Batman Arkham City – Initial Impressions James Schumacher, October 18, 2011October 18, 2011 Arkham City Impressions I spent a few hours with Arkham City this evening. I have to say that I can definitely see where all the positive hype is coming from. As I discussed in the preview article, Arkham Asylum was a bit of a surprise. There wasn’t much to complain… Continue Reading
Recent Gaming Roundup – Juarez, F.E.A.R. 3, Catherine James Schumacher, August 15, 2011August 15, 2011 Hearing the Call The Call of Juarez features a spiritual-successor storyline to the original games. One of the main characters, and if we’re honest the focal point of the game, is Ben McCall, ancient ancestor to the Reverend Ray McCall, gun-toting preacher from the previous two games. That’s kind of… Continue Reading
Action Forgotten Sands and Bloodstones James Schumacher, July 5, 2011February 11, 2024 Two quick blurbs for ya today. Prince of Persia (the newest version Forgotten Sands) and James Bond Bloodstone both for the PS3. Thoughts Prince of Persia Forgotten Sands is the newest entry in the Prince of Persia series and yet another reboot for it as well. I guess, technically it… Continue Reading
On the Brink of Something Good James Schumacher, June 22, 2011June 29, 2011 Brink made a promise upon it initial debut to reinvent or at the least reinvigorate the first person shooter. Early media gave us glimpses of highly stylized characters and an interesting mixture of traditional shooting mechanics with free-running (parkour) mixed in for good measure. Most people were touting the game… Continue Reading
Knights Contract has been Revoked James Schumacher, June 20, 2011June 20, 2011 Every time I see or hear anything remotely like “has just been revoked” I automatically think of the end of Lethal Weapon 2 after Riggs has been shot, and the South African d-bag claims diplomatic immunity. BLAM! “It’s just been revoked”. Hell yeah, Sgt. Murtaugh! That was Lethal Weapon 2,… Continue Reading
Killzone Takes a Step Back – Killzone 3 Review James Schumacher, June 1, 2011June 1, 2011 Killzone History I came to the series late. In fact, I never played the first entry. I remember it receiving much hype. I was almost 100% a PC gamer at the time and didn’t by a PS2 until very late in the cycle. As some of you may have read… Continue Reading
Star Wars – The Force Unleashed II – Collected Reviews James Schumacher, October 26, 2010October 26, 2010 Star Wars the Force Unleashed II isn’t in the budget right now, and I don’t know anyone who has put in the purchase yet, so I can’t comment first-hand on the game. However, I think I end up being glad that this wasn’t the pre-order purchase that I was hoping… Continue Reading
Dead Rising 2 Review – Zombie Killing Fun for Everyone! James Schumacher, September 29, 2010October 26, 2010 Head on over to Associated Content for article entitles “Dead Rising 2 Review – Zombie Killing for Fun & Profit“. I go over the basics of the story and gameplay and my thoughts and recommendation. AC had me do a scoring system for Dead Rising 2 which turned out to… Continue Reading
Mafia 2 Demo Impressions – No Spoilers James Schumacher, August 11, 2010September 1, 2010 **** UPDATE, Full Mafia II Review – “Family” is Thicker Than Blood has been published, check it out! **** Play the Mafia 2 Demo yesterday through steam. Actually I played it several times. The first time I just went through the demo mission, the second time I used my fully… Continue Reading
Mafia Game Review | Mafia 2 Pre-Order – Preview Coming soon James Schumacher, July 26, 2010July 28, 2010 ***UPDATED*** Check out the Mafia 2 Pre-Order / Preview. With Pre-Order difference and an link article previewing the game. This is an update of a previous post Mafia Game Review – City of Lost Heaven, one of my favorite games. I have been prepping a Mafia 2 Preview and hope… Continue Reading
Deathspank Game Review | Spanking the PSN Competition James Schumacher, July 18, 2010September 28, 2011 A Deathspank review for the Playstation 3 Deathspank is a new downloadable only game from Hothead Studios and Ron Gilbert, one of the original creators Maniac Mansion and the Monkey Island series. For a discussion of one of the best games of all time, and my favorite, Monkey Island 2,… Continue Reading
Action Favorite Games – Mafia James Schumacher, April 30, 2009March 9, 2014 Originally this was part of a 2 game post along with Betrayal at Krondor. I have split them up for readability, as so that as I post specific game favorites and can devote more content to that specific games. So without further ado, here is another of my favorite games,… Continue Reading