First off, I applaud your efforts. Games Workshop and their affiliates have embraced technology from day one. I remember playing Chaos Gate more than ten, maybe fifteen years ago, and loving it. I still find myself muttering “The heat of one thousand suns shall purify your soul!” when rolling dice for Rogue Trader and Dark [...]
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Dear Makers of Warhammer 40,000 Video Games,
Posted: 12th December 2009 by Eric in reviews, video gamesTags: fire warrior, gamestop, space marine, video, warhammer 40k, xbox 360
Fallout 3 – The Pitt
Posted: 26th March 2009 by Eric in reviews, video gamesTags: Fallout 3, reviews, The Pitt, video games, xbox 360
Like thousands of others, I waited with baited breath for the release of the second expansion pack for Fallout 3, called The Pitt. Fallout 3 is perhaps the best game I’ve played in years. When the Anchorage Assault pack was released, I downloaded it within hours and blasted my way through.
Unfortunately, the same thing happened [...]
Rise of the Argonauts: Xbox 360
Posted: 26th February 2009 by Eric in reviews, video gamesTags: reviews, video games, xbox 360
I’m a classics geek. I admit it. I’m always picking up books written by ancient greeks and romans to add to my library. I’ve got quite a collection – Xenophon, Thucydides, Plato, Pliny, Cicero, Suetonius, Ovid, Homer, Virgil, et cetera. So, when ever I see a video game set in my favorite historical period, I [...]
Score one for sex and violence: Afro Samurai Xbox 360
Posted: 8th February 2009 by Eric in reviews, video gamesTags: afro samurai, video games, xbox 360
Re-learn the bushido, the hard way, in a world of super science and sword-wielding warriors: Afro Samurai for the Xbox 360