Taking To The Sky From A Grounded Position: Flight Simulation And Video Games
The military and video game technology have a long history together. The world’s first video games were a product of motivated engineers playing with computer technology that only the military could...
View ArticleGaming’s Top Ten Cats
Dogs and cats are popular pets, so it only makes sense that they pop up in video games from time to time. In our list below, we look at some of the cooler cats in video games. Some play the hero while...
View ArticleDishonored’s Knife of Dunwall DLC: Pros and Cons
The mercenary assassin Daud stars in The Knife of Dunwall, Dishonored's first story-focused DLC (Dunwall City Trials doesn't count). This addition to one of the best new IPs of last year brings in new...
View ArticleYour Soul Hackers Survival Guide
Soul Hackers isn't an easy game; challenges are around every corner. I beat some boss battles on the first try, while others took me over five attempts. I thrived off the challenge. Each time I saw a...
View ArticleArk Of Sinners Advance Jumps Us Into This Week In Mobile
Price drops and updates for RPG beat-em-ups and silly robot arcade games take the wheel this week. Keep boredom at bay with these entertaining downloads. Ark of Sinners AdvancePrice: $2.99Developer:...
View ArticleAfterwords – Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Luigi’s latest ghost-hunting misadventure made for a fantastic 3DS game. The endearing and colorful portable game sparked many conversations in the Game Informer office, and led to several questions....
View ArticleTV Shows That Deserve Better Video Games
It’s easy to write off a video game based on a TV show as a company’s way to cash in on the property. While not all of the games in the list below do that, most of them do. That’s a shame. Multiple...
View ArticleBatman Meets Metroid In Arkham Origins Blackgate
We’re spending all month shining the spotlight on Batman: Arkham Origins, but this month also brought word of another game in the Arkham fiction. Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate serves as an...
View ArticleThe Best Characters Of Injustice
Injustice: Gods Among Us offers fighting fans a wide variety of heroes and villains to choose from, but some of DC's famous characters are just better equipped for a butt-kicking than others. To find...
View ArticleReplay – Earthbound
Earthbound is finally coming to the Wii U's Virtual Console, but we refused to wait any longer to play Nintendo's quirky RPG classic again, so we dove into our vault and took it for a nostalgic...
View ArticleA Season Full Of Games
Let's face it: The spring release schedule this year was all about the release of BioShock Infinite. But since that's now out, let's not forget that there are plenty of other good new releases to dig...
View ArticleWho Are The Assassins Of Batman: Arkham Origins?
We put on our comic book fan hats and detail some of the heavy-hitter villains we hope to see in the new game from Warner Bros. Games Montreal. Batman: Arkham Origins takes us back to the early days of...
View ArticleLive Stream – Dead Island: Riptide
UPDATE - IT'S OVER! But you can check out the archive right here.Join us for two hours of zombie slaying in Techland and Deep Silver's Dead Island: Riptide, starting at 4:30 PM CT today. Tim Turi and I...
View ArticlePlayStation Games That Time Forgot
Growing up, my dad was a Sony man, so we've stuck with the PlayStation since the first console. As a family tradition, we trekked to the video store almost every Friday night to rent the latest PSOne...
View ArticleTest Chamber – Dead Island Riptide
The latest installment in the Dead Island series is out today, and it’s a good time despite its many flaws. Written reviews can only say so much, however, so we’re showing off the first chaotic section...
View ArticleMoments: The Dark Side Of Infamous 2
I have only earned platinum trophies in two PlayStation 3 games. Infamous and Infamous 2 did something for me of which few games are capable: they inspired an immediate, second play through.When I...
View ArticleGames Ripe For Animated Feature Film Adaptation
With the announcement this morning of a Ratchet and Clank feature-length animated movie destined for theatres, it got us thinking about what other video games characters and franchise could work well...
View ArticleBatman: Arkham Origins And The Lessons From Asylum And City
While an earlier video feature focused on Warner Bros. Games Montreal taking the reigns of development for the next Batman game, we wanted to take a deeper dive into the new team's thoughts on...
View ArticleOpinion: Am I Playing This Right?
We usually have a good idea of what we're supposed to do when we play games. Shoot the bad guys. Score more points than your opponent. Craft and quest. And yet, why do we feel lost? It's a very common...
View ArticleMoments: Final Fantasy Tactics’ Boss Battle Against Wiegraf
Getting decimated in a boss battle dozens of hours into a video game isn’t very fun. That’s exactly what happens in Final Fantasy Tactics when the player comes face to face with Wiegraf Folles. Wiegraf...
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