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?

Puzzle
Observation

This engaging, puzzle-focused space odyssey has a big black hole in its mix, too.

Arcade/Platform
Team Sonic Racing

Can Sonic give Mario a run for his money?

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 …

Puzzle, Sports
Cars

Nowadays, every blockbuster movie comes with a video game in tow. It’s par for the marketing course, a promotional tool …

Combat, Horror/Suspense, Shooter
Wolfenstein

Two things have perpetually stayed the same as the Wolfenstein franchise fast approaches the age of 30: The dreaded Nazis …

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 …

Combat, Shooter
Gears of War

I don’t know how many times I’ve found myself in vicious, close-in firefights with marauding aliens and wished, If only …

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 …

Action/Adventure, Horror/Suspense, Shooter
Resident Evil 5

When Resident Evil made its U.S. debut on the PlayStation in the mid ’90s, it raised an unexpectedly eerie head …

Strategy
Imperator: Rome

There’s a lot of strategy to be employed in this empire-building game. Maybe too much.

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 …