At GDC this year Nintendo detailed an upcoming game finally coming to American DS systems: Rhythm Heaven. The game was a hit in Japan, and Satoru Iwata seemed confident that it will be a hit in North America as well: he treated everyone who came to see his keynote with a free copy of the game. Unfortunately, the title seems to ...

Guitar Hero has become something of a juggernaut of a franchise—and this is probably going to inspire some hate in the comments—but the more Guitar Hero games Activision Blizzard sells, the more the quality seems to take a nose-dive. We reviewed Guitar Hero: Aerosmith and Guitar Hero On Tour in one feature: they ...

Telltale has stumbled upon a pretty great formula, turning popular franchises like Sam & Max and Homestar Runner into episodic games with classic point-and-click adventure gameplay. Now the company has set its sites on the claymation duo of Wallace & Gromit. But how well does the series translate into the game world? ...

At GDC, Sony's upcoming action game Infamous was on display for us all to see. I sat down with some of the game's levels at the Sony Bloggers' Lounge and spent a great deal of time putting this ''ground-based superhero'' title through its paces. The impression I came away with? Infamous could be the next big action franchise ...

Imagine a game where you're the sadistic god of a very small island. You can create animated people at will and then torture them to your heart's content. Feed them to sharks, strike them with lightning bolts, throw them into a nearby volcano (it's actually an acquired skill) and, if you feel especially generous, feed them by ...

Once upon a time, there were six girls who had to visit their sick grandmother. No, wait, there were actually seven. In order to get to their grandmother's house, the Red Girls had to travel through a nearby forest to get there; it was a quick and safe journey, as long as they stayed on the path leading through the woods. But ...

I'm sober these days, after making a deal with my wife that I'd give up the bottle until our baby is born. We figure it's a small sacrifice compared to what her body is going through, but the unintended consequence is that reviewing bad games has become very, very bad. It used to be I could slug a scotch or two while trying to ...

It was only a matter of time before we got a Metal Gear Solid game on the iPhone. Given the quality surrounding Kojima's franchise, this was actually something we were all looking forward to. This isn't the first time the series has appeared on a mobile console, as the Metal Gear Acid games have proven to be popular adventures ...

The awkwardly-named 10 Balls 7 Cups provides a virtual skee ball experience on the iPhone. Like its real-world counterpart, you try to amass points by rolling balls up an inclined platform and bouncing them into a series of cups. Cups that are smaller and harder to reach offer higher point scores than the ones that are larger ...

The downloadable game platforms that the respective consoles have given gamers are probably the best trend to come out of this generation; there are easily more interesting things being done in the $10 game area than in the $60 market. Smaller products with smaller budgets mean greater risks being taken, and that's a very good ...