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SAW: The PC Game: The Review

SAW: The PC Game: The Review

I couldn’t think of a better game to review on the eve of Halloween than one based on torture devices and cringe-inducing deaths at the hands of the infamous Jigsaw killer.  Zombie Studios and Konami, the marvelous guys behind Silent Hill, have brought the Saw series to life in the third-person survival horror game SAW.  [...]

Batman Arkham Asylum Review

Batman Arkham Asylum Review

As far as video games are concerned, Batman hasn’t been very lucky. With the exception of a great NES game based on the first Tim Burton movie, all efforts to make a game with Batman have been below average or just mediocre. It’s not for lack of trying, some games had you beating up hordes [...]

Sam & Max Season 2: Ice Station Santa

Sam & Max Season 2: Ice Station Santa

TellTale games hit a major home run last year with the re-introduction of two of gaming’s most comical adventure characters: Sam & Max.  These characters were originally popularized in the early 90s when LucasArts released a PC adventure game: Sam & Max Hit the Road.  Unfortunately, the PC adventure genre was on the outs at [...]

Indigo Prophecy Reinvents Adventure

Indigo Prophecy Reinvents Adventure

Title Indigo Prophecy Rating Mature Developer Quantic Dream Publisher Atari Release Date October 2, 2005 Platform PC (reviewed), Xbox, Playstation 2 Genre Action/Adventure The question of whether or not video games are art? This question has yet to find a definitive answer among developers, writers, or even gamers, although I think most would like to [...]