Video Games

The rogues gallery of cowboys, Spartans, rock stars, Monkeys, yakuza and space marines.

Keytar Hero

As someone who plays a lot of video games and has done so since my brother brought home a Commodore 64 over twenty years ago, I’m completely out of touch with the idea of what makes a popular video game.  I don’t mean popular just amongst other gamers, but popular products like the Wii and Guitar Hero that transcend their ...

After three long years of waiting, Rock Band 3 was finally released instores today.  Jen was nice enough to pick up a copy of the game for me after work.  It’s the sequel to my favourite game of the past decade or so and as co-operative video games go, there’s nothing Jen and I enjoy more than unwinding for an ...

Cowboys from hell

Monkey see, monkey do.

I finished Red Dead Redemption over the weekend and have moved onto a new game to play.  It’s called Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and its a post-apocalyptic adaption of the classic Chinese literature story of Monkey. Although its not a particularly high profile game, the game has an strong pedigree behind its production.  The script and direction was handled ...

Reaching for the stars

Wakey wakey, hands off snakey

So a year has passed since we last faced this juncture.  The annual sports gaming conundrum:  FIFA or Pro Evo Soccer?  The 2010 installment of The Decision sparked an upset where, for the first time in over a decade, the people chose FIFA.  It had been a long time coming. For the last few years there had been plenty of ...