In Real Life

Let’s Learn How To Play The Wonderfully Complex Civilization Board Game

Civilization: The Board Game from Fantasy Flight Games is no mere global Monopoly, no svelte Catan. It is a complicated affair and one that’s not so easy to capture on video.


March 13, 2011
PlayStation

Warp Is My Favorite Scientist-Exploding PAX East Discovery, So Far

I keep asking people who I run into at PAX East to tell me which games I should check out. Thank you, to whoever told me to try Warp. I think it was Eka, hype man extraordinaire for Monday Night Combat. I’m glad I went. Warp lets you be an alien who can warp through doors, into exploding barrels or into scientists and guards — to make them explode too. No release date, slated for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC. Trapdoor’s the developer; EA is publishing. I want to play more.


PlayStation

Call Of Juarez: The Cartel Creators Argue Their First-Person Shooter Is No Celebration Of The Mexican Drug War

The creators of the upcoming video game that pits United States law enforcement agents against a Mexican drug cartel deny that they are ripping their subject from today’s headlines.


March 12, 2011
PlayStation

4 Minutes That Prove Child Of Eden Is The Prettiest Kinect Game

Child of Eden, spiritual successor to Dreamcast classic Rez is the most colourful, trippy Xbox 360 Kinect game I’ve ever seen. It’ll be out on June 14. Coming to PS3 too. Here it it, played live, at PAX East.


PC

Free Game Firefall Wants To Be World Of Warcraft With Guns

Orange County, California, might be bland, confesses one developer of Red 5′s team-based shooter Firefall, but the game certainly is not. Armor-bound medics squirt now de rigeur healing ribbons that glow a pale green to extrude life back into teammates wearing primary yellow or red that’s too busy for G or B.