AltWeeklies Wire
A Twist Long Overduenew
Most first-person shooters released these days offer little more than a half-baked plot to justify their carnage, but Black, while hardly revolutionary, is something of an exception.
Dig Boston |
Seth MCM. Donlin |
02-22-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Game From Hellnew
The latest plan to save Sudan: Make a video game dramatizing Darfur.
The Village Voice |
Julian Dibbell |
02-14-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
The Death Penaltynew
25 to Life needs to be banned -- not because it's full of gangsters and police exchanging head shots, but because it just plain sucks.
Boulder Weekly |
Todd Michael Shaffer |
02-13-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
The Ghosts of Gaming Pastnew
Off the fast track of high-tech video-game technology, another road leads back in time.
Metroland |
David King |
02-09-2006 |
Video Games
Mega Meganew
Mega Man Maverick Hunter X is the game Fritz Lang would have created if he abused Red Bull and steroids.
The Village Voice |
Harold Goldberg |
02-09-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
A More Perfect Unionnew
Throughout history, libidinous entrepreneurs have devised new ways of wedding lustful impulses to communication technology.
San Antonio Current |
Aaron Delwiche |
02-08-2006 |
Video Games
Old School Gamingnew
Drill Dozer, for Gameboy Advance, is a very fine offering which has so many bells and whistles, it almost feels like a console game.
The Village Voice |
Harold Goldberg |
02-02-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
A Gamer's Guilty Pleasurenew
Silent Scope Complete is the El Camino of video games -- it may not be high class, but it sure is fun to look at.
Boulder Weekly |
Todd Michael Shaffer |
01-30-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Gauntlet: Seven Sorrowsnew
Seven Sorrows, the eighth release in the Gauntlet series, has bucked tradition by introducing an elaborate storyline, turning a great game into merely a good one.
Dig Boston |
Adam Diamond |
01-25-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Prince Of Persia: Two Thronesnew
The final installment of the Sands Of Time series, Two Thrones, treats geeks to exciting new elements of gameplay, and leaves a glimmer of hope for the ever-popular trilogy expanding into multiple volumes.
Dig Boston |
Seth MCM. Donlin |
01-19-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Fear This Geeknew
Kansas City's Johnathan Wendel has earned over $500,000 in the past six years by being a cold-blooded killer.
The Pitch |
Justin Kendall |
01-17-2006 |
Video Games
The Game Drunk Journalists Lovenew
Electroplankton is an unusual game that will be remembered for years to come, not only for its playability, but as experimental art.
The Village Voice |
Harold Goldberg |
01-13-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Not-So-Great Apenew
Peter Jackson’s King Kong has a long title, a big monkey but not much else.
Boston Phoenix |
Aaron Solomon |
01-09-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Blistered Fingersnew
These are the most exciting, addicting and stunning games of 2005.
The Village Voice |
Harold Goldberg |
01-05-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: yearinreview2005
Video Games for 2006new
Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Revolution are both slated to launch in 2006, though specific release dates -- like many pertinent details about the systems -- have yet to be disclosed.
Boston Phoenix |
Mitch Krpata |
12-30-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
