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Review: Prince of Persia

Run, jump, die, repeat
Pauline Kael titled one of her review compilations Kiss Kiss Bang Bang , saying that those four words (from a Japanese movie poster) captured the basic appeal of movies.

By: MITCH KRPATA | January 06, 2009

The year ahead in videogames

A blizzard of new games
No longer is there an off-season or even a chance to catch our breath after the fall deluge.

By: MITCH KRPATA | December 31, 2008

Year in Games: Where it's at

Succeeding on the strengths of their settings
This was a strange year for video games.

By: MITCH KRPATA | December 31, 2008

Review: Left 4 Dead

Fourth-person shooter
Playing Left 4 Dead is like taking a personality test: you can't hide your true nature.

By: MITCH KRPATA | December 16, 2008

Review: Mirror's Edge

It's like free-running on broken glass
Mirror's Edge is a game you may need to play twice: once to learn how it works, and a second time to enjoy it.

By: MITCH KRPATA | December 09, 2008

10 sexiest videogame studs

Bishonen and beefcakes
Video game developers have finally begun to give us ladies some eye candy.

By: MADDY MYERS | December 12, 2008

Review: Gears of War 2

The Gears of War keep turning
The Gears of War keep turning

By: MITCH KRPATA | December 02, 2008

Review: Resistance 2

Resistance 2 deserves a shot
Sony's Resistance , a PS3 shooter, is getting lost in the shuffle.

By: MADDY MYERS | December 12, 2008

Review: Fallout 3

It's okay to look in Fallout 3
Several games have attempted to re-create an entire major city to serve as the environment. Fallout 3 destroys one.

By: RYAN STEWART | November 24, 2008

LittleBigPlanet more toy than game

A platformer with little, big problems
It helps to think of LittleBigPlanet not as a game but as a toy — more like digital Legos or Lincoln Logs than a typical narrative-driven experience.

By: MITCH KRPATA | November 18, 2008

Review: Get lost in Far Cry 2

Far Cry 2's heart of darkness
Far Cry 2's heart of darkness

By: MITCH KRPATA | November 11, 2008

Evil urges

Fable II leaves it up to you
Those who've played the first Fable already know that being bad is a hell of a lot more fun than being good.

By: AARON SOLOMON | November 04, 2008

Silent Hill hits horror mark

Silent Hill can go home again
As a game reviewer, I have an obligation to inform you of the myriad problems with Silent Hill: Homecoming .

By: MITCH KRPATA | October 29, 2008

Video game Dead Space lacks true horror

The gory, gruesome Dead Space
In a survival horror game, the setting is everything. Dead Space has a good one.

By: MITCH KRPATA | October 22, 2008

Games review: Lego Batman

Lego Batman looks to the West
Lego Batman is not The Dark Knight: Now, with Legos!

By: MADDY MYERS | October 16, 2008

Blast from the past

Mega Man goes retro
Playing Mega Man 9 , you feel you’ve stepped through a wormhole and emerged in 1988 with an NES controller in your hand.

By: MITCH KRPATA | October 22, 2008

Review: Rock Band 2

Rock Band 2 keeps it rolling
No need to double-check your calendar — Rock Band 2 really is available only 10 months after the release of the original.

By: MITCH KRPATA | October 01, 2008

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

No new lease on life for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Many people regard anything produced in the past 15 years or so bearing the Star Wars brand as total garbage, and rightly so.

By: RYAN STEWART | September 23, 2008

Troop surge

Mercenaries 2 does it the old-fashioned way
It’s tempting to write off Mercenaries 2: World in Flames , if only because of the noisy ads — they’re scored by an annoying white-boy rap song.

By: AARON SOLOMON | September 16, 2008

Back to business

Fall video games offer sequels and few surprises
For the first time, the arrival of the blockbuster video-game season seems bittersweet.

By: MITCH KRPATA | September 11, 2008

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Et Tu, Dice Clay?
phlog | January 06, 2009 at 4:38 PM

Pingree Gets Armed Services
Talking Politics | January 06, 2009 at 1:51 PM

RIP Ron Asheton, Stooges guitarist
On The Download | January 06, 2009 at 1:26 PM

"I'll buy almost anything if it's shiny and made by Apple."
phlog | January 06, 2009 at 12:51 PM

Kudos to Chuck, with a caveat
Dont Quote Me | January 06, 2009 at 11:22 AM