Make no mistake, Outland is a beautiful game. Hailing from Housemarque, the developers of Super Stardust and Dead Nation, Outland is a departure for the studio’s expected norm, in the fact that it isn’t a twin stick shooter. In fact, …

The Fancy Pants Adventures is an HD port of the beloved flash games by Brad Borne. But wait, there’s more! A whole lot more, as it turns out. After a week with Fancy Pants, I’d have to say that it’s …

Funky Lab Rat is a surprising game. While it’s dressed in a veneer of a cartoon animal collecting pills, what lies beneath is an extremely solid puzzle platformer, and one that is incredibly addictive to boot. In Funky Lab Rat, …

Vehicular combat? Sign me up!  Super zoomed out isometric viewed hard to control vehicular combat without much single player?  Wait…no wait, I didn’t mean to sign up in pen… Red Faction Battlegrounds is a decent looking game, with lots of varied environments with …

The core concepts of Patapon hold a dear place in my heart. The original game melded rhythm and strategic gameplay in such a unique way that it strongly impressed me. It’s tribal thumping bore deep into my subconscious to such …

The problem with games that use the human body as a control input is that the human body is almost completely useless. We flail around, knock over things with our arms, and generally make a mess of things. Now, imagine …

Translating board games to consoles is never a particularly easy task, with even the best adaptions of classic games falling victim to interface issues and a general lack of comprehension of the rules on the part of the player. I’m …

Brad got underwater gardening, I got faeries. Fair enough. Faery: Legends of Avalon is an RPG that adds a zippy flying mechanic and a colorful environment to an otherwise run-of-the-mill experience. You begin the game by choosing either a male …

From the mind that brought us Strider, comes Moon Diver. It combines frantic hack and slash action along with platforming and some RPG elements along with an overall focus on coop multiplayer. That enough genre for you? This clash of …

I haven’t enjoyed a puzzle game quite as much as I’ve enjoyed Chime. It is what I would call a perfect fusion of music and gameplay, with an outstanding soundtrack and a core mechanic that, while uninventive, works extremely well. …