AltWeeklies Wire
Hot PSP Actionnew
With these three new titles just pressed for the PlayStation Portable, you can smack balls with a club, you can smack balls with a bat, or you can reave souls with axes. All of these games are guaranteed to keep you glued to that gorgeous LCD screen.
Dig Boston |
Seth McM. Donlin |
04-28-2005 |
Video Games
World of Warcraftnew
World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment's first foray into the Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game arena, sets the new gold standard for MMORPGs and will send your inner nerd into paroxysms of joy.
Dig Boston |
Seth McM. Donlin |
04-28-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Taking It to the Streetsnew
Gaming gets pimped in this exploration of the popularity of street-style videogames.
Boulder Weekly |
Todd Michael Shaffer |
04-25-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Lickety-Split: TimeSplitters Future Perfect Is Fast-Paced Funnew
Along with evil robots and bug-eyed extraterrestrials, time travel is one of the primary go-to subjects for science fiction that’s light on the science and heavy on the fiction. The slick new TimeSplitters Future Perfect is no exception.
Boston Phoenix |
Mitch Krpata |
04-20-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Of ’Box and Bocks: the Synergy of Beer and Gamingnew
Video games and beer are the perfect, all-American combo. GameFace examines why and explores the evolution of the author's taste in both.
Boulder Weekly |
Todd Michael Shaffer |
04-11-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Lost in the Machinenew
As millions plug into massively multiplayer online videogames, a vast and complex virtual world is taking shape that poses sociological, legal and psychological questions with no easy answers.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
04-07-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Games Without Frontiersnew
Darryl Chin makes real cash selling make-believe pets in Second Life, a fantasy world that blurs the boundaries of law and ethics.
East Bay Express |
Laila Weir |
03-29-2005 |
Video Games
Riding the Pine: MLB2K5 is a Solid Second-Stringernew
You can't judge a video game by the pretty boy on its cover, and the truth is that MLB2K5 isn't bad; there are just some little things that could have been improved upon.
Boston Phoenix |
Ryan Stewart |
03-11-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
The Contender: Fight Night Round 2 Brings Itnew
Fight Night does a lot of things well, none more so than capturing the bone-crunching hits of professional boxing. This isn't a gleeful, Punch-Out-style interpretation of pugilism – it's a gritty and mimetic experience that emphasizes aerosolized blood and spit as much as ducking and weaving.
Boston Phoenix |
Mitch Krpata |
03-11-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Ad Hominem: Anarchy Online Explores a New Digital Frontiernew
Remember back in the mid-'90s, before the Internet had advertisements? Boy, was it bleak to surf the web without pop-ups, blinking banners, and unshuttable Flash ads. So we’ve got news for you: video games have entered a new era of advertising – and the people behind it promise they won’t annoy you.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Dahlen |
03-09-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Get Your Kicks: FIFA Street Pumps up the Beautiful Gamenew
What makes FIFA Street enjoyable, though, is that unlike the other Street games, the moves these players execute are very nearly possible in real life. In fact, you see them often in real soccer games (though certainly not to this degree, and never strung together in the orgy of tricks, headers, and bicycle kicks FIFA Street provides).
Boston Phoenix |
Mitch Krpata |
03-09-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Play Ball! EA Smacks MVP Baseball Out of the Parknew
MVP Baseball 2005 is better than good, and not in that Krusty-the-Clown "It’s good enough" kind of way.
Boston Phoenix |
Aaron Solomon |
03-09-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Surprisingly, Game Onnew
Video games are as susceptible as any medium to the winter doldrums. The year 2005 is different. Never before have we seen a glut of top-shelf titles so soon after Christmas.
Boston Phoenix |
Mitch Krpata |
02-28-2005 |
Video Games
Fallen Star: A Schizophrenic Star Fox Disappointsnew
Star Fox: Assault is baffling -- a game that seeks to undermine itself at every turn. Those aspects of the game based solely upon the franchise's rail-shooter roots can be almost deliriously fun; as for nearly everything else, well, how many synonyms are there for "disaster"?
Boston Phoenix |
Mitch Krpata |
02-28-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
The Beautiful Letdown: Black Monday Gets Away from Storynew
Much like its predecessor, Black Monday has been getting panned by critics and gamers alike. Unfortunately, this time I tend to agree with the masses.
Boston Phoenix |
Jim Murray |
02-08-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
