. We think about how we’ll walk through the …

Action/Adventure, Strategy
Battlestations: Midway

A heavily shadowed sub strategically swims in and out of the crack-your-hull-like-an-eggshell ocean depths, having battled its way past a …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Shooter
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter

For players who’ve shouldered machine guns in other military adventure contests, the gameplay will seem familiar. But there is one …

Action/Adventure, Arcade/Platform, Puzzle
The Simpsons Game

With ‘The Simpsons Movie’ on DVD, no self-respecting Springfieldian will head home from the mall with just a movie in …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Shooter
Too Human

Growing up, I played a lot of games. Chess and backgammon came first, believe it or not. Then card games …

Action/Adventure, Puzzle, Shooter
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend

Lara Croft began strutting her stuff back in 1996 when a small British company set the gaming world back on …

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Pirates of the Burning Sea

The “van Hoorn” Snow is a serviceable ship. She can hold her own in any waters, especially when her crew …

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Tomb Raider: Underworld

What Indiana Jones did for map-in-one-hand-gun-in-the-other cinema, Lara Croft has done for video games. They’re really very similar iconic figures …

Shooter
Close Combat: First to Fight

I carefully crept along the edge of the wall, my M-60 machine gun at the ready. The Marine across the …

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Final Fantasy XII

My introduction to fantasy role-playing games came in sixth grade. At a bookstore, I noticed a fascinating tome called the …

Combat, Sim
HAWX

OK, I’ll admit it. Whenever I play a flight/combat simulation game, I usually pick up the controller expecting full-throttle action …

Action/Adventure, Puzzle, Shooter
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

The folks at Nintendo created the first Metroid game way back in the mid ’80s. And those sly little pranksters …