By Jeffrey Matulef, on April 8th, 2009% There’s been a long-standing rumor that adventure games are dead. In the midst of so many shooters and casual games, it would be easy to agree. And while I’ll be the old fogey complaining about how “they don’t make ’em like they used to,” I’d still maintain that the genre is alive and kicking if [...] . . . → Read More: 30 Adventure Games You Need to Play
By TGRStaff, on April 7th, 2009% A bizarre turn of events involving paper bags, Accident & Emergency and an uncomfortable chair-bed led to me walking through London’s usually bustling Oxford Street last week at quarter to six in the morning. I say usually bustling because it was strangely deserted during my journey, making the scene eerily reminiscent of the start of [...] . . . → Read More: VBG: My Embarrassing Launch Event Stories
By TGRStaff, on April 1st, 2009% BioShock – 2007 (Xbox 360/PC/PlayStation 3) Not only does the chilling, distinctive underwater 50s city of Rapture make BioShock an utterly immersive and spectacular first-person shooter, but the game’s narrative challenges video game conventions, providing an incredible twist that ensures its status as a thinking man’s FPS and modern masterpiece. Braid – 2008 (Xbox 360/PC) [...] . . . → Read More: 30 Games You Must Play Before You Die
By TGRStaff, on March 26th, 2009% Amongst all the Jack Thompson hate for violent and suggestive video games, one title stands tall as being one of the first to hold the collective parents’ breath in aghast and disbelief. Broken bones, superfluous amounts of blood, torn heads from their anatomical perches, a grotesque (if not over-the-top) idea of how your body would [...] . . . → Read More: Top 10 Mortal Kombat Fatalities
By TGRStaff, on March 20th, 2009% Hot Girl: “Hey Tim! Wanna go catch a movie or something?”Tim: “I would, but… I’ve already got, umm, plans.” *runs home, arms out Mario style, to play his new game* Okay, so we all don’t want to be that guy. You know, the guy who turns down social activities for a long night with no [...] . . . → Read More: Top 10 Signs YOU May Be Addicted to Video Games
By TGRStaff, on March 12th, 2009% You’d think that being the hero of your favorite video game universe would be the ultimate in cool things to happen to any avid gamer, right? Well, sometimes being the hero is far less of a good time, and far more of a nightmarish one. Here are five examples of such ill-fated heroes who you [...] . . . → Read More: Top 5 Heroes You Wouldn’t Want to Be
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