Danny Andrews
Nuclear holocaust proves fun for this gamer
For her entire life, the Vault Dweller had slept on a small cot in a small room of the dilapidated fallout shelter of Vault 101. She lived under the totalitarian rule of the Overseer and saw him clash with her idealist father, James. One morning, after 17 years of dull, tranquil life, she awoke to the news that her father had broken the one rule of Vault 101: no one ever leaves.
Combine teamwork and violence to win
Crouched behind minimal cover, hordes of vicious, scaly-skinned enemies bearing down and down to my last clip, I did what anyone with a chainsaw-bayonet-equipped machine gun would do; make ‘em work for it. Gears of War 2 slams itself into gamer psyches this holiday season with a new game that once again defines cooperative gaming experiences.
Cheap games are gems for lazy playing days
Everyone needs some love, and much like the world’s oldest profession, it’s available in every price range. And due to dozens of new releases this holiday season, many titles get pushed off the shelf to make room. These hidden gems lie on the mythical “clearance rack,” and games sit, waiting to be plucked, like juicy apples.
Role-playing game has hero option of morally chaste or corrupt, evil character
Hundreds of years ago, heroes roamed the land. They hunted evil throughout Albion for the betterment of their fellow citizens. But something changed. After the famous Hero of Oakvale destroyed Jack of Blades, his brethren grew lazy and cared more for food and drink than for swords and magic.
Realistic zombies freak out gamer in Dead Space
Grade: A Isaac didn’t ask for anything to go wrong. He didn’t ask to be stranded on the USG Ishimura with no power and failing life support. And he certainly didn’t ask for an alien presence to reanimate the recently dead corpses of the crew. Now, the engineer who volunteered for the mission to see his now-missing ex-wife must play soldier and find a way to escape the hell he now finds himself in.
Reviewer surprised by Saints Row 2
Grade: B+ I didn’t want to like Saints Row 2. I convinced myself that it would be just a poor imitation of Grand Theft Auto. I brainwashed myself so much that I almost didn’t realize how much fun I was having. The GTA series may be considered the Steven Spielberg of video games, but Saints Row is the Michael Bay.
Join the dark side and grab a lightsaber
Grade: B Your name is Starkiller. As Darth Vader’s secret assassin, your mission is to destroy anything that stands in the way of his Empire. Set between Star Wars: Episodes III and IV, the game fleshes out the story of how exactly the Rebellion began and the role Vader played in shaping the universe.
False French cognates give rise to fantasy of pint-sized commies
I think the best thing about the French language is the false cognates. Anyone who has taken a language course knows about these guys – they’re the words that we English speakers have stolen from other languages, perverted the meaning of and use on a regular basis.
Fear of fangs and maw make pizza delivery a shuddering experience
I have been a pizza delivery boy off and on for about four years now. Most of the time, I can say it’s a simple enough job. I get paid to drive around the city and eat free pizza. It’s perfect, except for one thing: Some people own dogs. First off, dog owners act like a different breed all together.
Petrov proves man enough to save the world from nuclear tragedy
When people talk about heroes and men of action, they say names like George Washington, Martin Luther King, Jr., Captain America and Chuck Norris. These are men who would, and in some cases did, sacrifice everything for the greater good. We joke and say that they had “ice water in their veins,” “they could spit in the devil’s eye” or they had some serious “cajones.
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