Archive for October, 2010

Impressions: Rocketeer

Rocketeer is billed as an “extreme physics” puzzler, though it’s anything but extreme. In reality, it’s a subdued and often routine travel “thinker’s game” for the iOS (iPhone/iPad) that has little to offer in the way of graphics or plotline, but serves up 80 levels for eager gamers to plow through in a hurry. It’s nothing particularly standout, but once you start playing it can be tough to tear yourself away. And that’s where they get you, isn’t it?

Continue Reading →

Review: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

The past few Spider-Man video games have been decent. They weren’t fantastic by any means, but they were but they were playable and even enjoyable. Sure, Spidey was a whiner who loved Mary Jane’s present more than life itself in Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, but the game’s go anywhere and do anything sandbox stylings made for a frenetic good time. Since Spidey has free reign over most areas he travels to thanks to his famous webslinging, it only makes since to offer large, open areas which players can explore. Those are the venues in which I enjoy playing as Spider-Man the most, and the games that typically work.

Continue Reading →

Review: Gladiator Begins

If you’re into beating fellow Roman slaves to a pulp, then Gladiator Begins is probably the game for you. It does this fantastically and with gusto. Good thing, as that’s all you’ll ever really do during your time with the PSP brawler. As a newbie gladiator hopping into the ring to fight for what could eventually be your freedom, you’re tasked with dueling to the death in a claustrophobic pit while aristocrats and free citizens ravenously cheer you on. As Adam Lambert might croon, you’re there for their entertainment.

Continue Reading →

Review: Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock

I saved rock with a lizard, a man-boar, a steampunk goddess, and the Headless Horseman. I teamed up with this motley crew for the sole purpose of preserving rock as we know it. Atreyu and Fall Out Boy slipped through, but overall, it was a job well done. Unfortunately, this journey smacked of sameness, squandered potential, and an unsatisfying track list. After all this time and all of its facelifts, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock is still Guitar Hero, even with its cast of characters (plus new faces) sporting gaudy Halloween costumes.

Continue Reading →