Contributor: Bob Hoose

Big Bang Mini is one of those quirky little Nintendo DS games that’s oh so hard to classify. Whether you label it a shoot-’em-up (that’s shmup for you gaming slang lovers) or an action/shooter, you’re bound to leave people imagining something quite dif …

What if you knew a romance was all wrong but it felt so right? Would your mind win out over your heart? After’s answer is a foregone conclusion.

A handful of content changes could have kept this compelling sci-fi actioner from crossing the M-rated line.

The stands were full of parents. I cocked the bat over my 14-year-old shoulder, all aflutter at the plate and in fear of whiffing once more. This time, though, as the ball left the pitcher’s hand, its trajectory and speed just right, my scrawny arms fl …

I’m sure you’ve heard the one about the guy who stands up at a funeral and says, “The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.” Well, the PC game Left Behind: Eternal Forces has been bearing the brunt of a few “exaggerations” for a while now. …

Two years ago we saw ‘Metal Gear Solid 4’ being previewed at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. It brought the room to its feet. Now Hideo Kojima’s much-lauded game is on store shelves and it’s sending scores of gamers to their consoles. …

The Wii (pronounced we) is the direct successor to the Nintendo GameCube, but it treads such a different path that it feels more like a completely new product than a descendent. And the Wii U (pronounced we-you) significantly one-ups the Wii, at least …

There are certain characters in fiction who always seem to tickle our collective imaginations. Patch-eyed pirates, rapier-flailing musketeers and high-flying superheroes are but a few. They all seem to embody a special blend of adventure and panache th …

After releasing eight Tony Hawk games, the creative team over at Activision has decided to ollie up to tweens who probably haven’t played the skateboarding series before. (An ollie is when a skateboarder pops his board up into the air by kicking down o …

Disco-dancing turns pirates into platform paraders as the heroic Lombax Ratchet jumps onto the PS3 for a sixth video game adventure.

We will choose selfishly, this grim pic asserts. We will be foolish, even when we know the outcome will be foul.

There are a lot of first-person shooter video games out there. And in a lot of them all you do is pick up a digital gun and pop ’til you drop. But there are few with the reputation of Call of Duty. The franchise was introduced in 2003, and these well-m …

Two months before Halo 3 hit store shelves, it had already sold more than 1 million copies. It’s an unheard of accomplishment that was promptly upstaged by the $170 million the game made the day of its launch. As for the meager few who haven’t already …

After 75 years, hundreds of books, 14 games, and a handful of movies and TV shows, Nancy Drew is still a teenager and going undercover once again in the video game Nancy Drew: Danger by Design. This time she’s off to Paris, to ostensibly take a summer …

The battle for top honcho among gaming consoles rages on. Does the PS3 have the best graphics? Will the family vote win the day for the Wii? But for those with enough cash to afford all the bells and whistles, the personal computer still reigns as king …