The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Review (Nintendo Wii)
Despite a complex new swordplay system, the new Zelda feels a lot like the last few.... read more
Found in: Games, ReviewsCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Review (Multi-platform)
The Modern Warfare series empties adrenal glands like a speed trip. Its formula turns its players into compulsive digital drug addicts, drained from elevated pulses and limitless satisfaction. Infinity Ward has built their series with a procession of rapid, breathtaking climaxes that amount to hours of distilled dramatic tension and sudden gratifying release. They are never slowed by the narrative arcs and artful characters that many games strive to produce, and the result is a delivery of thin but constant euphoria and the desire to be rewarded with even more.... read more
Found in: Games, ReviewsHow to Read A Videogame: The Books of Skyrim
The bluntest instrument in a game designer's repertoire is text. The modern maestros of fantasy at Bethesda have penned thousands of pages of text for the Elder Scrolls series. read more
Found in: Games, FeaturesThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Review (Multi-platform)
The word "epic" gets thrown around a lot these days. Screw up badly enough and it's an epic fail. Scarf down a couple of cheeseburgers and it's suddenly an epic feast. The word no longer has the punch it once had. Yet, there's really no other adjective that so aptly describes The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, a game that's epic in every sense of the word.... read more
Found in: Games, ReviewsBattlefield 3 Review (Multi-platform)
Start with this: the typical round of Battlefield 3 will contain enough breathtaking moments to keep your adrenaline pumping for a week. The game promises large-scale multiplayer warfare, and it delivers in spades. You will engage in thunderous tank battles, tense sniper stand-offs, and withering, Black Hawk Down-style shootouts, sometimes within minutes of one another. You’ll kill your enemies using high-tech, long-range weaponry, and the cold steel of your knife. All of it is dynamic and player-directed. Considering the sheer scale and variety of Battlefield’s combat, I can’t say I’ve ever played anything like it.... read more
Found in: Games, ReviewsIndieCade 2011: Inspired by Design
Game academic Simon Ferrari reveals why the IndieCade independent games festival is his favorite games event of the year.... read more
Found in: Games, FeaturesJon Stewart Talks Videogames: Funny, If A Bit Unfair
It stands to reason that if the Supreme Court is going to talk about videogames, so is Jon Stewart. In a funny bit on last night's Daily Show, Stewart talked a bit about the recent decision—which upheld a ruling qualifying games as speech worthy of protection under the first amendment—then showed a fatality from the new Mortal Kombat in which Noob Saibot and his clone grab Sonya Blade and tear her in half up the crotch.... read more
Found in: Games, NewsThe Week in Gaming News
Our round-up of notable news from the world of gaming for the week of June 13, 2011.... read more
Found in: Games, NewsThe Week in Gaming News
Our round-up of notable news from the world of gaming for the week of May 30, 2011.... read more
Found in: Games, NewsL.A. Noire Review
(Multi-Platform)
(Another night in the rain-soaked city. Smoke fills the bar on 3rd street as the band wraps up its introductory number. One man sits in the audience, draped in a trenchcoat, drink in hand. It’s Sinan Kubba, here to take a crack at describing Team Bondi’s new game L.A. Noire. A smooth saxophone melody sets the stage for the singer to appear.)... read more
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