Ones to Watch: PC Releases for November 2008

By Joe Haygood
Well, for those in PC land, I cannot give you the big bang out of the gates that the PS3 and 360 have in Resistance 2 and Gears 2.  If I try, all I can muster is Operation and CSI: NY.  Both are surely entertaining titles in their own right, but can’t hold [...]

World of Goo Review

Innovative, addictive, and delightfully weird, World of Goo is a superb puzzle game.

The Good

Brilliant design loaded with gameplay depth
Varied levels sporting wide-ranging objectives and different types of goo
Quirky, surreal sense of humor
Fantastic, atmospheric soundtrack.

The Bad

The controls can’t always keep up with the action [...]

Poker For Dummies Review

A solid learning tool and not much more.
by Charles Onyett
November 3, 2008 - ‘It’s a card game’ says the first tutorial step in Poker for Dummies, a budget-priced piece of software published under the EA label. Like the rest of the ‘for Dummies’ lines of books and games, this one assumes you know essentially [...]

Dead Space proves terrifically terrifying

I typically like to play a game for at least a few hours before weighing in on it, but after playing Dead Space, a new sci-fi shooter from Electronic Arts, for just 45 minutes I felt compelled to jump on my laptop and write all about the experience.
The game is set on a deep space [...]

Get It Cheaper: Gears of War 2 LE For $59.99

I like getting my video games cheaper. Especially when I don’t have to wait for three months till everyone else doesn’t give a dam about the game. It looks like ToysRus is trying to get an upper hand on pre-orders this year with Gears of War 2.

The limited edition is listed on the site [...]