Phil Villarreal
‘Journey’ Game Review for PlayStation 3
‘Journey’ is a downloadable game, so it doesn’t have a box or manual. But if it did, all it would say is “Don’t stop believin’.”
We Don’t Want to Wake Up from ‘Alan Wake’s American Nightmare’ [REVIEW]
The new trend is for game publishers with just-crazy-enough-to-work sequel ideas to release the games as bite-sized, stand-alone downloads that look and feel just like the disc-based games. That’s how ‘Red Dead Redemption’s’ straight-shooting cowboy John Marston ended up tangling with zombies in ‘Undead Nightmare’ and superhuman rail-surfer Cole Phelps of Infamous infamy ended up becoming a v
Sony’s New Handheld ‘Vita’ Has Us Screaming ‘Viva La Vita’
When you’re walking around with Sony’s bulky new handheld gaming device in your front pocket, you may get the line “Is that a Vita in your pocket or are you happy to see me?” Your answer will be “Yes, that is a Vita in my pocket, but I’m not happy to see you because social norms dictate that we’ll have to talk rather than pretend one another don’t exist so I can play some ‘Uncharted: Golden Abyss
‘UFC Undisputed 3′ Wants To Fight For Your Love
When you’re pinned to the canvas with knuckles in your ribs, a knee in your kidney and hundreds of pounds of sweaty man-flesh urging you to tap out before you lose consciousness, it’s definitely time to re-evaluate what you’re doing.
‘Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning’ Is a Fastball of an RPG [REVIEW]
You met ‘The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’ and fell in love at first dragon bite. You gazed into its eyes and started to spend all your time together, questing looting and slaying. It was true love.
‘Amy’ Is Awful Enough To Make You Hate Video Games and Life Itself [REVIEW]
We used to laugh at pundits like this who say video games are worthless trash — or worse, a tool of the devil meant to torment your soul. That is, until we played Amy, which proves those sentiments exactly right.
A vestige of the nearly extinct survival horror genre, the game is horrifying for all the wrong reasons...
Rejoice Old School Gamers Because ‘NFL Blitz’ is Back! [REVIEW]
Part of the reason we limped out of college with a five-figure student loan debt were those hours spent at the student union arcade playing ‘NFL Blitz.’
‘Star Wars: The Old Republic’ Challenges ‘World of Warcraft’ for its Throne [REVIEW]
‘Star Wars: The Old Republic’ is just about everything we could want in a video game.
‘Kung-Fu: High Impact’ is About as Fun as an Actual Kung-Fu Beating [REVIEW]
Think back to that classic ‘Jeopardy’ skit on ‘Saturday Night Live’ in which a Keanu Reeves impersonator says “I know kung-fu,” causing Alex Trebek to respond, “No, you don’t.”
That’s ‘Kung-Fu High Impact’ for you.
8 Hot Video Games To Beg Santa For This Xmas
You’re excused if you’ve last track of all the marquee video games that have hit shelves in the past several weeks. Just like Tim Tebow, game publishers hold back their best stuff for the end. Even those of us who play and read about games constantly have trouble keeping track of what’s out there.
‘Tekken Hybrid’ Triple-Teams Players…In A Good Way [REVIEW]
Back in college we spent too much time playing Tekken games at the student union while everyone else was doing stuff like inventing Facebook, stealing the idea for Facebook, having sex or doing drugs.
‘Mario Kart 7′ is Just Like the Mario Kart Games — But That’s Fine With Us [REVIEW]
You’ve got to hand it to Nintendo– they are king at making the same game over and over again while adoring fans — us included — squeal with delight. You sell yourself again and again to us, claiming you’re different but you’re always the same...