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Top Five Ways to Be a Perfect Assassin

There is little doubt that as a franchise, Assassin’s Creed is here to stay for awhile. If you have read anything I have written in the past nine months you will know that I am a staunch supporter of the single player experience and felt extremely wary about the new component. Whether the Story Mode [...]

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Elementary! A Look at “Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper”

I have about six shots of espresso in my system and “(Do You Want to Date My) Avatar?” on repeat (if someone can explain the term ‘tank & spank’ to me I would be eternally grateful) so I am revved up to talk about my latest game: Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper! I know, [...]

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Review: Costume Quest

If I have one complaint about Double Fine’s newest XBLA release, Costume Quest, it’s that I can’t pack my bags and live there. It’s been awhile since I have been so utterly captivated by a game simply because of its very existence, but Costume Quest has met and exceeded my expectations tenfold. All right, now [...]

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Vacationing in Hogwarts

I have been caught in the best kind of replay cycle for the last couple of weeks. Anyone who has played a LEGO game knows that the only way to max out the experience is to play through the game at least twice (Storyline and Free Play), so I am slowly winding towards 100% on [...]

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Review – Borderlands: Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution

With the release of the Game of the Year edition on the horizon, Gearbox has released what appears to be the grand finale of  Borderlands DLC, Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution, or as I like to call it, Viva la Robolución! The last fight saw our heroes battling high-level lancers in the Crimson Armory, an enormous [...]

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