You can count on one hand the number of “M”-rated games on Nintendo’s fam-centric Wii, and it’ll take you only slightly more fingers to count the number of quality third-party software titles, too. Add one to both categories—a bloody, hilarious and utterly immature thrill ride with more pop-culture and videogame history references than an episode […]
I like to call it stick shock. If you play any of 2K Sports' basketball offerings, then you've grown used to the fact that the right analog stick is used to shoot the ball…
videogame Mario’s excellent space adventure isn’t just the Wii’s first absolutely must-have game—it’s also the equivalent of an interactive Disney movie, with rainbow-star bits plummeting from the sky and bursting from patches of grass and pummeled enemies. Manipulating an on-screen cursor with the Wiimote to collect and use the star bits to unlock new colorful […]
games In a world where 60 smackers routinely nets you gaming crap like Lair and Blue Dragon, The Orange Box is like Easter, Christmas and Halloween rolled into one tidy little package. Chock-full with 2004’s Half-Life 2, 2006’s Half-Life 2: Episode One, the multiplayer Team Fortress 2, Half-Life: Episode Two and Portal, this isn’t just […]
“Survivor: China”Thursday 8pm, CBS Say what you will about “Survivor,” but the prototypical reality competition can still surprise every now and then. Last year’s cringe-inducing racially separated tribes ended up leading to the show’s most diverse cast ever, and possibly its most likable winner in Yul. And then the most recent season featured the legitimately […]
MONDAY 8pm:ABC—"Dancing With the Stars" (9/24)CBS—"How I Met Your Mother" (9/24)CW—"Everybody Hates Chris" (10/1)Fox—"Prison Break" (9/17) NBC—"Chuck" (9/24)8:30pm:CBS—"Big Bang Theory" (9/24)CW—"Aliens in America" (10/1)9pm:CBS—"Two and a Half Men" (9/24)CW—"Girlfriends" (10/1)Fox—"K-Ville" (9/17)NBC—"Heroes" (9/24)9:30pm: ABC—"Samantha Who?" (10/15)CBS—"Rules of Engagement" (9/24)CW—"The Game" (10/1)10pm:ABC—"The Bachelor" (9/24)CBS—"CSI: Miami" (9/24)NBC—"Journeyman" (9/24) TUESDAY 8pm:ABC—"Cavemen" (10/2) CBS—"NCIS" (9/25)CW—"Beauty and the Geek" (9/18)Fox—"Bones" (9/25)NBC—"The […]
game Brian Urlacher spin-toss-tackling Clinton into the backfield. Mark Brunell pounding the turf in disgust at tossing his third INT. Santana Moss pointing skyward to celebrate a hard-won first down. It’s a reasonably sure bet that all of these things are going to be part of the Redskins’ 2008 NFL season. Thanks to the addition […]
game Activision’s Guitar Hero series is that rare specimen that aces what I like to call the waking reality test: When a game effortlessly intrudes on your everyday life—in this case, when you’re walking through a grocery store, hear a Nirvana tune on the Muzak system and immediately begin flipping imaginary fret buttons—you know it’s got […]
game It’s just one more digitized testament to our national football jones: Training camps don’t start until August, but our football videogames now come out in July. The big dog, EA’s Madden 08, doesn’t take the field for a few more weeks, but we’ve already got two solid options to toss around. Live in the […]
game Overlord cackles and crackles with the droll and dastardly spirit of Dungeon Keeper, Bullfrog’s late-’90s series of games that cast you as an evil force bent on building up an empire of minions to crush those goody-goody heroes once and for all. As Dick Cheney proves to us every single day, there’s nothing quite […]