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Review: Army of Two: The 40th Day
One step forward, but Army of Two steps back
When I reviewed the original Army of Two , I found myself in the unfamiliar position of being the guy who liked something everybody else hated (as opposed the guy who hated something everybody else liked).
By
MITCH KRPATA
| January 27, 2010
Lonely island
Michael Emerson sheds some light on Lost
This Tuesday, the sixth and final season of Lost will launch onto home screens (ABC; February 2 at 9 pm). When the show last left us, you'll recall, it appeared to have killed off one of the Island's main string pullers, Jacob (Mark Pellegrino), in 2007 while simultaneously detonating a nuclear bomb underneath the Island in 1977.
By
RYAN STEWART
| January 29, 2010
More than Mormons
The big love that dare not speak its name
Despite the comparably juicy family dysfunction it offers, Big Love hasn't achieved the iconic status of its HBO predecessor The Sopranos . Maybe viewers relate better to the mob than to Mormons.
By
JOYCE MILLMAN
| January 06, 2010
Winter wonderland
Video games start the new year right
Do not adjust your calendar. Christmas has not been moved to March this year.
By
MITCH KRPATA
| January 04, 2010
Ten years of great sports
Boston's road from Loserville to Title Town
Moments after Adam Vinatieri's field goal split the uprights as the clock expired in the Louisiana Superdome on February 3, 2002, the streets of Boston were in bedlam. Drunk people dangled from trees and hung off lampposts. Motorists leaned on their horns. I saw a guy hug a cop
By
MIKE MILIARD
| December 22, 2009
2009: Year in video games
Swimming the mainstream
At the end of each year, there's the temptation to identify a common theme among the games that were released.
By
MITCH KRPATA
| December 22, 2009
Sexiest video-game studs of 2009
The cream of the crop
Video-game characters get more realistic all the time - and by more realistic, we mean sexier. This year offered a plethora of digital delights and graphical innovations, and although developers don't cater to their straight female and gay male audience nearly as much as they could, we still had no shortage of contenders for this list.
By
MADDY MYERS
| December 18, 2009
Review: Assassin's Creed II
Death in Venice: a macabre Italian getaway
Assassin's Creed II is a macabre Italian getaway
By
MITCH KRPATA
| December 15, 2009
Review: New Super Mario Bros. Wii
OId news: nothing super about it
The staggering commercial success the folks at Nintendo have achieved in recent years has made it easy to overlook their more unfortunate habits.
By
MITCH KRPATA
| December 09, 2009
Review: Left 4 Dead 2
Zombie nation: Valve at the top of its craft
When Valve announced a full-priced sequel to Left 4 Dead only one year after the original, 40,000 frustrated gamers joined an on-line boycott. The boycotters had a point, but they'll miss out if they stand on principle.
By
MITCH KRPATA
| December 01, 2009
Review: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Hell to play
You're standing in an elevator with men wearing bulletproof vests and wielding machine guns. "No Russian," the leader reminds you, as the doors open to reveal a line of persons waiting at the airport security gate.
By
MITCH KRPATA
| November 24, 2009
Review: Dragon Age: Origins
BioWare's latest gets lost in the details
BioWare's latest gets lost in the details
By
MITCH KRPATA
| November 18, 2009
Review: DJ Hero
Hit the decks in DJ Hero
Shortly after DJ Hero ’s release, a couple of craiglist ads popped up from gamers claiming they’ll plug in and play the game at your party for $75 — all you have to provide is the TV and the speakers.
By
MADDY MYERS
| November 12, 2009
Interview: Leonard Nimoy
Hot Vulcan
If Leonard Nimoy’s acting work had been limited to that deliriously crazy music video for “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins,” he’d probably still be celebrated by a lot of us.
By
ROB TURBOVSKY
| November 16, 2009
Review: Borderlands
Gold rush
It’s tempting, and easy, to describe Borderlands solely via comparisons to other games.
By
MITCH KRPATA
| November 09, 2009
Jason returns
Publisher stuffs game-fixer Tim Donaghy's book idea; Antoine Walker's broke
As next week will feature a Friday the 13th, it’s time to check in on the NBA’s very own Jason, Tim Donaghy.
By
MATT TAIBBI
| November 04, 2009
Review: A Boy and His Blob
Childhood memories, improved
A Boy and his Blob got its start as a 1989 Nintendo game designed by David Crane, who also designed Pitfall! . This 2009 remake features Miyazaki-inspired art and cel-shaded animation, giving the maps a storybook quality. Unfortunately, the story itself still leaves much to be desired; no further complexity has been layered onto the 1989 game’s backstory.
By
MADDY MYERS
| October 27, 2009
Review: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
A real treasure
Nathan Drake walks like a man. Not so much in a macho, John Wayne kind of way — though there is plenty of that in him — but as if he were a real person occupying physical space.
By
MITCH KRPATA
| October 21, 2009
Review: Brütal Legend
Brutal is one way to put it
The cover of Brütal Legend sports an interesting detail.
By
MITCH KRPATA
| October 16, 2009
Review: Scribblenauts
The pen is not so mighty
If knowledge is power, and words are the vessels for ideas, then the appeal of Scribblenauts is easy to understand.
By
MITCH KRPATA
| October 07, 2009
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