Let the supernatural Nazi-killing continue

Title: Wolfenstein

Release Date: August 17, 2009

Genre: First-Person Shooter

Rating: M for Mature

Platform: XBox 360

Publisher: Activision
Developer: Raven Software and id Software

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It's hard to believe that the Wolfenstein series has been going on for so long – since 1981, according to Wikipedia, with its first FPS game, Wolfenstein 3D, being released in 1992. Now the latest chapter in the Nazi-killing saga, Wolfenstein, is out on the XBox 360. However, while Wolfenstein is a decent game, a bit of repetitiveness goes a long way in keeping the game from perfection....Read More

2D fighting lives on!

Title: BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

Release Date: July 2, 2009

Genre: 2D Fighter

Rating: T for Teen

Platform: XBox 360

Publisher: Aksys Games
Developer: Arc System Works

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Two-dimensional fighting games are one genre that I'm glad has survived the upgrades in video game technology. Excellent games like Guilty Gear XX and Street Fighter IV have proven that these fighters can hold their own against 3D fighters like the Tekken and Soul Calibur series....Read More

Oh Wii, how the hyped have fallen...

Title: Saint

Release Date: July 22, 2009

Genre: Shooter

Rating: E10+ for Everyone 10+

Platform: Nintendo Wii

Publisher: UFO Interactive

Developer: Starfish

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Oh, Nintendo – why do you allow games like this on the Wii?...Read More

Stay away from this game. Seriously.

Title: Infernal: Hell’s Vengeance

Release Date: July 3, 2009

Genre: Action

Rating: M for Mature

Platform: XBox 360

Publisher: Playlogic

Developer: Metropolis Software

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Every once in a while, as a game reviewer, I run across a game that’s such an ordeal to play that I almost feel like I (and for that matter, anyone who plays it) should get hazard pay for having to suffer through it. Such games are fortunately rare, but unfortunately, Infernal: Hell’s Vengeance is so monumentally bad that it qualifies as one of those games....Read More