Phil Villarreal
‘Xenoblade Chronicles’ Game Review
Released nearly two years ago in Japan and last year in Europe, you’d expect Xenoblade Chronicles to look at least somewhat dated.
‘Kid Icarus: Uprising’ Game Review
Word has it that Nintendo only went with Kid Icarus: Uprising as the subtitle for its new Kid Icarus 3DS game only after ‘Wristbreaker,’ ‘Carpal Tunnel Provider’ and ‘What the Eff is Up With These Controls?’ options didn’t test well in focus groups.
‘MLB 12: The Show’ Game Review
Like a grizzled veteran who rocks a shelf full of MVP trophies and is unthreatened by any up-and-comers on the farm system, ‘MLB 12: The Show‘ no longer has the eye of the tiger. Instead, it just coasts, does the awesome things you expect it to do and calls it a day.
‘Street Fighter X Tekken’ Game Review
‘Street Fighter X Tekken’ reminds us of that bathtub scene in Billy Madison when Adam Sandler pits a bottle of shampoo and conditioner in a deathmatch. It’s nearly as ridiculous a proposition — and somehow just as fitting — to pit the two-dimensional, projectile-happy Street Fighters against the 3D shuffle-meisters from the world of Tekken.
‘Mass Effect 3′ Game Review
All those ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ books you read as a child have prepared you for ‘Mass Effect 3.’
‘Journey’ Game Review for PlayStation 3
‘Journey’ is a downloadable game, so it doesn’t have a box or manual. But if it did, all it would say is “Don’t stop believin’.”
We Don’t Want to Wake Up from ‘Alan Wake’s American Nightmare’ [REVIEW]
The new trend is for game publishers with just-crazy-enough-to-work sequel ideas to release the games as bite-sized, stand-alone downloads that look and feel just like the disc-based games. That’s how ‘Red Dead Redemption’s’ straight-shooting cowboy John Marston ended up tangling with zombies in ‘Undead Nightmare’ and superhuman rail-surfer Cole Phelps of Infamous infamy ended up becoming a v
‘UFC Undisputed 3′ Wants To Fight For Your Love
When you’re pinned to the canvas with knuckles in your ribs, a knee in your kidney and hundreds of pounds of sweaty man-flesh urging you to tap out before you lose consciousness, it’s definitely time to re-evaluate what you’re doing.
‘Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning’ Is a Fastball of an RPG [REVIEW]
You met ‘The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’ and fell in love at first dragon bite. You gazed into its eyes and started to spend all your time together, questing looting and slaying. It was true love.
Rejoice Old School Gamers Because ‘NFL Blitz’ is Back! [REVIEW]
Part of the reason we limped out of college with a five-figure student loan debt were those hours spent at the student union arcade playing ‘NFL Blitz.’
‘Star Wars: The Old Republic’ Challenges ‘World of Warcraft’ for its Throne [REVIEW]
‘Star Wars: The Old Republic’ is just about everything we could want in a video game.
‘Kung-Fu: High Impact’ is About as Fun as an Actual Kung-Fu Beating [REVIEW]
Think back to that classic ‘Jeopardy’ skit on ‘Saturday Night Live’ in which a Keanu Reeves impersonator says “I know kung-fu,” causing Alex Trebek to respond, “No, you don’t.”
That’s ‘Kung-Fu High Impact’ for you.