Summary [9 out of 10] Far Cry 3 is the latest installment in the Far Cry franchise and combines elements of the first and second game, in so much as the mechanics of the second and the setting of the first game. This is the second title to come out of Ubisoft Montreal and [...]
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (Xbox 360)
Summary [8.5 out of 10] Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is the second installment in the CoD: Black Ops brand by the fine folks at Treyarch (SPIDER-MAN 2 ANYONE?! Such a great game). Everything you want in a Call of Duty game is here, the Black Ops branch seems to operate at a bit [...]
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Xbox 360 Review)
Summary [9.5 out of 10] I’m not saying that the Unknown Enemy is Aliens, but it’s Aliens. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is not a remake, but a reboot of a beloved game from 1994 called UFO: Enemy Unknown aka X-COM: UFO Defense aka X-COM: Enemy Unknown. After a string of follow-ups culminating with 2001’s X-COM: Enforcer, [...]
Borderlands 2 (Xbox 360 Review)
Summary [9 out of 10] Borderlands 2 is Gearbox’s follow up to the awesomesauce that was 2009’s Game of the Year and it does not disappoint. The main characters from the first game return as NPCs to interact with and help you out on your journey. This one really starts off with a bang (I [...]
E3 2012 Preview-Crysis 3
Outside of a Turtle Beach demo at last year’s E3 I have never played any of the Crysis games and as such they have been off my radar outside of just looking pretty. Watching the theater demo of Crysis 3 makes me a bit more interested in the series although it doesn’t do a huge [...]
Mass Effect 3 (XBox 360) Review
Summary [ 9.5 out of 10]: Mass Effect 3 is the final chapter in the series and opens as Commander Shepard is in the midst of a hearing for his actions after being grounded following the events of Mass Effect 2′s Arrival downloadable content when the Reapers attack Earth. Shepard escapes to the Normandy and [...]
Crysis 2 on Xbox 360 Looks Excellent
If there is one thing the launch and subsequent existence of the Xbox 360 and PS3 have taught me: Impressive specs mean very little. You could say the Nintendo Wii and gaming on the iPhone showed us that, but I would argue that with all the chest-puffing Sony did over the PS3 and eventual graphical [...]
Patrick’s Top 10 Favorite Video Games of 2010
Okay so here is my top 10 list of video games for 2010. As ever, this is my list of favorites and my particular order of preference. Given that many people’s egos seem to be tied into the validation of their favorite games through other people’s acknowledgements it seems prudent to mention up front that [...]
Xbox 360 250GB Hard Drive – $70
From Dealsea (I felt compelled to post this because I paid something like $130 for my 120GB hard drive a year and a half ago) Microsoft Xbox 360 X16-38655-01 250GB Hard Drive Upgrade Kit $70, Jan 05 Circuit City (a TigerDirect company) has Microsoft Xbox 360 X16-38655-01 250GB Hard Drive Upgrade Kit for $69.99 with free [...]
Fable III (Xbox 360) Review
Summary [8.0 out of 10] The newest installment in the Fable series is back, this time putting you in the role of a prince or princess who must overthrow your older brother who is a despotic tyrant ruling the kingdom with an iron fist. With improvements to the gesture system, a new menu system and [...]
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (Xbox 360) Review
Introduction Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is Ninja Theory’s 2nd epic adventure after their landmark 2007 PS3-exclusive, Heavenly Sword. Enslaved has all the ear-marks of an epic Ninja Theory adventure except some weak character interactions and budget constraints near the end don’t bolster the title into an edge of your seat adventure like it could [...]
Mafia II (Xbox 360) Review
Summary [8.5 out of 10] Set in the 40′s and 50′s Mafia II tells a classic organized crime tale of greed, violence and revenge. It is an open world/sand box formula that is more concerned with the story than letting the player do a bunch of side missions or alternate activities. Thankfully the story is [...]
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Looks Excellent
With a God of War heritage and MercurySteam’s unexpected talent at creating graphical marvels, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is shaping up to look like a beautiful launch for October. My first interaction with MercurySteam’s was their work on developing Clive Barker’s Jericho. As much as I liked the story (I’m a horror fan) and was [...]
Updated Xbox 360 Controller (D-Pad) Coming Nov 9 – $65
It is getting expensive to be an Xbox 360 user. Days after Microsoft announced increased pricing for Xbox Live memberships, they announce a new Xbox 360 controller with a new and improved D-Pad (pictured above). Big ups to Chris Hunkele for the news on this one. Some of the changes you’ll notice: Colored buttons are [...]
How to Stop Windows HTPC From Powering off While Media Center Extender is Streaming
Do you have a Windows 7 Media Center HTPC that you are streaming content from to additional Media Center Extender devices (e.g. Xbox 360 somewhere else in the house) and want to find out a way to have the HTPC not turn itself off when you hit the power button if it’s still in-use by [...]
Fanboys: A Growing Epidemic or Really? Are We Doing This?
So today at Gamescom Bioware revealed that Mass Effect 2 would be coming to the PS3 in January and reading articles about it at IGN and elsewhere I keep coming across comments in the talk-backs like ‘RIP Xbox 360′ and all of this ridiculous sort of smack talk back and forth from fanboys on either [...]
Walmart Taking $199 Preorders for Xbox 360 Kinect
Since E3 everyone has been speculating what the Microsoft Kinect (originally called Natal… the video-motion-control stuff) with most pundits agreeing that anything over $99 was going to back Microsoft into a nasty corner of “new tech that no one wants”. Well Gamasutra is reporting that Walmart has started accepting preorders for the Kinect at $199: Is this [...]
Alan Wake on Xbox 360 Looks Bad
I picked up Alan Wake for the Xbox 360 yesterday and I have to say: good lord are the textures crumby. The entire game looks “muddy” or “washed out”, depending on if you are in a light or dark scene. What is so disappointing about this is that you can tell with the right horsepower [...]
How to Fix the Xbox 360 "MTU Too Low" Problem with the Qwest Actiontec Q1000 DSL Modem
NOTE: If you are coming to this article after Googling the subject in frustration, here’s the quick-fix for you: Upgrade the modem’s firmware to QAQ01-31.00L.33 or later and you should be fine. Qwest has been rolling their new high-speed fiber-optic DSL service out throughout Denver and Arizona for the last year or so (it’s not [...]
Shadow Complex (Xbox 360) Review
Summary [9.5 out of 10] Set in the world of Empire by Orson Scott Card, Shadow Complex is a 2D side-scrolling adventure game in the vein of Metroid. You play Jason, a fish out of water who finds himself embroiled in high tech action and espionage when a hiking trip turns into a rescue mission [...]
Batman: Arkham Asylum (Xbox 360) Review
Summary [10 out of 10] When Joker turns a prison transfer into Arkham Asylum into a full fledged take over of the island it is up to Batman to round up the inmates and stop whatever Joker has planned in the first game to ever fully and accurately capture the Batman experience. Finally, Batman’s entire [...]
Xbox 360 Broken, but Original Nintendo Still Working
Marc Chung just sent this one in, got a kick out of it:
Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Xbox 360) Review
Summary [8.5/10 (for fans) 6.5/10 (for anyone else)] Set in 1991 the Ghostbusters game effectively serves as a de facto third movie This is a cannon installment in the series which will apparently be relevant to the actual third movie. Written by Dan Ackroyd and Harold Ramis, the game finds the Ghostbusters thriving and happy [...]
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (Xbox 360) Review
Summary [7 out of 10] Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is the latest Spider-Man game to hit gaming consoles. Like previous Spider-Man games it is an Action/Beat-em-Up game where you play as Spider-Man in New York City. Web of Shadows focuses on how Spider-Man chooses between his classic red and blue suit and his black Symbiote [...]
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