‘Video Games’ Archives
Persona 3 Portable: midnight is just around the corner!
Persona 3 Portable, recently released for the Playstation Portable, is Atlus, Incorporated's latest release of one of their flagship series: Persona. The story of Persona 3 is simple, yet convoluted. In the interest of space, and the retention of spoilers only the simple side will be [...]
At 13 numbered titles, ‘Final Fantasy’ still is not finished
“Final Fantasy XIII” for Playstation 3 hit shelves on March 9, 2010. Stores carrying video games catered to lines of salivating fans, profiting from a midnight release. “Final Fantasy XIII” throws gamers into an immense, beautifully-constructed world. The environments range from historic [...]
‘Dante’s Inferno’ game devilishly good fun
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Visceral Games must think SCE Santa Monica is the absolute tops. Visceral’s latest, “Dante’s Inferno,” is pretty much a cut-and-dry carbon-copy of any game from SCE Santa Monica’s “God of War” trilogy, albeit with a medieval [...]
Rapture!
“Bioshock 2” is an interesting proof-of-concept: it is a sequel for a game that did not need a sequel. The problem lies in the fact that the first Bioshock was a unique game. With its tightly-focused story about a fallen Ayn Randian-inspired city beneath the sea, the game explored a type of [...]
Darksiders
The end of the world is a popular theme these days, be it in books, movies or video games. Most apocalypse media, however, focuses either on the struggle for survival during catastrophic events or after. Very few go into what would happen to the earth after humanity has been scoured from it. [...]