Game Reviews

If you read my Elgato Game Capture HD review, you’ll know that I called it simple, powerful, and almost perfect. The system’s small form factor, lack of a tethered power cord, and easy-to-use software made it very easy to recommend, even at the $179 price point. The only

It’s dark. Arcade cabinets light up faces around the entire arcade, sounds occasionally rising above the white noise that consumes the room. Several people are gathered around a Tekken cabinet, waiting for their turn to oust the king of the machine. Pinball flippers and shoes stomping on dance pads,

It’s been almost six years since Super Smash Bros. Brawl’s release, leaving fans antsy for the new release, but does Super Smash Bros. for 3DS live up to the hype? This iteration and the forthcoming Wii U counterpart were co-developed by director Masahiro Sakurai’s company Sora Ltd.

The FIFA series is far and away the most popular sports series in the world. While that is obviously a positive, it means eyes shift directly toward the series come late September. Everyone begins asking the question “Will it change enough?” This year, the folks over at EA Sports have

I like Forza Horizon 2 more than I like Forza Motorsport. I know, it’s all sorts of high treason, but the team at Playground Games have captured the type of game that I want to play more than Turn 10’s masterful racing titles have.  Forza Horizon 2 may

The Real-time-strategy genre in many ways represents one of the far poles of videogames, sitting across from the visceral in-the-moment combat of fighting games. They speak to a different part of the competitive psyche, and stand unparalleled in their capacity to exemplify the sense of utter victory. From the alternate,

Right at the end of the PlayStation 2 era, NIS America released a series of RPG titles with silly anime storylines that were mostly fun and sometimes great games.  They served as tests for how their future titles would be made.  Once again, here at the end of the PlayStation

Honestly, I don’t hit the MMO genre as hard as I used to. Everquest, World of Warcraft, EVE-Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online… I’ve dumped a considerable amount of time into a wide variety of titles across various genres and systems. At this point it takes a serious amount