AltWeeklies Wire
Geeking Out with 'Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures'new
Like developer Traveller's Tales' Lego Star Wars games, Lego Indiana Jones has a simple premise: You run, swing, jump, and punch your way through the three original Indiana Jones films, from Raiders of the Lost Ark to Temple of Doom to Last Crusade.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
06-19-2008 |
Video Games
'Mario Kart Wii': More Speed! More Racing!new
With the just-released Mario Kart Wii, Nintendo hopes to tap the collective nostalgia vein yet again, and while it doesn't quite live up to the phenomenal Super Smash Bros. Melee, Mario Kart Wii still ranks among the best games on the console.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
05-09-2008 |
Video Games
Dinosaurs in Outer Spacenew
In the latest incarnation, Turok's a grim, grizzled space marine(!), part of an outfit called Whiskey Company that's crashed on a dino-infested planet.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
02-14-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Playing Drinking Games with Your TVnew
I like drinking, and I like watching stuff on my TV. Ideally, these things should go together. That said, whoever came up with a drinking game for Bill Nye the Science Guy either has way too much time on their hands or is in dire need of an intervention.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
01-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
Visine, Pleasenew
Epic and ambitious -- sometimes overly so -- Mass Effect's most notable characteristic might be its ability to convince you that you really only need an hour or two of sleep a night.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
12-13-2007 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Tony Hawk's Proving Groundnew
There've been like a billion iterations of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater since (okay, more like 11... still, that's a shit-ton of videogames), and the series' dominance has largely been unchallenged. Till now.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
11-15-2007 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
The New 'Zelda' Wants Your Touchnew
Clearly designed for the DS from the ground up, The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass makes full use of the system's touch screen, with all of Link's movement and actions determined by dragging, tapping, or swirling the DS' stylus.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
11-01-2007 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
John Woo Returns to Form with a Video Gamenew
The sequel to Hard Boiled, Stranglehold is a video game rather than a movie, but all the important ingredients are here: Chow Yun Fat reprises his role as the badass Inspector Tequila; there's plenty of slow-mo gunplay; and a dozen city blocks are leveled by the game's pornographic number of explosions and gunshots.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
10-11-2007 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
