‘Journey’ Game Review for PlayStation 3
‘Journey’ is a downloadable game, so it doesn’t have a box or manual. But if it did, all it would say is “Don’t stop believin’.”
‘Journey’ is a downloadable game, so it doesn’t have a box or manual. But if it did, all it would say is “Don’t stop believin’.”
The new trend is for game publishers with just-crazy-enough-to-work sequel ideas to release the games as bite-sized, stand-alone downloads that look and feel just like the disc-based games. That’s how ‘Red Dead Redemption’s’ straight-shooting cowboy John Marston ended up tangling with zombies in ‘Undead Nightmare’ and superhuman rail-surfer Cole Phelps of Infamous infamy ended up becoming a vampire in Festival of Blood.
Now half-crazy pulp fiction author Al
Motley Crue have never been a band with a hidden agenda, so as I entered The Joint last night (Feb. 15) at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas, I knew exactly what I was getting myself into — I just wasn’t expecting it to feel so good.
When you’re pinned to the canvas with knuckles in your ribs, a knee in your kidney and hundreds of pounds of sweaty man-flesh urging you to tap out before you lose consciousness, it’s definitely time to re-evaluate what you’re doing.
It’s no longer taboo for video games to feature sexual intercourse but that doesn’t mean developers have successfully crossed that particular uncanny valley. Sex in most modern games is still either an awkward affair where the player taps buttons to direct an unfolding scene, or something only alluded to by a fade to black – like some Hays Code-era noir flick.
Take a fun, arcade-style racing game. Add some very colorful graphics. Load it up with a ton of explosive weaponry, upgrades and multi-player functionality to keep you coming back for more and you have TNT Racers for your PlayStation Network.
‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’ and the equally impressive sequel ‘Arkham City,’ have vaulted the Caped Crusader to a force more powerful in gaming circles than the man in black himself.
A thousand years from now, historians will be referencing Facebook posts in their re-telling of what mattered to people before the earth exploded/was nuked/entered a new ice age. Unfortunately, ‘The Face’ hasn’t been around forever, so we can’t go back and ponder what, say Abraham Lincoln’s status message was before he went off to Ford’s Theatre.
I’m sure you saw the previews from this movie (if not, I’ll have the trailer after the jump). The preview featured a clip where a man in a rob throws some crosses in the air that turn into switchblade/shurkens that he throws at vampires. It turns out that this movie delivers on all it’s promises for both horror and sci-fi fans. More (but no spoilers) after the jump.
The one thing that’ll make the Van Halen reunion with David Lee Roth work and last beyond the band’s upcoming tour and new album is if the principals are having a good time. Well, judging from last night’s beyond intimate gig at Café Wha? in New York City, that won’t be a problem.
Any readers out there? After many, many moons, you can get all five volumes of Dean Koontz “Frankenstein”. I started the series in 2007 and managed to stretch my loyalty out for five years. I was not disappointed. More after the jump.