previews

Tetris Preview: Adding And Subtracting From A Classic

It’s hard to preview a game you’ve been playing most of your life — especially one that has no narrative, little in the way of visuals and long history of success in its simplicity.

Army Of Two: The 40th Day PSP Preview: A Fixed Perspective

I missed the first 39 days of whatever this game is talking about, but the 40th day is pretty exciting. Stuff explodes, people shoot at me and I have a dude to boss around.

September 15, 2009

The Warriors: Street Brawl Preview: Go Home To Play

The late 70s must’ve been a hell of a time to spawn visions of a futuristic New York controlled by themed gangs.

September 9, 2009

Nostalgia Preview: The Winds Of Staying The Same

Nostalgia is a DS role playing game that hearkens back not only to when Final Fantasy VII’s graphics were next-generation, but to an era of steam and airships that never quite existed.

Axel & Pixel Preview: It Looks Like Nothing Else

We’ve got a guy. A dog. An art style I’ve never seen on an Xbox 360. A point-and-click adventure. And side-scrolling driving.

September 2, 2009

Red Faction: Guerrilla PC Preview

I feel awful for PC gamers most of the time because they always get games late and have to deal with more controversy about piracy and digital rights management.

August 29, 2009

Ju-on: The Grudge Preview: Hide All But One Of Your Wiimotes

Technically, Ju-on isn’t an on rails shooter—because you’re excruciating slow instead of on rails and instead of a gun, you get a flashlight.

August 22, 2009

Battleswarm: Field Of Honor Preview: Choose Your Genre

Battleswarm: Field of Honor is a Chinese-developed war game that blends both real-time strategy and first-person shooter genres. The catch is you have to pick which genre you can win with.

August 21, 2009

Wii Fit Plus: Feeling The Burn

Nintendo featured its balance board-controlled fitness game Wii Fit Plus at Gamescom this week, ensuring that there was little to no wait to go socks-on with the Wii sequel. That gave us plenty of time to burn some calories.

Wet Preview: It All Happened So Slowly

“I should have played Stranglehold more so I could compare,” the previewer thought to himself, as he made a lady with two pistols jump over a table and shoot two guys on opposite sides of an Asian-themed room in slow-mo.

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