Heavy Rain Review
by
Robert
Posted February 22nd, 2010 at 8:36 am
Heavy Rain is Quantic Dreams stab at a new genre in video gaming, the “Interactive Drama”. It’s a murder mystery with plenty of twists to capture the player, a sublime cast of characters, and a whole cinematic approach to everything. With more mature themes and moral choices to make in a normal everyday world where normal things happen. Asking the question “How far would you go to save someone you love.” But does it work? Oh hell yeah!
The story follows four main characters, develop...
Perfect Dark hitting XBLA March 17th
There are some games that transcend all genres, and all gamer tastes. Atari Adventure, Chrono Trigger, Halo - these games are the games that most people will remember the rest of their lives, and subsequently force their children to play at the age of gamering.
Perfect Dark is a great game,but NOT one of those games. One of the first console FPSes to have really big douchebaggedry (Poison Knives in a corpse = fun!), Perfect Dark was Rare's big effort to improve upon the Goldeneye N64 engine, ...
Massive Action Game Review
by
Robert
Posted January 27th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
Why is business so intense? Why do companies in industries such as the videogame industry have to flaunt their product and plaster all the positives across their promotional interface to make more sales? This is what Sony and Zipper have done with their console MMO. They’ve taken the absolute best situation, squeezed out all of the positives from this situation and left a mashed up piece of shrivelled matter behind which acts as the negatives. Never has a piece of matter such as this been so i...
ModNation Racers Beta Hands On
by
Robert
Posted January 26th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
One thing that seems to have exploded on the videogame front this generation is user created content. At the forefront of this boom is the acclaimed LittleBigPlanet, the cutesy platformer with the most adorable little character and addicting levels.
With LBP having seen releases on PS3 and PSP, Sony were sure they were onto a winner. And so they decided they’d warrant a LBP type racer, known as ModNation Racers.
This was announced at E3, all the way back in June, where not only did we he...
Saturday: Nine Lives Final: Portable Gaming – Can It Work?
This is the final week. I understand you busy gamers are just so busy that you’re busyifying this article. I assume busyifying means something like shortening or making words up to mean something. I can’t be 100% on that.
You get on a plane, train, or an automobile that you’re hopefully not operating. Reading a book just doesn’t feel right, listening to music isn’t stimulating enough, and you’re not tired enough to sleep right now. What to do? Whip out your portable gaming console...
Saturday: Nine Lives 3 – To Log On or Not to Log On?
Each week in January, I (Tim) will cover a topic that is close to the working gamers’ heart. Yes, some of us are busy with work, school, and other non-game endeavors, heck, even social encounters! But gaming is who we are deep inside still, and I’m here to console, advise, and to help keep you abreast of gaming nerdery. This week, I ask the ultimate question: online play or single play?
There's a very large line of demarcation between today's gamers: online gamers and those who are most a...
Beaming Up: A Brief STO Preview
One of my personal life goals was to be in a beta for a game. Yes, I shoot high on my goals. Among the others is teaching myself to play the lute/ocarina/fiddle to help my D&D characterizations when I play a bard, and writing game reviews for a website. So when I was asked to play the Star Trek Online beta for a bit, I was thrilled. I love Star Trek (owing this to a long term of unemployment combined with Star Trek marathons on daytime TV) and I love MMOs. The problem with the current MMO la...
4 Players You Love to Hate in Modern Warfare 2
by
Bo
Posted January 12th, 2010 at 9:52 am
The emphasis in online gaming, especially in first person shooters, has lead to a variety of players and personalities to mesh in a single environment. If you've ever seen Big Brother or The Real World, you'll know by now that 90% of these personalities are annoying and aggravating. Like leeches they latch onto the multiplayer and suck the fun right out of the game. A lot of these players are also prevalent in other first person shooters like Halo, but seeing as Modern Warfare 2 is my game of ch...
Saturday: Nine Lives 2 – RSS Feeds Are Your Guide
Each week in January, I (Tim) will cover a topic that is close to the working gamers’ heart. Yes, some of us are busy with work, school, and other non-game endeavors, heck, even social encounters! But gaming is who we are deep inside still, and I’m here to console, advise, and to help keep you abreast of gaming nerdery. I can be reached through Twitter or the comments section.
It is the age of instant news, an age where on enters his/her kitchen, takes a pill, and is fed. An age of flyi...
Fiesta Online Item Pack Giveaway!
by
Bo
Posted January 9th, 2010 at 8:15 am
Gamepex has been given some codes for an Item Pack redeemable in the free MMO Fiesta Online. Get your key now to redeem your item code! We have 2000 codes to give away, but be quick as they expire on January 31st!
About Fiesta Online
Fiesta is a classic, action packed MMORPG set in the colorful and dangerous world of Isya. Battle ferocious monsters and join your allies on a quest for fame and fortune to save Isya from the forces of evil.
Features of Fiesta Online
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