So, there’s a new Sonic coming out in the near future that is an honest continuation of the original series that was native to the Sega Genesis way back when. You remember Sonic, Sonic 2 and Sonic 3, right? After that came Sonic & Knuckles, which is kind of apart…
Following the lineage of the Jungle and Desert Strike titles was going to be difficult. Both games had proven to be challenging, competently designed and overall fun isometric military action games. But somehow, like the missions that were imposed on the player, Urban Strike pulled it out of the bag…
There is nothing scarier for some soldiers than being trapped behind enemy lines – just look at how many movies depict the feeling of alone, desperate and every encounter is merely a matter of pulling the trigger first. However, that hasn’t been portrayed terribly accurate in the realm of video…
Whimsical and challenging rarely go hand in hand because realistically, they sit on opposite polar ends of how things are crafted in this medium. For instance, Modern Warfare 2 and Bioshock, both possessing their own capriciousness are oft seen as simply shooters as opposed to what their narratives possess. Modern…
I’m pretty sure that at some point in anybody’s life, they look at screaming across the sky in something capable of breaking the sound barrier and evaluate whether or not it has any real career potential. I know I did when I sat down and played through F-22 Interceptor the…
I’m not a fan of most simulation games that happen to be grounded firmly in the basis of reality. I prefer futuristic simulations like Chromehounds or Steel Battalion where there are realistic elements combined with an overlaid scenario that requires some suspension of disbelief. This is what brings me to…
It seems that Genesis games are still cropping up everywhere nowadays, and the iPhone is definitely no exception. While the last game I played was Sonic 2, my favorite of the series, on my girlfriend’s iPhone, I was disappointed to find out that the touch controls just didn’t lend themselves…