game Marvel Ultimate Alliance was clearly on the minds—and the hard drives—of the guys at Visual Concepts as they constructed this summer-sequel movie tie-in. Switch-between-the-heroes D-pad interface? Check. Set of upgradeable superpowers accessed by pulling the trigger buttons? Yep. A deep, endlessly entertaining superhero romp? Um, not so fast, cowboy—looks like “fun” is the missing […]
game Former UVA standout Ryan Zimmerman once had to do it. So did Jonathan Papelbom, Grady Sizemore and Joe Mauer. In fact, most of today’s big league stars once had to scratch and claw their way through a rookie Grapefruit League season, trying to prove their worth to a major league roster and avoid the […]
game After three mega-successful Spider-films, it’s safe to say that even non-comics-geeks grasp the whole “with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility” thing. It appears, however, that Treyarch, the team responsible for creating the Spider-Man 3 videogame and its predecessors, missed the follow-up memo about great power and great expectations. Instead of giving us a spectacular next-gen web-slinging adventure, they’ve given […]
game Nobody can say that photographer didn’t have it coming to him. Seriously. Harrassing my man Ludacris, all up in his grill and trying to get a picture. I had no choice but to bust that stalkerazzi.You know, gotta keep it real and all that. Ahem. Excuse me while I stuff my white-boy street schtick […]
game After years of sandbox-play dominance and a gazillion expansion packs, we know EA’s colossal Sims franchise for what it is: one of the most seminal games ever created and the game most singularly capable of bringing your computer processor to its knees. Nobody ever disputes the fun of caring for (or, if you’re warped, […]
300 (R, 117 minutes) Much like his previous work, Sin City, Frank Miller’s stylish comic book 300 comes to life on the big screen. This faithful (nearly panel-for-panel) adaptation arrives courtesy of up-and-comer Zack Snyder (Dawn of the Dead). This violent, highly visual adventure tale tells the story of the battle of Thermopylae in 480 […]
game The Lion Lady and the Juggling Guy have absolutely nothing on me. Y’see, I don’t have to resort to vocal trickery and subrate talent-show gimmicks to impress the judges on “American Idol.” I can just belt out a pitch-perfect, growl-worthy version of “Hungry Like the Wolf” from my couch. Karaoke Revolution presents: American Idol: […]
game Consoles, like newspaper reporters and offensive lineman, tend to merit lousy send-offs as their careers hit twilight: Nintendo gave Gamecubers a watered-down version of Wii A-lister Zelda: Legend of Twilight Princess, while the words “quality software” disappeared from the Xbox lexicon a good six months before its death rattle ceased. The PlayStation 2, however, […]
games As anyone who regularly saunters into the JPJ on a Saturday in March knows, college hoops is all about the atmosphere—the crowd, the mascots, the madness. And, unfortunately, Dick Vitale. If Electronic Arts’ first next-gen version of its NCAA March Madness series was only about bottling the supercharged experience of a home game against […]