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Videogame reviews are not a new thing on this site, but they are a rare thing. I don’t find interactive entertainment near as fun to analyze as films, nor do I have the time to complete dozens of hours on more than a couple games a year, at most. My work consumes more time than … Continue reading
Developer: Rebellion || Publisher: Sega Director: Tim Jones || Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Paul W. S. Anderson’s Alien vs Predator (2004) film was, in many ways, a colossal waste of potential. Though casual fans of the series never took it seriously to begin with and hardcore fans view it as heresy, to … Continue reading
Developer: Monolith Productions || Publisher: Sierra Entertainment Director: Craig Hubbard || Platform: Microsoft Windows, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 One of the reasons Halo: Combat Evolved (2001) was such a watershed moment in gaming was how it changed the landscape of interactive entertainment’s marquee genre, the first-person shooter. Not only did it “democratize” or break out … Continue reading
Developer: Yager Development || Publisher: 2K Games Director: Cory Davis, Francois Coulon || Platform: Microsoft Windows, Linux, OS X, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 Interactive entertainment has always been about technological advancement. The history of videogames is wrapped in the analysis of hardware limitations and the software ingenuity that eventually supersedes them. Videogames, whether they be … Continue reading
Developer: IO Interactive, Nixxes Software || Publisher: Square Enix Director: Tore Blystad || Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Legacy is a hard thing to carry, particularly when the centerpiece of your legacy is a firm-footed defiance against what has defined popular mainstream gaming for the past twelve years. Really ever since the console … Continue reading
Developer: Crytek Frankfurt || Publisher: Electronic Arts Director: Cevat Yerli || Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 First-Person Shooter, Engaged! Within just a couple hours of playing Crysis, Crytek’s now famed and much affectionately joked about FPS, the word “engaged,” spoken in its powerful, mechanized tone, will become ingrained in your head while you … Continue reading
Developer: Bethesda Game Studios || Publisher: Bethesda Softworks Director: Todd Howard || Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 A common phrase haphazardly thrown around is the reference, “a jack of all trades, but a master of none.” Bethesda’s bestselling action-RPG series, The Elder Scrolls, has long been considered a varied, multilayered project that exemplifies many aspects … Continue reading
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