• BLACK (MXB)

    ...the vaguest storylines this side of the Lifetime movie network. Stylishly jumpy and overexposed live action cutscenes detail your interrogation as you recount your mission. The only really good twist...

  • MagMax (NES)

    ...any old shooter. Start at point A, shoot, dodge and live to see point B and fight a huge boss. You can get from point A to B by staying...

  • Player Two: Wal-Mart Doesn’t Have to Sell What it Doesn’t Want to Sell

    ...the largest retailer in the world, it has the most customers. It has the most people trying to buy crap in its huge stores, and its knows that. This causes...

  • Bone: The Great Cow Race (PC)

    ...revealing more than the one before until it flat-out tells you what you need to do. After having played this game, I’m not sure how I can live without it....

  • Judging a Game by Its Cover #2

    ...people live in L.A. anyway…is Activision trying to tell me that all 12 of them will wind up getting their asses handed to them by this cop and his addiction...

  • Player Two: Wii Didn’t Start the Fire

    ...that we will see plastered in marketing campaigns from here till forever. A name that will live forever in this generation’s hearts as the best system. That name—that symbol—it’s the...

  • Submissions (June 1, 2006)

    ...my friends on xbox live Bradley’s review of Castlevania 2: Simon’s Quest Although, Simon’s Quest is better than the original Castlevania, it has a really dumb premise. Simon Belmont is...

  • Dear Readers: Another n00b Bites the Dust

    ...before, Richo’s left without a trace, leaving behind only an empty place in all our hearts. Richo’s legacy and spirit live on in Zack Huffman’s brand new monthly column, Get...

  • Top of the Heap: Health Education Games

    ...dinosaurs can now breathe freely. That is, until some evil-for-no-reason T-rex decides to go off and bust up the fans. Now the dinosaurs will have to live in dusty, dusty...

  • Kingdom Hearts II (PS2)

    ...another sequel that absolutely did not live up to the original. An unusual collaboration between video game giant Square Enix and Hollywood giant Disney, Kingdom Hearts II is an action...