Love is a Battlefield – Divided Loyalties Part 2

So, last time I cheated on a Smurf with some kind of robot fish bowl vacuum cleaner thing. That’s not the kind of thing that often happens in the land of the sane. But if video game fantasies can allow us to do things – intentional or otherwise – we would never do in our [...]

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Mon, August 30 2010 » Articles » No Comments

Love is a Battlefield – Divided Loyalties Part 1

Gaming war stories. We love them. We love hearing how a video warrior stormed the enemy camp, fought his way through legions of soldier drones until their high commander appeared; raining missiles down from his ambulatory mecha-tank. We love hearing how our hero defied death, sprung fifty feet into the air, smashed his hand through [...]

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Fri, August 27 2010 » Articles, Features » No Comments

DLC Review: Mass Effect 2 – Kasumi’s Stolen Memory and Overlord

When compared to the original Mass Effect, which featured only two downloadable add ons, Mass Effect 2 has had a wealth of content within the first 6 months of its release. As one of EA’s flagship “Project $10” titles; games that give out $10 worth of free downloadable content to people that buy the game [...]

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Fri, July 2 2010 » Reviews, X-Box 360 » No Comments

Adam thinks… For twice

People are lazy, very lazy, (me especially), but its not written into our genetic code, or a result of our upbringing, it is in fact the consequence of our ever growing intelligence and the utilization of our intelligence to create more and more gadgets and gizmos, which sole purpose is to make our lives a lot lazier.

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Mon, June 14 2010 » Adam Thinks..., Articles » No Comments

The Newb Review Episode 20

Tom01255, Mightyles and Mary Mears are blessed with the triumphant return of braindead_hero. They run through the week’s news as well as the Top 5 gaming celebrities. Leave us a review in iTunes and when we reach 50 reviews will will draw a name out of the hat and send that person a game of [...]

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Tue, May 4 2010 » Newbreview Podcast » 8 Comments

Review: Mass Effect 2

Game: Mass Effect 2 Format: Xbox 360 Developer: BioWare Publisher: Electronic Arts Finally reaching us some two years after the original, Mass Effect 2 has more than a little anticipation and hype. Any gaming fan has been left drooling over teaser footage as this sequel brings back the primary protagonist, Shepard, to once again kick ass and take names throughout [...]

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Wed, January 27 2010 » PC, Reviews, X-Box 360 » 7 Comments

DLC Review: Mass Effect: Bring Down the Sky and Pinncale Station

Game: Mass Effect DLC Bring Down the Sky and Pinnacle Station Format: Xbox 360 Developer: BioWare Publisher: Microsoft Games Studios When Mass Effect was first released, BioWare discussed the possibility of releasing numerous additional missions as downloadable content. With a game that has a gigantic open universe to explore, you would think that they would [...]

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Tue, January 26 2010 » Reviews, X-Box 360 » 1 Comment