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Review: Lord of the Rings: Conquest

Lord of the bo rings is more like it
First, panic — "This can't possibly be this awful, can it?" — and then the sinking realization that, yes, Conquest really is that bad.

By MITCH KRPATA | January 20, 2009

Review: Chrono Trigger DS

Time capsule
The cartoonish æsthetic still looks better than what we get from games that came out a couple of years ago.

By RYAN STEWART | January 13, 2009

Review: Prince of Persia

Run, jump, die, repeat
Pauline Kael titled one of her review compilations Kiss Kiss Bang Bang , saying that those four words (from a Japanese movie poster) captured the basic appeal of movies.

By MITCH KRPATA | January 06, 2009

The pile-up

A blizzard of new games
No longer is there an off-season or even a chance to catch our breath after the fall deluge.

By MITCH KRPATA | December 31, 2008

Year in Games: Where it's at

Succeeding on the strengths of their settings
This was a strange year for video games.

By MITCH KRPATA | December 31, 2008

Review: Left 4 Dead

Fourth-person shooter
Playing Left 4 Dead is like taking a personality test: you can't hide your true nature.

By MITCH KRPATA | December 16, 2008

Like clockwork

The Gears of War keep turning
The Gears of War keep turning

By MITCH KRPATA | December 02, 2008

PS3, please

Resistance 2 deserves a shot
Sony's Resistance , a PS3 shooter, is getting lost in the shuffle.

By MADDY MYERS | December 12, 2008

Wander lust

It's okay to look in Fallout 3
Several games have attempted to re-create an entire major city to serve as the environment. Fallout 3 destroys one.

By RYAN STEWART | November 24, 2008

Going native

Far Cry 2's heart of darkness
Far Cry 2's heart of darkness

By MITCH KRPATA | November 11, 2008

Evil urges

Fable II leaves it up to you
Those who've played the first Fable already know that being bad is a hell of a lot more fun than being good.

By AARON SOLOMON | November 04, 2008

The old haunt

Silent Hill can go home again
As a game reviewer, I have an obligation to inform you of the myriad problems with Silent Hill: Homecoming .

By MITCH KRPATA | October 29, 2008

Dismembers only

The gory, gruesome Dead Space
In a survival horror game, the setting is everything. Dead Space has a good one.

By MITCH KRPATA | October 22, 2008

Why so serious?

Lego Batman looks to the West
Lego Batman is not The Dark Knight: Now, with Legos!

By MADDY MYERS | October 16, 2008

Blast from the past

Mega Man goes retro
Playing Mega Man 9 , you feel you’ve stepped through a wormhole and emerged in 1988 with an NES controller in your hand.

By MITCH KRPATA | October 22, 2008

Band apart

Rock Band 2 keeps it rolling
No need to double-check your calendar — Rock Band 2 really is available only 10 months after the release of the original.

By MITCH KRPATA | October 01, 2008

Sith happens

No new lease on life for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Many people regard anything produced in the past 15 years or so bearing the Star Wars brand as total garbage, and rightly so.

By RYAN STEWART | September 23, 2008

Troop surge

Mercenaries 2 does it the old-fashioned way
It’s tempting to write off Mercenaries 2: World in Flames , if only because of the noisy ads — they’re scored by an annoying white-boy rap song.

By AARON SOLOMON | September 16, 2008