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[Review] Dead Island

Zombies, zombies, zombies. They are everywhere in pop culture these days. So when Dead Island was originally announced, most just yawned and kept it moving. But then that amazing trailer dropped and it became the talk of the town. But just how would the game compare to that trailer? Well, it’s not as an emotionally [...]

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Fable III [Review]

The third installment of the Xbox 360 exclusive title “Fable” had high expectations after the last entry missed being great by a few inches. Strangely enough, it improves in areas that needed improvement but has some nagging issues that keep it from becoming great. The latest entry in the Fable series finds your character awakening [...]

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NHL 11 [Review]

First things first, I’m not a huge hockey fan. I’ll watch casually, but it is one of the few sports that I’m not totally enamored with. However, I have always enjoyed Electronic Arts’ NHL series dating way back to the Sega Genesis days. With that being said, I’m quite familiar with the game and use [...]

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Halo: Reach [Review]

The Halo franchise is one that gamers absolutely adore. It made Bill Gates little Xbox gaming console grow some legs and run off with one of the most influential titles to ever come to console gaming. The memories of the single player mode blasting Covenant aliens as Master Chief are embedded in the minds of [...]

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Mafia II [Review]

Mafia II is the sequel to the 2002 PC (and later ported to Xbox and PS2 in 2004) game that came around just as the GTA and sandbox open world gaming was making a splash on the video game scene. The 2010 version of Mafia does its best to avoid being just another Grand Theft [...]

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