Some games make you sit back and contemplate what constitutes a videogame. In the 90s, the proliferation of CD based FMV adventures such as Night Trap was one such (unsuccessful) attempt at labeling a minimally interactive movie a “game” for your home console. While that period is a dark age best not spoken of in most circles, some would argue that this hybrid of game and interactive story telling was successfully accomplished with Quantum Dream’s quick time event extravaganza, Heavy...

Set 17 years after the events of the SoulCalibur IV, Namco Bandai and Project Soul bring the fifth iteration of  its popular weapons-based 3D fighter. With the series arguably passed its better years, the time has come to bring something new to the veteran fighter. Much of the anticipation building towards its release was predicated on the fulfillment of that very notion. Fans would see new characters, new styles, and a focus on an updated story while maintaining the premise of the Soul...

On the surface Alan Wake's American Nightmare, Remedy’s pseudo follow-up to its 2010 psychological thriller Alan Wake, appears to be a horror quickie that takes the most basic functions of its predecessor and re-purposes them into an easily digestible and affordable Xbox Live Arcade title. While the light vs. dark combat mechanics remain mostly unchanged, American Nightmare could not be more disparate from Alan Wake in terms of its atmosphere and pacing. What Remedy has...

2K’s latest dark comic shooter might have changed up developers between 2007’s game and its sequel (what we hope is the second game in an ongoing series), but many of the same elements remain present that gives The Darkness its definitive style. The vicious onslaught of offense, the profound and dark story, and the taste of the sci-fi supernatural is what makes this series one of the most unique story driven shooters on the market. The story of Jackie Estacado indeed continues on, but is...

Perfect. I want you to pay close attention to this particular word; I’ll be using it quite a bit during this review. On the surface, Mutant Mudds resembles a long-lost 8/16-bit title, what with its sprite-based graphics and its chiptune soundtrack composed of the bleeps and bloops gamers of that era (present company included) are so completely gaga over. And for a moment it appears to be just that. But after a stage or two of this delightful 3DS title, I began to realize that Mutant Mudds...

Ah, Bethesda.  What can be said about Skyrim that hasn’t already been said about 2006’s ultra-powerhouse hit Oblivion? Well as it turns out, quite a lot can be said because the anticipation for the latest Elder Scrolls was met with an astonishing result that despite being tremendously similar to its predecessor, is also remarkably different. Sure we have been graced with memorable titles such as Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas in between the two latest Elder Scrolls installments, but as...