David Thomas is a nationally syndicated videogame journalist, critic and teacher. He co-authored the Videogame Style Guide and Reference Manual, so he knows that PONG is written in uppercase and that it wasn’t the first videogame. His current favorite game of all time is Rock Band.
Rock Band 2: A more accurate title might be I 1.1. Wireless drums, new song modes, more songs. Same classic Rock Band.
Shaun White Snowbarding: At least one more thing you can do with the Wii Balance Board.
Skate It: Shaun White snowboarding - Shaun White + Tony Hawk.
Animal Crossing: City Folks: Animal Crossing on the Wii. Oh, it includes some city locations.
Star Wars Clone Wars: A new cartoon movie ushers in the long awaited era of Wii-based light saber battling.
Wii Motion Plus: Nintendo admits the Wii control is wonky and asks you to pay to attach a small piece of hardware that makes the Wiimote better.
Wii Music: Fun. For about 3 minutes. Unless you are 5-years-old. Rock Band anyone?
Resistance 2: It's no Gears of War. But you do get to shoot aliens. Which apparently never gets boring.
LittleBigPlanet: Game moding tool + arts and craft design + action platforming tool + I-wanna--have it-visuals = gaming genius
DC Universe: With no launch date in site, it will be ahrd to wait for this MMO based on the DC comics universe.
inFamous: From the guys who brough the world Sly Cooper, a new take on the superhero. Think Allen Moore + Grand Theft Auto.
Onechanbra: Popular Japanese property about zombie-killing girls in cowboy hats and bikinis. Seriously, bikinis.
Resident Evil 5: Does it ever really get boring to shoot zombies? No, no it does not.
SimCity Creator: Finally,ma SimCity game we can play on the console. And, look mom!, curvey roads!
Free Realms: The coolest massively multiplayer online game in years is targeted at kids. So what, I want to deleiver the mail in world, own a cat and be a ninja. Don't you?
de Blob: Like Katamari Damacy in reverse, you must roll across a white city to paint it with color.
Viva Pinata: An Xbox classic brings its cute charm to the DS. Or maybe the girl demoing the game was just cute and charming.
Spore: After years of waiting, the excitement has faded. But Spore will be fun.
Mirror's Edge: Not since Super Mario Bros. has running and jumping looked like so much fun.
Hasbro Family Game Night: Tired of looking for your Yahtzee dice? Your Battleship pegs? Your Connect 4 checkers. On the Wii, clean up is a snap.
Nerf nStrike: While not shown at the floor, the whole idea of a Nerf videogame that comes with a Nerf gun is too cool to pass up.
Deadspace: Doom 3 + Bioshock.
Monster Lab: Kill things and make their parts into robots. Kids will love it.
Battlefield Pacific: WWII Pacific history + an arcade game = fun and educational.
Fracture: The SimCity terrain tool + any shooter game you care to name = a novel take on a tired genre.
Flower: Lava lamp + falling in love + back rub = a truly wonderful game about playing the wind in a flower's dream.
Fat Princess: Cute, politically incorrect and bloody multiplayer causal chaos.
Pain: Amusement Park: Fling people out of a catapult and see how much damage you can cause him, and the world. Really, really stupid. And that why it's fun.
SOCOM: Confrontation: Online only play let's you live life as a grunt on the ground in hostile territory.
Ion Audio Rock Band drum kit: For $300, you too can pay Rock Band on a pre-line set of electronic drums.
Castlevania: Judgement:Castlevania + Soul Caliber = Fighting for Castlevania fans.
Rock Band Revolution: Rock Band - vocals + Guitar Hero World Tour = An odd offering that does offer a fancy drum kit you can use with other games.
Boarderlands: Self described as "Indiana Jones meets the Road Warrior". Level grind at the end of civilization.
BioShock PS3: Bioshock + PlayStation 3 + extra missions = an interesting retread.
What's Cooking Jamie Olver: The naked chef + cooking mama + a cookbook = a game that actually might teach you a think or two about cooking.
Witcher: Enhanced Edition: Witcher - bugs and bad dialog + other goodies = The game as it should have been in the first place.
Zoo Hospital: Kids help animals.
Major Minor's Magestic March: Art game + marching band simulator from the guys that brough the world Parappa the Rapper.
Left for Dead: Which is scarier, fast zombies or slow zombies? Valve make the case for speed.
Do we really need GTA4 on the PC?Probably not. But it's coming anyway.Not content to master the world of the videogame console, developer Rockstar wants to ensure that it juices its signature franchise for as much as it has got.Who's going to buy... Read More Topics:
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If I had to pick my favorite book about videogames, I'd probably select Steven Poole's Trigger Happy. Even though the examples are horribly out of date at this point, no book has asked better questions about the nature of the medium and answered them... Read More Topics:
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Once, it was a novelty to find cool free games on the Web. Today, there are so many free games, you could waste a whole day at work just fiddling around.And every once in a while there is a game cool enough to share with your co-workers.The Last Guy... Read More Topics:
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With all the sturm und drang of American presidential politics it's pretty easy for the educated gamer to come to the conclusion that they might as well just stay home, avoid the chaos and pick up those final missions in Grand Theft Auto IV. At least... Read More Topics:
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What do you do to improve on a best selling franchice? Over the years Madden NFL has added fans in the seats, realistic eye tracking, sweat, wrap-around tackles and weather.And every year players buy the game expecting a little a bit more.This year the... Read More Topics:
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My ongoing fascination with Spore continues, fueled in large part by the endlessly fascinating things that the Spore team has done to promote their game.Most recently, they have release Biome and ParticleMan, two tech demos created during the creation... Read More Topics:
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For 15 years the Electronic Entertainment Expo has reigned as the big date on the gaming calendar. Hyped up, hysterical with engery and promotional excess, E3 bragged about the growing videogame industry every year with more elaborate chest thumping.Until... Read More Topics:
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E3 day two and I’ve seen enough games. At least I’ve seen enough game to tell you the three best titles at the show. Which are:LittleBigPlanet: Developer Media Moleculehas concentrated cute into a package that Nintendo can only envy... Read More
In the ever-shifting dreamscape of E3,a few things are certain: · The videogame companies that spend thousands, if not millions, to attend his show want you to think everything that they make... Read More