Top 10 Scary Videogames for Halloween James Schumacher, October 2, 2011October 19, 2011 Well it’s that time of year again, the smell of fall is in the air, the leaves are beginning their slow change and Halloween rapidly approaches. Time for scary movies to start showing on television. If you’re like me, you’ve got your favorites; ones that need to be watched each… Pages: 1 2 Continue Reading
Game Releases Fall 2011 – September James Schumacher, September 24, 2011September 24, 2011 2011 has been a big year for major game releases. I’ve already felt somewhat overwhelmed trying to keep current on all the latest stuff. Let’s go over a short list of games so far this year. Little Big Planet 2, Dead Space 2, Marvel vs Capcom 3, Killzone 3, Dragon… Continue Reading
NBA 2K12 Soundtrack List James Schumacher, August 11, 2011October 14, 2013 NBA 2K12 Game Soundtrack The NBA 2K series has always produced soundtrack that were quite popular. The main genre of these game soundtracks is hip-hop. They use a blend of mainstream and underground artists and the tracks are comprised of of equal parts remixed tracks, previously released tracks and tracks… Continue Reading
E3 Winners and Losers James Schumacher, June 10, 2011June 12, 2011 Every year the question after E3 is who won? Sometimes its clear-cut, other times things are simply divided by fanboy (and/or girl) lines. “Insert Console Company” kick “Insert other Console Company’s ass this year. Oh, and Nintendo is for kids! “Console Company” is for “insert favorite ethnic or homophobic slur”…. Continue Reading
Nintendo E3 2011 Breakdown – Wii U James Schumacher, June 7, 2011June 8, 2011 Wii U Console Announced We’ll get to the software and such later. What everyone wants to talk about and possibly at least part of what they were expecting came to pass during Nintendo’s morning press conference. Nintendo announced their new controller… I mean new system. The Wii U. I joke… Continue Reading
Action Sony E3 2011 Press Conference Breakdown James Schumacher, June 6, 2011June 7, 2011 I want to start off first by discussing some system specific topics. I cover PS3 and PC almost exclusively. I admit some ill-will towards Microsoft as a company. I think their customer support and most obviously with the Xbox 360, their quality control is awful. I also find their flagship… Continue Reading
Ubisoft E3 2011 Press Conference Breakdown James Schumacher, June 6, 2011June 7, 2011 Ubisoft Games – E3 2011 Ubi celebrating their 25th anniversary at this E3, founding in 1986. Feed Trouble Looks like there was some feed trouble on both IGN and Gamespot. Gamespot now states that due to a limited Internet connection only archives will be available. Nice! I ended switching over… Continue Reading
Dead Space II – Gamespot Trailer James Schumacher, November 3, 2010 Dead Space 2 is coming up in the not too distant future. The first game was quite a surprise for me. It scared the crap out of me and I still managed to enjoy it. I nice mix of genuinely creepy atmosphere and scares that moved away from being too… 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
October 5th Kicks off Big Month in Video Gaming James Schumacher, October 4, 2010October 27, 2010 October is going to be a significant month in gaming for this 2010 calendar year. Most of the biggest titles are going to be released in this month, probably in anticipation of big sales and possible shortages ahead of prime-time holiday purchasing through Thanksgiving and on up towards Christmas. While… Continue Reading
Guybrush Starkiller? | id More Open-source| NBA Jam HD James Schumacher, September 28, 2010October 26, 2010 GuyBrush Starkiller – Force Unleashed II This is perhaps the greatest achievement of LucastArts in the last decade of gaming, besides resurrecting Monkey Island. They have taken their most popular and profitable game IP, Star Wars of course and married it with their most popular adventure gaming series from days… Continue Reading
Abbreviiated Reviews #1 James Schumacher, June 16, 2008July 3, 2010 Okay, I’m gonna call the round-ups of short reviews Abbreviated Review… very exciting and original I know. Let this begin the summer of gaming for me. This break is an unusually long 4 week stint, and a precursor to final final quarter at the Art Institute… and then back into… Continue Reading