Author: WManns

Psychonauts By Double Fine Productions Genre: Third-person adventure/platformer Rating: Teen for Cartoon Violence, Crude Humor, Language Although the game Psychonauts hit way after my youth, the impressionable period in which I loved anything and everything, I still feel very emotional in regards to it. Merely recalling it brings a tear to my eye, and perhaps...

SEGA Dreamcast Collection The SEGA Dreamcast. Ah, do I have fond memories of this system. Sporting a 128-bit CPU (as opposed to Nintendo 64’s 64-bit), this system introduced us to many innovations in the console market, including: Sonic in 3D with Sonic Adventure; the most impressive 2D fighter for years after its release, Marvel vs....

Fallout New Vegas: Lonesome Road By Obsidian/Bethesda Softworks The Fallout: New Vegas DLC story arc comes to a close with this, the fourth DLC pack… Ulysses, the other Courier Six who refused the job of delivering the Platinum chip, leaving it to the player character, has now made his way to the Divide, a land...

Mirror’s Edge By Electronic Arts, DICE (EA Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment) Genre: First-person platforming with parkour (free-running) Rating: Teen for Blood, Language, Violence Stark cityscapes and fast movements await you in this early 2009 game from the Swedish makers of the Battlefield series of tactical shooters! Faith is a Runner, an illicit courier who, along...

Oldschool FPS’s! I’ve talked before about my disillusionment with the games industry ignoring its roots, and praised independent game developers for making games which are more or less tributes to those old times. Well, again our indie friends don’t fail to entertain, and here I’ll discuss two first-person shooters just released this week that definitely...

Veronica da Voe Goldsmith The Corsair  Starting a new semester of school, whether you are a new or returning student, can be a challenge. You’re faced with a ton of decisions. What should I major in? What classes should I take? Should I join a campus organization or club? The last thing you want to...

by Raymond Knott Few bands have been able to achieve the widespread acclaim and notoriety that Ladytron enjoys while simultaneously managing to avoid the watering down that comes with attaining huge commercial success. Touring with such a varied lineup, including Brian Eno, Nine Inch Nails, The Presets, Simian, Franz Ferdinand, and The Faint, even doing...

Dead Island By Techland, Deep Silver Genre: First-person survival horror RPG Multiplayer: up to 4 players! Rating: Mature for Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Use of Alcohol The beautiful tropical island resort of Banoi has recently gotten a whole lot deadlier… The relentless hordes of the undead have somehow...

Velvet Assassin By Replay Studios and SouthPeak Games Genre: Third-person sneaker Rating: Mature for Blood, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Use of Drugs Back during World War II, Violette Szabo was a British secret agent in charge of a French Resistance in Nazi-occupied France. She performed two covert ops missions before being captured, interrogated and executed...