2012 Events
Best Games of 2011
Terra Militaris
Terra Militaris is part of the new breed of browser based strategy games. It combines elements that are dear to the fans of the genre with elements from RTS and RPG games. This combination turns out to be a winning formula. The Browser Based Game Roots The game’s basics will be familiar to those that ... Read More
The Sims Social
The Sims Social is a Facebook game based on the popular Sims franchise. A lot of Facebook games have borrowed elements from The Sims, so it is about time an actual Sims game was released for this platform. The Sims The Sims Social is immediately recognizable to fans of the series. It ... Read More
Dead Space 2
I didn’t use to like horror games. Fear was a feeling that I usually avoided. I simply did not enjoy myself if I was afraid. But as the years passed and I became more and more jaded, I started to realize I was not capable of feeling any emotions anymore, except one: Fear. The ... Read More
L.A. Noire
But L.A. Noire jumped over the uncanny valley using a technology which captures an actor’s face with 32 cameras, each one recording the actor from a slightly different angle. And there you have it. Character’s in a video game that are realistic without being uncanny. This is L.A. Noire’s main selling point. This has been ... Read More
Star Wars: The Old Republic
The Tale of our Hero The land of MMOs is a dangerous one. There is a monster of biblical proportions casting a shadow over all of it. Many heroes have fallen, none of them even scarring it. Many heroes have tried to learn from it, study it, take its soul and call it ... Read More
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
The Witcher 2 is a game based on a series of books from Polish author Andrej Sapkowski. I haven’t read anything written by him, but I assumed that since the game was based on a book, that it will be set in a complex world. And I was right. The Witcher 2 is set ... Read More
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Oh look another Call of Duty game. Modern Warfare 3 is the latest game in a wildly successful series that Activision has been milking for almost a decade now. I used to love Call of Duty games. The first game, its addon and the first Modern Warfare were awesome. Modern Warfare 2 was decent, ... Read More
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Nintendo’s Antics Legend of Zelda is a very old series. So is the Mario series. And the Metroid series. And the Donkey Kong series. And the Kirby series. And since I am a Master of the Obvious I am going to state it once again: they make a lot of money. Nintendo manages to ... Read More
Gears of War 3
Surprise, surprise, Gears of War 3 won some Game of the Year awards. A few to be fair, but still that’s a few too many. Now I could go on the cool, edgy, pretentious game reviewer rant on how the Gears of War series is a plague, a joke, a disgrace to video games that ... Read More
Dead Island
At one point during my treks on the internet I came upon a trailer. A trailer for a game named Dead Island. I had heard of Dead Island before, and I thought to myself “Great, another zombie game”, but then I saw the trailer. And I was taken aback. The trailer was amazing. It ... Read More
Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten
Japanese Craziness Disgaea 4 Trailer “Take a dump on the face of common sense, this is Disgaea 4!” “Disgaea stands for manly fancy.” “Don’t worry my scared little sheep” “Snatch one of your friend’s characters and discipline them however you like. Oh, you so naughty!” Oh god, my sides. That was the most ... Read More
Battlefield 3
Back in the Day When I was a kid the only war game I had played up to a point was Medal of Honor. It was not an entertaining game, it was your regular run of the mill shooter, frustrating at parts and boring at others. But still I played it because I had ... Read More
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is the long awaited sequel to the critically acclaimed Deus Ex series. The Deus Ex games combined the FPS genre with the RPG genre, and had an amazing storyline to boot with a lot of ways to solve a mission. But was it worth the wait? What’s it all about? Deus ... Read More
Dark Souls
Dark Souls is the spiritual successor of Demon Souls, a fiendishly difficult game that somehow managed to attract a lot of players despite hating them with a passion. This is due to the fact that the game is not difficult because of bad controls or poor level design, but because it was made with ... Read More
Little Big Planet 2
The Content Creator Little Big Planet 2 is a game that gives the player the ability to create levels. In that it is fairly successful, considering it is a PlayStation 3 exclusive. The only way for a player to input commands is through the PS3 controller which does not have the most buttons in ... Read More
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception is the newest game in the popular Uncharted series from Naughty Dog. It has won some Game of the Year awards this year. Let’s see if it deserved them. The Two Sides of the Coin Like I said Uncharted is a series that has enjoyed a lot of love from gamers. ... Read More
Pokie Ninja
Pokie Ninja is a browser based RPG in which characters from the animes Naruto and Bleach face off. Pokie Ninja has won several Game of the Year awards in the browser-based games category, so let’s take a look at it. Browser-based fun It has been a while since I played a browser-based game. I ... Read More
Battlestar Galactica Online
Battlestar Galactica Online is an MMO based on the popular Battlestar Galactica Sci-Fi show. Is it any good? Battlestar Galactica and the Game There is an intergalactic war going on between the Cylons and the humans. Two main fleets of these two factions were dragged out into a different part of the universe during one ... Read More
Portal 2
The first Portal game was a meme-inducing surprise hit. It was pretty much an indie game, and no one expected it to become this popular. So understandably, the question in everyone’s mind was: “Will Portal 2 be able to top or even match it?” The First Portal I first heard of Portal when waiting ... Read More
Killzone 3
I was surprised to see that Killzone 3 won a Game of the Year award. It is a very mediocre game, and even fans of the series find this game a letdown. The Story Let’s look at the story and characters first. There is a war going on (who expected that to happen in an ... Read More
Lady Popular
If Twilight is crack cocaine to teenage girls and Justin Bieber is crystal meth, then Lady Popular aims to be black tar heroin. It’s all there. It is specifically designed to tug at the strings which make tweens go “Eeeeeeeee!” Lady Popular is a girlier, Facebook version of The Sims. Welcome to a Very Pink ... Read More
Bastion
Bastion is one of the best games of 2011, regardless of its indie status. So it comes as no surprise when you hear that it was showered with praise and awards in different categories. The End of the World The world of Bastion has been destroyed, and you start the game on the remaining floating ... Read More
Hattrick
Hattrick is one of the oldest online football manager games. Football manager games have been a popular genre on the PC for a long time. But having an MMO aspect to it is what sets Hattrick apart. The MMO Football Manager Game In Hattrick you are the manager of a football team. This means that ... Read More
Batman: Arkham City
So many nerd chills went down my spine when playing Arkham Asylum. It is one of the best games I have ever played. I did not expect it to be as good as it was. The thing is I expected Arkham City to be good. Asylum vs. City Arkham City features many of the same ... Read More
Skyrim
Oh Bethesda, you glorious bastards, you did it again didn’t you? It wasn’t enough that you won the Game of the Year award for Morrowind, Oblivion and Fallout 3, you had to win it again this year. Skyrim, the latest iteration in The Elder Scrolls series, has received universal critical acclaim and won several ... Read More
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