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. …

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Saints Row

A lot of basketball fans, players and coaches are crying foul this season. As part of a much-needed effort to …

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 …