• Soulcalibur IV (PS3)

    ...are tons of pieces, and characters generally look a ton better, so I’m definitely not complaining. There are also 50 slots for custom characters, which is a major step up...

  • Braid (X360-XBLA)

    ...along onto the Xbox Live Arcade since Ms. Pac-Man.1 This is a game that takes platforming and puzzle solving to a new extreme by using time travel puzzles so complex...

  • Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge (PC)

    ...The Dig can’t hold a candle to. It’s probably on a par with Indy: FoA for the best LucasArts game ever. If you haven’t played MI2, please do. You’ll laugh,...

  • Rock Band 2 (X360)

    ...pick up this disc—or, at least, the reason Harmonix, the devil-worshiping prunes, want you to pick up the game—is for the 84 song expansion you’d get. This set, at first...

  • Blaster Master (NES)

    ...of hours of play for the first-time player, especially considering that it lacks any method for resuming play. There’s no saving and no passwords, so whenever you run out of...

  • The 2008 GameCola Videogame Awards

    ...Precipice of Darkness – Episode 2 (PC/X360-XBLA/PS3-PSN) The second part of an episodic series based on the Internet’s favorite videogame Web comic, (sorry,Ctrl+Alt+Del!) Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 2 combines the...

  • The Accessibility of Gaming: The Serendipity of Amiibo Tap

    ...The prices for GameCubes may be going up, and people will always use emulators, but the golden oldies (and new goodies) are coming, it’s just a matter of how fast....