• [NSFW] Oniken (PC)

    I was really excited to score this review code. I’m not necessarily an NES enthusiast the way so many neo-retro games these days are built to cater to, but I...

  • Resident Evil 4 HD (PSN)

    ...Perhaps “a few” is an understatement. Capcom still plans on riding the RE4 wave for another six years or so, so they’ve sent us a review code so we can...

  • The Typing of the Dead (DC)

    ...nothing more to say about this. … Except, “Why?” Wait! Maybe this is a metaphor for Sega. The character represents the developers, feverishly typing code to prevent assimilation with other...

  • Minus the Pudding: The Best of Xbox Live Indie Games

    ...a half long; rather, it’s to say that the developers repeat the same six or so scenes over and over again; it’s like Source Code, only nothing ever changes, ever....

  • Gamer Girlfriend: Love, Jealousy, and Farming

    ...affections, but he was also a bro, dammit, and the Code of Manly Solidarity did not permit him to stand idly by while another man was being so slighted. Jealousy...

  • Spider-Man (PC)

    ...it’s very hard! You can also enter cheat codes if you get stuck, or want to get the other costumes early, or if you’re lazy like me, UNLOCK EVERYTHING! Another...

  • Madden NFL ’94 (SNES)

    ...it “in the game”? Is “it” the American football spirit, the pride and quality of the American software developer, or something more literal like assembly code? Another unsolved mystery. But,...

  • Nintendo Publishing Girls RPG, For Girls

    ...possible that it’s a deep, engrossing RPG that just happens to star a girl, and they’ve picked a really unfortunate code-name that makes it sound like it’s nothing but complete...

  • GameStop Makes Up for the Deus Ex Thing

    ...purchased Deux Ex: Human Revolution from the evil retail outlet and didn’t receive the appropriate OnLive coupon code. Joystiq also reports that they’re offering a “Buy 2, Get 1 Free”...

  • Puzzle Agent 2 (PC)

    ...these were easy to code—that all it took was a graphical switchover and some slight rejiggering. The story now travels completely linearly. If someone doesn’t give you the clues you...