• Nancy Drew: Trail of the Twister (PC)

    ...have super-high standards. There are basically only three things I want to see in a Nancy Drew game: Nancy Drew A number of Laytonesque puzzles Jokes, or something else equally...

  • Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent (PC)

    ...sir.” Crosswords, code-breakers, conundrums, and the like aren’t a moment’s challenge for Nelson. He doesn’t do far more at work than complete crossword puzzles in the newspaper. (That’s a nice...

  • Attack of the Clones: Sonic the Hedgehog (Part 2)

    ...large number of expansive stages—with a great little twist at the halfway point. See? Unlike last issue’s woeful Awesome Possum, this critter can actually back up his claim of radical-ness....

  • Mafia Wars

    ...sometimes even loot. Stamina affects the number of times you can attack someone. I’m Fearless, but I think if I could change, I’d be a Maniac, because I seem to...

  • Rayman (PS1)

    ...with five-to-six or so levels in each stage and any number of screens within those levels within those stages. The stages have themes like forest, surreal music, caverns, umm…stationary? and...

  • Soulcalibur IV (PS3)

    ...old game. I actually have had a few instances of “ooh, that’s a new move…hey, I love this new move!” and Seong Mi-na is still awesomely fun to play as,...

  • Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

    ...game. Special road? The last 20 or so stars? The no-FLUDD levels? What bliss they were! So when a new Mario game came out, it was only about a week...

  • Burnout Paradise (PS3)

    ...also controlled by winning races, with new cars and access to more challenging races being handed out as rewards. However, what is new is that Burnout Paradise has discarded the...

  • Metroid II: Return of Samus (GB)

    ...so rightly deserved. With the soldiers back at home having little to do, we saw an increase in the number of children being born. Post-war America saw a vast expansion...

  • Fisher-Price: Firehouse Rescue (NES)

    ...number. If you like mazes and can tolerate the back-asswards emergency force of the Little People, then you’ll like this game. I wouldn’t like to live there, though, because I...