Archive for February, 2009
The Maw in Review
I know I just reviewed The Maw last week. Now I’ve played the whole game and gotten most of the achievements, and thought it was time to give a final weigh-in. Let’s not wince words: this game is amazing.
Posted: February 10th, 2009 under Reviews.
Tags: kids, maw, platformer, xbla, xbox 360
Comments: none
Sims 3 Delayed Until June
The highly-anticipated sequel The Sims 3 (website) has been delayed. As recently as yesterday, they were announcing a February 20 release date. Now it’s June 2. And a look at their press release reveals the reason: They want more time to market it. I’m thinking they didn’t get as many pre-orders as they anticipated. It’s […]
Posted: February 4th, 2009 under News.
Tags: delay, harry potter, pc, sims, sims 3
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Bad Controls Ruin Too Human
Too Human (website), the new action/adventure/rpg from Silicon Knights, is a visually stunning game. Too bad that doesn’t count for anything with actual humans. I mean, no matter how shiny a game is (Prince of Persia), it still needs other things. What’s Too Human missing? How about controls. Let me make one thing clear: the […]
Posted: February 3rd, 2009 under Reviews.
Tags: action, adventure, rpg, Too Human, xbox 360
Comments: 1
First Impressions of The Maw
The Maw (website) is an unusually impressive new 3D game on the Xbox Live Arcade. It has all the feel of a late-1990s big studio 3D platforming game (Banjo-Kazooie, Spyro), and graphics that are well beyond its price at $10. The Maw also delivers a shocking amount of fun for so simple a game. In […]
Posted: February 2nd, 2009 under Reviews.
Tags: first impression, maw, xbla, xbox 360
Comments: 1