Action/Adventure, Combat, Shooter
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

Have you noticed how video games and movies seem to be borrowing from each other’s closets these days? You can …

Action/Adventure, Shooter
inFAMOUS

The antihero union must be having a party. For we live in a day and age when even comic book …

Action/Adventure, Combat
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings

Back in the summer of ’81, I walked into the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark quite by happenstance, knowing …

Action/Adventure
King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie

Peter Jackson knows movies. And he also knows marketing. To create more buzz for his Lord of the Rings trilogy …

Action/Adventure, Combat
SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny

The SoulCalibur saga—with its exotic characters, odd spiritualism and mystical Soul Edge blades—has always been a little bit out there. …

Action/Adventure, Strategy
Mirror’s Edge

Leap! Dodge! Slide! Flip! Run! RUN! Runrunrunfasterfasterfasteraaarrgghh— This, in a nutshell, sums up the life of Faith: Not, mind you, …

Action/Adventure, Puzzle
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

Solomon once declared that there isn’t anything new under the sun. But people sure do keep trying to find something. …

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City

Two new GTA IV expansions have now morphed into their own standalone bundle. And more Liberty City mayhem ensues.

Action/Adventure, Arcade/Platform, Puzzle
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Link isn’t going bald. Zelda isn’t putting on a few pounds. But in video game years these two have been …

Action/Adventure, Horror/Suspense, Puzzle
Dante’s Inferno

Do you know what shape this year’s most diabolical game comes wrapped in? A circle. Actually, nine circles. Abandon hope, …

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Killzone 2

I was in the middle of screening a movie not long ago and was momentarily surprised by how much action …

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Grand Theft Auto IV

Polyester pants and a double knit shirt aren’t the usual soldier’s attire. Yet they’re Niko Bellic’s wardrobe of choice as …

Action/Adventure, Combat
God of War II

When the original God of War hit video game shelves a couple of years ago, with its arresting visuals and …

Action/Adventure, Puzzle
Destination: Treasure Island

Arrgh! Any self-respectin’ pirate game worth its salt needs a treasure chest that’s buried on a tropical isle. An’ perchance …

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Destroy All Humans!

After millenniums of squelching inferior races, a species of bulbous-headed extraterrestrials find themselves unable to propagate. Now they need our …