Mercenaries 2: Broken t...

I was a big fan of the first Mercenaries game. Although there had been a few previous attempts to use and recreate the mission-driven, vehicle oriented, “Sandbox” style gameplay of GTA3, Mercenaries was one of the first to successfully transplant it into a radically different...

Soul Caliber IV Trailer...

The Soul Caliber games have never really engendered the kind of fanaticism that you get with Tekken or Street FIghter, but I’ve been a fan of the series since it started out as Soul Edge on the Playstation. The series really reached its pinnacle with first Soul Caliber on the...

Sony Remembers...

Sony has a new ad out for the PS3.  It’s still pretty abstract, but it has video of actual games in it! Probably too little too late, but it’s something for the...

Core Logic...

The XBox 360 Core Unit was always a poor alternative to the basic hard-drive enabled console.  It was a kind of FU to the consumer that anyone with two minutes and the ability to type in a Google search could quickly realize was going to be a poor way to get into next generation...

The Flavor of Hype...

The sheer marketing force that surrounds a game like Halo 3 is almost beyond comparison.  The effect created brings to mind things like hurricanes, firestorms, and quantum tunneling.  It feeds off itself, creating something that is awe inspiring in its ability to toy with known...