Reviews
KEY
impressions: generally written after having played some of the game
review: generally written after having completed the game
Buying Recommendations (for retail games):
A = worth more than its asking price
A- to C+ = somewhere in between…
C or below = don’t pay for it unless you really have too much time
XBox 360
Demo/Beta
Batman: Arkham Asylum [demo impressions]
Battlefield 3 [multiplayer beta impressions]
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 [demo impressions]
Bayonetta [demo impressions]
Bionic Commando [demo impressions]
Brutal Legend [demo impressions]
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare [beta impressions]
Call of Duty: World at War [beta impressions]
Dante’s Inferno [demo impressions]
Darksiders [demo impressions]
Duke Nukem Forever [demo impressions]
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin [demo impressions]
Halo 3 [beta impressions]
Halo: Reach [beta impressions] [Invasion & Generator Defense Impressions]
Halo Wars [demo impressions] [demo impressions#2]
Just Cause 2 [demo impressions]
Left 4 Dead [demo impressions]
Lord of the Rings Conquest [demo impressions]
Ninja Blade [demo impressions]
Resident Evil 5 [demo impressions]
Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. [demo impressions]
Vanquish [demo impressions]
X-Men Origins: Wolverine [demo impressions]
Retail
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation [impressions] [review: B-]
Alan Wake [review: B]
Alan Wake: The Signal [review: D]
Army of Two [review: C+]
Army of Two: The 40th Day [review: B-]
Assassin’s Creed [review: B]
Assassin’s Creed II [impressions] [review: A]
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood [review: B]
Band Hero [review: B]
Batman: Arkham Asylum [impressions] [2nd impressions]
Batman: Arkham City [impressions] [review: B+]
Battlefield: Bad Company [review: B+]
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 [impressions] [review: B]
Bayonetta [review: A-]
BioShock [review: A] [revisited]
BioShock 2 [impressions] [review: B+]
BioShock 2: Minerva’s Den [review: A-]
Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War [review: B+]
Blazblue: Calamity Trigger [impressions]
Blue Dragon [review: B]
Borderlands [impressions] [review]
Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway [impressions] [review: C]
Brutal Legend [review: B+]
Bullet Witch [review: C-]
Bulletstorm [review: B]
Burnout Revenge [review: A-]
Burnout Paradise [impressions]
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare [review: A]
Call of Duty: Black Ops [multiplayer impressions] [review: A-]
Call of Duty: World at War [impressions] [review: A-]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 [impressions]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Stimulus Package [impressions]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 [Day 1 multiplayer impressions] [review: A]
Call of Duty Elite [impressions]
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow [review: B]
Child of Eden [review: B-]
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars [review: B-]
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 [impressions] [review: B/B+]
Conan [impressions] [review: C]
Crackdown [review: B]
Crysis 2 [single player impressions] [review: A-]
Dance Central [impressions]
Darksiders [review: B+]
Dante’s Inferno [review: C]
Dead Rising [review: B+]
Dead Rising 2 [review: B+]
Dead Space [review: A-]
Dead Space 2 [review: B+]
Devil May Cry 4 [review: B-]
DJ Hero [impressions] [review: A-]
DJ Hero 2 [impressions]
Dragon Age: Origins [review: A-]
Dragon Age 2 [review: B]
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West [review: A-]
Fable II [impressions] [review: B+]
Fable III [review: B]
Fallout 3 [impressions] [review: A]
Fallout 3 Expansion #1 – Operation Anchorage [review: D+]
Fallout 3 Expansion #2 – The Pitt [review: C+]
Fallout 3 Expansion #3 – Broken Steel [review: B-]
Fallout 3 Expansion #4 – Point Lookout [review: B+]
Fallout 3 Expansion #5 – Mothership Zeta [review: C]
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition [review: A]
Fallout: New Vegas [impressions] [review: A-]
Far Cry 2 [impressions] [review: B]
FIFA World Cup 2010 [impressions]
FIFA 12 [impressions]
Final Fantasy XIII [impressions] [review: B]
Gears of War [review: B]
Gears of War 2 [review: B+]
Gears of War 3 [impressions 1] [impressions 2] [review: A]
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter [review: B]
Grand Theft Auto IV [impressions] [review: A]
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and the Damned [review: C+]
Green Day: Rock Band [review: B]
Guitar Hero 5 [impressions]
Guitar Hero Van Halen [impressions]
Halo 3 [review: A-]
Halo 3: ODST [Firefight impressions] [campaign impressions]
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary [review: A-]
Halo: Reach [campaign review: B] [review: A]
Halo Wars [impressions] [review: A-/B+]
Infinite Undiscovery [impressions] [review: B-]
Kinect Adventures [review: F+]
L.A. Noire [impressions] [review: B+]
L.A. Noire DLC – A Slip of the Tongue [review: B-]
L.A. Noire DLC – The Naked City [review: B]
L.A. Noire DLC – Nicholson Electroplating [review: B-]
L.A. Noire DLC – Reefer Madness [review: C]
Left 4 Dead [impressions] [review: B+]
Left 4 Dead 2 [impressions]
Lost Odyssey [review: B+]
Lost Planet: Extreme Conditon [review: C+]
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds [review: A-]
Mass Effect [review: B]
Mass Effect: Bring Down the Sky & Pinnacle Station DLC [review: C- & F]
Mass Effect 2 [review: A]
Mass Effect 2: Kasumi’s Stolen Memory & Overlord DLC [review]
Mass Effect 2: The Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC [review]
Mass Effect 2: Arrival DLC [review: C]
Medal of Honor [review: C+]
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection [impressions]
Metro 2033 [review: B+]
Mirror’s Edge [impressions] [review: B]
Mortal Kombat 9 [review: B+]
Ninety Nine Nights [review: C-]
Ninja Gaiden II [review: A-]
Portal 2 [single player impressions] [review: B+]
Portal 2: Peer Review DLC [impressions]
Prince of Persia [impressions] [review: C-]
Pure [impressions]
Rainbow Six Vegas 2 [review: C+]
Red Dead Redemption [review: B+]
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare [review: B-]
Resident Evil 5 [impressions] [review: B+]
Rock Band 2 [impressions]
Shadowrun [review: B]
Silent Hill: Homecoming [review: C+]
Soulcalibur IV [review: B]
Splinter Cell: Conviction [impressions] [review: B]
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed [review: C-]
Street Fighter IV [impressions] [review: A-]
Super Street Fighter IV [review: A-]
Tekken 6 [review]
The Beatles: Rock Band [impressions]
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion [review: A] [expansions impressions]
The Last Remnant [impressions]
The Orange Box [review: B] [Half-Life 2 review] [Episode One review]
The Simpsons Game [review: B-]
Too Human [impressions] [review: B-]
Vanquish [review: B]
Virtua Fighter 5 Online [review: B+]
Live Arcade
1 vs 100 [beta impressions]
A Kingdom for Keflings [review: C+]
Bastion [impressions]
Battlefield: 1943 [impressions]
Bionic Commando Rearmed [impressions]
Braid [review: A]
Comic Jumper [demo impressions]
Dead Rising 2: Case Zero [review: B]
Dead Rising 2: Case West [review: B+]
DeathSpank [impressions]
Doom 2 [impressions]
Limbo [review: A]
Marvel vs Capcom 2 [impressions]
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge [review: B]
Ms. ‘Splosion Man [beta impressions]
Penny Arcade: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 2 [review: B]
Sam & Max Save the World [demo impressions]
Shadow Complex [impressions] [parting thoughts]
‘Splosion Man [review: A]
Zombie Apocalypse [demo impressions]
Hardware/Accessories
Kinect [impressions]
Messenger Kit [impressions]
Rock Band 2 Drumset & Madcatz Portable Drum Kit [impressions]
Playstation 3
Demo/Beta
Heavy Rain [impressions]
Retail
Demon’s Souls [impressions]
God of War : Collection [review: B+]
God of War 3 [review: A-]
Heavenly Sword [review: C]
Heavy Rain [review: A-]
Killzone 2 [review: C+]
Killzone 3 [review: B+]
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots [review: B+]
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction [review: B]
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time [review: B+]
Resistance: Fall of Man [review: B]
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune [review: B-]
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves [review: A-]
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception [impressions]
Vakyria Chronciles [review: B+]
Yakuza 3 [review: C+]
Yakuza 4 [review: B]
PSN
Flower [impressions]
Hardware/Accessories
Ear Force PX21 [review: B-]
Playstation 3 Slim [impressions]
Wii
Retail
Dead Space: Extraction [impressions]
EA Sports Active [impressions]
Just Dance [impressions]
Little King’s Story [impressions]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii [review: A-]
Punch Out!! [impressions]
Super Mario Galaxy [impressions]
Wii Sports Resort [impressions]
Nintendo DS
Retail
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth [impressions]
Advance Wars: Dual Strike [review: A]
Dawn of Discovery [impressions]
Dragon Quest V [impressions]
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars [impressions]
Inazuma 11 [impressions]
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes [impressions]
Monster Tale [demo impressions]
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney [impressions]
Picross 3D [review: A-]
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix [impressions]
Rhythm Heaven [impressions] [review: A-]
Scribblenauts [impressions]
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks [impressions]
Tokyo Beat Down [impressions]
Sony PSP
Retail
Dissidia: Final Fantasy [review: B]
Half-Minute Hero [impressions]
Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee 2 [review: A]
Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip [review: B]
Jeanne d’Arc [review: A]
Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep [review: B+]
Metal Gear Acid [review: B+]
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker [review: A]
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops [review: B+]
Patapon [review: A-]
Patapon 2 [review: B+]
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona [review: C]
Tekken: Dark Resurrection [review: A]
Tekken 6 [review: B]
Hardware/Accessories
Big Boss Bundle [impressions]
PC
Demo/Beta
Battlefield Heroes [impressions]
Starcraft 2 [impressions] [impressions 2]
Retail
Alpha Protocol [review: A-]
Battlefield 3 [multiplayer beta impressions]
Civilization V [review: A]
Crysis: Maximum Edition [review: B+]
Defense Grid: The Awakening [impressions]
Demigod [impressions]
Deus Ex: Human Revolution [impressions]
Dragon Age: Origins [review: A-]
Galactic Civilizations II [impressions]
League of Legends [impressions]
Left 4 Dead: Crash Course [impressions]
Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing [review: B]
Left 4 Dead 2: The Sacrifice [review: A-]
Plants vs. Zombies [impressions]
Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale [review: B+]
Spore [impressions]
Sins of a Solar Empire [impressions]
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl [impressions]
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty [single player impressions] [review: A]
Star Battle (Starcraft II Mod) [impressions]
Tales of Monkey Island [impressions]
Team Fortress 2 [impressions]
To the Moon [review: A]
Torchlight [impressions]
The Sims 3 [impressions]
The Witcher Enhanced Edition [impressions]
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II [impressions] [review: B+]
Warhammer Online [impressions]
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade [impressions]
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King [impressions]
Hardware/Accessories
Blizzard Authenticator [review: A-]
Logitech G5 Mouse [impressions]
Acer x213W 21.6″ LCD Monitor [impressions]
Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook [impressions]
Barnes & Noble Nook Color [impressions]
