Contributor: Bob Hoose

This bloody thriller grins bleakly and satirically at the revenge films Liam Neeson has been starring in for the last decade or so.

The newest Dragon Ball Z video game has hit the shelves with a robust take that! And fans of the series are happy to see it land for the first time on both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. But just in case you’ve been plugging your ears whenever the sub …

Uncharted 2 goes places no other game has gone before. But are they the right places? Because more important than how this game fared at E3 is how it will hold up in your living room.

Is this new battle royale title a Fortnite killer? Maybe. But regardless of the answer, there’s a lot of killing involved.

When Gears of War hit the video game scene in the winter of 2006, it instantly became known as the first true example of next-generation gaming on the newly released Xbox 360. The action was innovative and shot full of adrenaline. The story was fast-pa …

The latest fantasy role-playing adventure from the makers of the Baldur’s Gate games invites players into an intricate, engaging epic full of dark foes and murky moral conundrums.

Halo is back. And it’s rated T! Gaming fingers are twitching, allowances are being saved, and scores of cajoling teens are making their cases to still-reluctant parents. I just had to find out what this new addition to the franchise has up its heavily …

This old-school strategy contest packs engaging, turn-by-turn challenges without any of the modern war-game mess.

If you’re as, um, mature as me, when you see the brand Warner Bros. you probably think of a Saturday morning Bugs Bunny cartoon. If you’re my son’s age, you might think of the LEGO Batman game. But, surprise! The big WB isn’t just making games about ca …

Director Joe Penna’s snowbound story of calamity and heroic survival is intense, immersive and emotionally exausting.

A meteor from some unknown point in space crashes to the surface of a small planet and scatters bits and pieces of red-hot space rock over the landscape and oceans. As the quickly cooling rocks sink into the depths they break open releasing tiny microb …

There was a time, not all that long ago, when local schools ran bomb drills just in case a heartless enemy decided to drop “the big one” on us. Kids were instructed to huddle together and hide their heads in the hallway. Or protect themselves from that …

Full disclosure: I have a tendency to happily dig into real-time strategy games like a drooling bulldog into a bowl of Purina. I tell you that because I recognize that this particular genre isn’t everybody’s favorite gaming chew toy—slow-moving, strate …

You’ll find Disney charm and color here, to be sure … as well as some darker things.

The first Devil May Cry game was actually intended as a sequel in the Resident Evil video game series, but it was so uniquely scripted and feverishly active that the decision makers at Capcom determined it should have its own title. So they reworked th …