When God of War was released in 2005 it set a new standard for character action games that many developers still haven't lived up to. Everything about the game is on an epic scale, and the character and set design are consistently impressive. All of this is set to a dynamic musical score and runs at a fast and smooth frame rate. Kratos has a diverse collection of attack options you can experiment with if you choose, but the game allows you to progress on simple button mashing… Read More

Mass Effect 2 is appealing to lots of gamers, and for good reason.  If you like shooters, RPGs or dialog driven stories then you'll find something about it to latch on to, and in the process you'll discover how good the other parts are.  What's worth noting is that it keeps the mixture of those elements balanced, and presents them all with a high budget polish. As a continuation of the first game, or as a standalone story, Mass Effect 2 excels at making you interested in its… Read More

Thinking about the concept of Stop Stress is probably more entertaining than playing the game.  Your bikini girl beach dream is inturrupted by the morning alarm clock, throwing you into an acid trip anger frenzy that lasts all day long. During the journey you trash your apartment, kill your boss, throw bricks at cops, fight off  hallucination monsters and axe airport security guards in the face.  Quite visceral for a WiiWare game, no? The only problem… Read More

Trash Panic has a simple and amusing concept.  You're presented with a conveyor belt full of items that you need to fit, one at a time, into an enormous trash can.  In order to make all of the trash fit, you have to burn, disintegrate and compact all of it without letting the can overflow.  If too many whole objects fall out of the can you fail the level. While that sounds like a quirky stress reliever, the problem with Trash Panic is that it's a little too difficult for its own good. The game has five… Read More