A stand-up fight, or just another bug hunt? After finishing Aliens vs. Predator’s Marine story last night, I wanted to post some thoughts. In a nutshell, die-hard fans of the franchise need not despair at the game’s mediocre critical reception – AvP is solid, playable, and fun. Rebellion has done a fantastic job with pacing [...]
I came to an epiphany this morning. (Sure, it was a trivial and geeky epiphany, but don’t be judging on my epiphanies, man!) After reading the mixed critical reviews of Aliens vs Predator last week, I had decided not to purchase the game, or to at least hold off until the price dropped. I realized that [...]
I finally carved out some more quality time for Torchlight this week. My one-line take: this game is nearly everything that any Diablo fan could have wanted. Still, let us first tackle the oliphaunt in the room – we would have liked multiplayer functionality. That said, it must be noted that Torchlight was developed from [...]
My Windows PC croaked its last breath about a month ago, and being long fed-up with Microsoft’s OS, I purchased a refurbished iMac to replace it. Apple’s design and OS X are absolutely fantastic, and I haven’t looked back once. The only hitch I’ve encountered revolved around gaming headsets. The iMac has a audio in [...]
Well, I finally succumbed again to Azeroth’s siren call and logged back onto World of Warcraft to explore the Wrath of the Lich King expansion’s new continent of Northrend. I must say that WotLK offers the most engrossing and innovative WoW quest content to date. Blizzard has also managed to reduce the drudgery a bit [...]
Dammit! I had suspected that Gearbox’s Aliens: Colonial Marines title might be in serious risk of an airlocking, as news on its development has been sketchy at best. Looks like my fears were realized. I’m seriously disappointed though – this is probably my all-time favorite movie license. [sigh] Game over, man! (Sorry, someone had to [...]