Games

We have taken part in a drinking game or 10, but it’s when the games turn from harmless drunken fun to sexy is when we really start to take an interest.

Angry Birds fans rejoice! Finnish developer Rovio Entertainment has just released the latest installment in its wildly successful Angry Birds franchise — Angry Birds Space.

‘Mass Effect 3,’ the third installment in the critically acclaimed sci-fi video game franchise, promised a “definitive conclusion” for the series’ user-generated protagonist Commander Shepard. And although ‘ME3′ only came out last week, apparently enough gamers have gotten to the end of the game fast enough to conclude that its conclusion stinks.

‘Street Fighter X Tekken’ reminds us of that bathtub scene in Billy Madison when Adam Sandler pits a bottle of shampoo and conditioner in a deathmatch. It’s nearly as ridiculous a proposition — and somehow just as fitting — to pit the two-dimensional, projectile-happy Street Fighters against the 3D shuffle-meisters from the world of Tekken.

If you grew up in the 1980s, chances are you know how the first level of Super Mario Bros. is played. That first level is etched into the heads of every video gamer, whether you played it on the original NES or not. Now imagine how that first level would have played out had it been martial arts legend Chuck Norris in the game, instead of the Italian plumber we all know and love.

This game looks pretty sweet. I'm a huge fan of first-person shooters and this one could be epic. It's called "Syndicate" and you play as a dude who kills people and stuff. I really don't know much more about it than that. Except for the fact that Skrillex did a new track for it and you can download it, and 3 others, free at the facebook page...

Last week Angry Birds invaded Facebook, and next month the sling-shot strategy game will be headed to the final frontier. Yup, it’s Angry Birds Space.

If you thought your smartphone couldn’t suck more time out of your day, think again. Now it has a machine gun attachment, ho ho ho.

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...

Take a fun, arcade-style racing game. Add some very colorful graphics. Load it up with a ton of explosive weaponry, upgrades and multi-player functionality to keep you coming back for more and you have TNT Racers for your PlayStation Network.

Let me take you back in time to the mid-80s when most gas station convenience stores had arcade games in them. The one a few blocks away from where we grew up had two games that they’d swap out every so often. One of those games was Choplifter.

‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’ and the equally impressive sequel ‘Arkham City,’ have vaulted the Caped Crusader to a force more powerful in gaming circles than the man in black himself.