EA's latest addition to the highly successful "Sims" franchise is "SimAnimals", a wildlife simulator recently released for the Nintendo Wii and DS promising you the ability to "touch, move, and play with a forest full of wild animals."
Continue reading...27. January 2009
"Niki - Rock 'n' Ball," developed by Bplus, has a bright colorful presentation, simple controls, and quirky theme which makes it a good fit for the family-friendly WiiWare lineup. It also has frustrating gameplay, inconsistent and flighty physics, and a jarring difficulty curve which keeps it from being very enjoyable.
Continue reading...23. January 2009
Some strategy games derive their challenge from their broad features, allowing one to craft a master plan involving dozens of different units and unique abilities. Others take the opposite approach, like Inventive Dingo's "Mayhem Intergalactic," a game which has only two possible moves yet dozens of potential strategies.
Continue reading...23. January 2009
The film "Inkheart," in theaters today, hasn't exactly been getting rave reviews – but this half-baked, shallow attempt at a movie-licensed video game adventure only serves to demean the franchise further.
Continue reading...22. January 2009
New this week for the Xbox Live Arcade is Twisted Pixel Games' 3D action/adventure game and PAX 10 Audience Award Winner "The Maw." Playing as the prototypical (yet adorable) humanoid alien Frank, you begin the game in lockdown aboard the ship of galactic bounty hunters. Within the ship's hold is a menagerie of the universe's [...]
Continue reading...22. January 2009
Though hidden-object games are plentiful on the PC, they've recently branched out to other platforms, including XBLA and the DS. Now, with "The Stone of Destiny," you can test your visual acuity on the iPhone, and find that the mobile device makes a surprisingly good medium for the genre -- even if "Stone" itself has [...]
Continue reading...22. January 2009
One nice thing about the iPhone App Store is that, thanks to a high volume of new software and the frequent use of lower "introductory" prices, mobile gamers can try a lot of interesting new titles for very little money. Of course, on occasion, you get what you pay for, as is the case with [...]
Continue reading...22. January 2009
"Skate 2" doesn't innovate quite as much as its predecessor, but a few key changes and additions are testimony to why this franchise knocked "Tony Hawk" from atop its pedestal.
Continue reading...21. January 2009
"Remote Play," "Life with PlayStation," "PlayStation Home," all are lovely features when considering their low, low price of free -- but our time is valuable as well, and none of PlayStation Network's free applications have been interesting, capable or accessible enough to divert PS3 owners' attention from the fact that the $50-a-year Xbox LIVE just [...]
Continue reading...21. January 2009
Few game developers hate velociraptors as much as Blurst, that much is clear. Now, with the recent release of "Raptor Copter" for the iPhone, Blurst is encouraging gamers to do what comes naturally when it comes to raptors: Fly around in a Chinook Helicopter, smack raptors with a ball-and-chain, toss them into meat grinders, and [...]
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27. January 2009
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