Ace Combat: Joint Assault (PSP)

There is a stretch of time during which every adolescent male is obsessed with posters. I have vivid memories of being dropped off at the mall with my friends, where we would scour the two or three stores with the best selections. We argued endlessly about which comic book characters, rock stars and supermodels were [...]

H.A.W.X. 2 (Xbox 360)

I pull back on the stick and slam my throttle forward, gaining as much altitude and distance as I can, but it’s not working. There are six MiGs on my ass, all with active locks and an endless supply of missiles that seem just a little more accurate than mine, and none appear to be [...]

Top Gun

You would need to be at least 24 years old to have even been alive when Top Gun released in theaters. Sure, that isn’t that old — at least, that’s what I tell myself — but it does point out how, well, arbitrary a new game using the license feels 24 years later. It’s not a [...]

Microsoft Flight Simulator is back!

Microsoft Flight’s logo, as seen on the game’s website. Yet upon this release, Flight Simulator has a new name: Microsoft Flight. The game’s website claims that it was ‘inspired’ by the original Flight Simulator series that first launched in 1980 (on Apple’s II), with the last version (Flight Simulator X) being released in 2006. Microsoft’s original [...]

If there was anything that Face Pilot was good at, it’s showing that developers should not rely on the DSi’s camera to take the place of a good ol’ accelerometer for tilt control. This game feels like it was developed just to prove a point to the Nintendo R&D department that the next DS system [...]

Gorillaz – Escape to Plastic Beach

If you are a big Gorillaz fan like me, playing a videogame based on the exploits of the band sounds like an exciting proposition. After all, these characters look like they’d be right at home in a videogame. Escape to Plastic Beach, though, is not that videogame. This is a pointless venture designed solely as [...]