Action/Adventure, Horror/Suspense
Dead Rising

Many a classic film has used well-known landmarks as backdrops for its celluloid diorama. Moviemakers love this because a shot …

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, Puzzle
Outer Wilds

Outer Wilds is tricky and rewarding, but this space exploration game comes with an unexpected twist.

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
The Sinking City

Fans of H.P. Lovecraft might be drawn to this game. But what they’ll find is a grinding, grotesque and goopy …

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Saints Row 2

“The game requires you cast your morality aside, and I’m sure the intended audience (you know who you are) will …

Action/Adventure, Horror/Suspense, Shooter
BioShock

“No Gods or Kings. Only Man.” That’s the banner bidding you enter the underwater Art Deco mecca of Rapture. You …

Action/Adventure, Puzzle
LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures

Oh yeah, that’s the Indiana Jones I remember. That perpetual stubble and derring-do. The swaggering bravado mixed with a dash …

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood

If someone sauntered up to ya, spit out his chaw and started talkin’ ’bout a Western, yer brain might jump …

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Shooter
Fable

What kinds of questions should you be asking yourself before venturing into Albion’s video game wilds?

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, Role-Playing, Shooter
Mass Effect 2

Commander Shepard just loves to save the universe! When he’s not dead, of course. And when he’s not hitting on …

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
Sonic Unleashed

Sonic Unleashed is the 658th Sonic title from SEGA since the franchise’s inception way back when dinosaurs still roamed the …

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Shooter
Fable II

I walk into town, trusty dog at my side, looking to replenish supplies and maybe pick up a better ax. …