A Touch of Oblivion

05/18/2010

This Little Light of Mine

Unfortunately, the story of Alan Wake doesn’t shine, but if you enjoy spooky, straight forward and repetitive third person combat…Eh, just go play Splinter Cell.

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05/06/2010

The Silent Killer

No, not carbon monoxide, Sam Fisher! I could whine about how the story in Splinter Cell: Conviction is baffling or how Michael Ironsides voice acting sounds a little sloshed, but what really matters is the fact that Sam Fisher makes stepping out of the shadows to strangle soldiers fun again.

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Dog with Gun & Psycho Bunny vs. Space Ape

The new season of Sam & Max is available for download. If you like humor, go give Tell Tale games some money and you’ll get a snazzy point-and-click adventure to go along with your laughs.

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04/16/2010

8-bits of Awesome

Classics are classics for a reason.

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03/16/2010

Someone Needs a Time Out

God of War III is one of the most anticipated games of the year and if you like ultra-violent revenge fantasies, you are in for a treat. That’s not really my bag but I was still pretty impressed with all the aspects that didn’t involve overblown temper tantrums.

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03/14/2010

Big Budgets, Sketchy Quality

I’m not generally interested in the hard business view of the video game industry, but when I saw how bad some of the games with the biggest production budgets were, I just couldn’t help but weigh in.

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02/23/2010

Here Comes the Rain

Heavy Rain is strange, intense, compelling, compulsive, dark and a video game you should be playing right now. Click the morose man standing in the rain to read more of my nuanced praise for the game.

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02/19/2010

Pie in the Sky

The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom combines many of my favorite things: Edward Gorey style illustrations, silent movie tropes, top hats and pie. Go spend the Microsoft points on it. The Odd Gentlemen are right out of school and they deserve our support.