The first thing I did when I heard about Marvel Ultimate Alliance was to go to the video game’s official Web site. I wanted to see if the superheroes I’d loved in my childhood had made the game’s cut. Specifically, I was looking for Vision from the Ave …
When the original Destroy All Humans! first hovered on the horizon, it was praised by some for an acerbic sense of humor and the way it satirically set 1950s-era sci-fi fare on its ear. Instead of focusing on an Earth-saving hero, the game’s creators s …
When I think of Nintendo’s DS, I rarely think M-rated games. It’s a platform for the younger set, right? Nope, not any more. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars has just driven into town, kids. Sure, this isn’t the first “adult” game ever made for this ha …
This E-rated creation for PlayStation 3 reminds our game critic of days that were filled with cardboard boxes and anthills. Now the fun is on a screen.
The first time I ever happened upon a televised Ultimate Fighting Championship bout, two things immediately came to mind. The first was that these brutal, face-bashing, arm-torquing fights couldn’t possibly be fake. There was simply too much bleeding f …
Laser blasts & whirling blades part of this game’s future. But mostly it’s about things like disco-dancing bombs & laugh-out-loud one-liners.
Solomon once declared that there isn’t anything new under the sun. But people sure do keep trying to find something. I have a photographer friend who mixed his love of architecture with Lincoln Logs (and an artist’s eye) to create a miniature city. And …
Sixteen years ago, Mario and Co. first stomped on the gas pedal in an SNES game called ‘Super Mario Kart.’
