When Batman: Arkham Asylum was released in 2009, it was nothing short of a revolution for superhero video games. Before, there had been a handful of great superhero games, but most of them had been arcade side-scrollers or team brawlers (Activision’s first Spider-Man game is a notable exception). Arkham Asylum, however, placed you so fully in Bruce Wayne’s [...]
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‘Batman: Arkham City’ Review: Who Has the Last Laugh?
Posted in Video Game Reviews, tagged activision, arkham asylum, arkham city, arleen sorkin, batman, batman arkham asylum, batman arkham city, batman the animated series, bruce wayne, caped crusader, catwoman, clown prince of crime, dark knight, games, goddamn batman, gotham city, grand theft auto, grand theft auto iv, grey delisle, harley quinn, heath ledger, hugo strange, joker, kevin conroy, league of assassins, mad hatter, mark hamill, maurice lamarche, mr freeze, nightwing, paul dini, pc, penguin, peter macnicol, playstation 3, quincy sharp, red dead redemption, robin, rockstar, rockstar games, rocksteady, rocksteady studios, spider-man, superhero, superheroes, tara strong, the dark knight, two face, video games, wii u, xbox 360 on November 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’m Making a Note Here – HUGE SUCCESS: ‘Portal 2′ Review
Posted in Video Game Reviews, tagged aperture, aperture science, atlas, chell, glados, jonathan coulton, lab rat, lunacy, p-body, portal, portal 2, rat man, stephen merchant, still alive, valve, want you gone, weighted companion cube, wheatley on April 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here come the test results: you are a horrible person. That’s what it says. A horrible person. We weren’t even testing for that. It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction. Portal 2, the long-awaited sequel to Valve’s 2007 first-person puzzler hit, takes everything that was great about the original and supercharges it. With science. When Portal [...]
