Platforms Archive
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Tiger Woods Hurricane Simulator 2013
Posted on May 31, 2012 | No CommentsI DEBATED what to call this post, because there are two key headlines for this year’s Tiger Woods game. One is a focus on microtransactions so obnoxious it’s often hard […] -
WoW v4.3: Fixing LFR Loot
Posted on December 15, 2011 | No CommentsI STARTED WRITING A POST about this a few days ago, since which time Blizzard added a small hotfix to how loot is distributed via the new Looking For Raid […] -
Diablo III: Beta Impressions
Posted on November 16, 2011 | No CommentsIT’S HARD TO BELIEVE it’s been over a decade since Diablo II came out. How is that possible? I remember so many nights at the GameSpy offices where we had […] -
Skyrim: The Awesomeness Begins
Posted on November 15, 2011 | No CommentsFORÂ THE LAST WEEK, all my reviewer buddies have been telling me how awesome The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is. How open the world is, how much stuff there is to […] -
Modern Warfare 3: Define “Modern”
Posted on November 11, 2011 | No CommentsI FINISHED MODERN WARFARE 3’s CAMPAIGN this week, and can’t help but feel I’ve done all this before. Which isn’t to say it wasn’t fun – there’s something comfortable and enjoyable […] -
RockSmith: No! More! Plastic! Guitars!
Posted on November 6, 2011 | No CommentsROCKSMITH is a fascinating game, if it’s even fair to call it that. Ubisoft’s new entry into the rhythm-music genre ditches our trusty plastic 5-button controllers in favor of real […] -
WoW: The Decline of Cataclysm, Part II
Posted on September 6, 2011 | No CommentsA FEW MONTHS AGO, after Activision announced 600,000 subscribers had left World of Warcraft, I wrote a long post describing my thoughts why. To sum up: daily random heroics, which […] -
EA’s Origin: Feels Like The Twelfth Time
Posted on June 4, 2011 | No CommentsKeeping tabs on EA’s various online initiatives is like trying to keep track of Paris Hilton reality shows: there have been a lot of them, they’re never any good, and […] -
A Generically Titled RAGE Post
Posted on June 3, 2011 | No CommentsDOOM 3, id software’s last game, was one I had very mixed feelings about. It was a game I enjoyed from start to finish, although at times I wasn’t entirely […] -
The Xbox Banned Forum is the Greatest Thing EVER
Posted on May 21, 2011 | 3 CommentsTHIS WEEK, Microsoft rolled out a system update for the X360, and along with it, a fresh wave of bans for cheaters and hackers. As a result, the Xbox Live […]