Games: By Rating

Infinite is a worthy successor to the original BioShock. It’s not so much a sequel as it is a re-theming of... more

Braid got a lot of critical praise when it was released for Xbox. When it went on sale for the... more

In terms of overall game-play, Skyrim stays pretty close to the system Oblivion used. You roam a giant open-world map, revealing new locations... more

I was a bit hesitant to play this game. I really didn’t like FarCry 2 all that much. It was repetitive,... more

The original Geometry Wars was one of the purest, most exhilarating gaming experiences of the post-arcade era. It combined the visuals... more

The Wii has two areas in which it excels: family friendly games and pseudo-lightgun shooters (meaning, you point the... more

Leisure Suit Larry is one of my favorite adventure games of all time. Certainly the best of the Sierra... more

Nox is an action packed role playing game for the PC. Many would compare this to Diablo. Both feature hack... more

This is one of the best games you can buy for the Wii. There are nearly a dozen classic... more

Portal 2 is incredible. You’ll find plenty of gushing reviews just about everywhere else on the ‘net so I will... more

Like previous Telltale series, this is not so much a game as it is an interactive cartoon. Yes, to... more

Witcher 3 is a massive open world RPG that’s full of detail in terms of visuals and story. It’s was... more

I’m still waiting for that Wonder Twins game, but in the meantime this will do. After Arkham City this does seem... more

I have never really been a fan of superhero comics. What I know about Batman comes mostly from the Super... more

The original BioShock was a great game with an interesting plot and a wonderfully unique setting. I never really understood the... more

Another day, another Blackwell game completed. These are solid point-and-click adventure games. The puzzles aren’t too hard and the stories are... more

Like a gazillion other people, Doublefine Adventure was the first Kickstarter that I bought into. It was scheduled to come... more

Brothers is a surprisingly excellent game that’s filled with beautiful visual storytelling and a unique game-play mechanic that has the... more

I thought the original Call of Juarez was a better-than-average shooter that was bolstered by it being set in the Old... more

Crysis feels much more like the Far Cry sequel I wanted back when I played Far Cry 2. Once again you are dropped... more

Dear Esther is a noble little experiment that pushes the notion of video games as art. The problem is, it... more

I think this is a reboot. Was there actually a plot in the original Doom? Whatever the case, this version of Doom is... more

I just finished watching the pretty good T.V. adaptation of the game and was inspired to start up a... more

I couldn’t resist the pull of Fallout after a recent playthrough of Fallout 1. This is the second time... more

Fallout 1 and 2 are two of my favorite computer games. Those games had a great style to them,... more

I was quite a bit hesitant to get this game because I had heard that a big part of... more

Oh sweet Shatner, this game is brutal! The Nintendo DS Giana Sisters game was a cute, simplistic and moderately challenging throwback... more

I never played Goldeneye on the Nintendo 64. I guess the original was noteworthy for making the controls on a console... more

This was my third journey into the world of Grand Theft Auto and I am starting to pick up on the... more

Aside from the hour or two of GTA 2 that I played on the PC years ago, this was... more

Ion Fury is more than the nostalgia cash-in that its marketing might suggest. It an FPS that gets to... more

I’ve had this game for quite a while now and have been waiting until I complete it before writing... more

The second Legend of Grimrock takes the retro dungeon crawl mechanics that worked so well in the first game... more

A nice, light-hearted version of Zelda for the DS with some interesting stylus controls.

I have written about The Ocarina of Time on this Web site before. That game is considered one of the best... more

Mass Effect is another BioWare RPG that I picked up on Steam for five bucks during their holiday sale (along... more

Clocking in at 31 gigabytes of disk space needed, Max Payne 3 is a monster of a game. I would have... more

After many months of playing I have finally finished all three of the games included in this excellent limited... more

Mirror’s Edge is another free-running inspired game like Assassin’s Creed. But unlike Assassin’s Creed, the acrobatic roof running is actually an... more

This game is noteworthy for its incredible, painterly art style. The characters and backgrounds are all rendered with vibrant... more

Nex Machina is the (almost) official follow-up to Robotron: 2084 or, as I like to call it, the greatest arcade game ever... more

Most of the platform-type games made for the PC are utter crap (remember Duke Nukem 1 or Biohazzard, yuck!). Abe’s... more

One of my favorite games of the coin-op era was Atari’s 720. It had a simple, but unique control scheme... more

Phantasy Star II and III are probably the only 16-bit era JRPGs that I actually completed when I was... more

It’s been quite some time since I picked up my Nintendo DS. I have been hacking away at Picross 3D for... more

Primordia is an absolutely beautiful point and click adventure from Wadjet Eye Games. Besides the graphics, it has a lot... more

This was another bargain purchase for me. Ten dollars on Amazon during one of their Gold Box sales. I’d... more

“Leathermen don’t get nervous… leathermen don’t get nervous” The immortal words of Glenn the Leatherman from Village People movie, Can’t... more

I found this game used for around twelve bucks a few months ago. I’m glad I picked it up... more

Having been burnt twice by buying the technically challenged Wii versions on Season 1 & 2, I decided to... more

Wadjet Eye continues their run of solid point and click adventures with their latest, Shardlight. This may be their best... more

The Sniper franchise is all about stealth, planning and quick moments of anatomically correct violence. The previous game in the series was good,... more

Although I am very nostalgic for many a game on the system, the Apple ][ was never the ideal... more

Have you ever wanted to be the star of your very own nihilistic, anti-war fever dream? Well, look no... more

Another game that came bundled with my new video card. I had never played a game in this series... more

We never owned a Super Nintendo so I never got around to playing the 16-bit incarnation of Metroid. Well, thanks... more

The fourth Blackwell game continues to make improvements over its predecessors in terms of technical polish. There is also... more

The fifth and final Blackwell game continues in the series’ tradition of thoughtful and interesting adventures that are light... more

Oblivion is a huge, open-world RPG made by the same folks who made Fallout 3. In fact, it plays very much... more

Zelda games had been in a bit of a rut lately (as in 2015 lately). Sure the games were... more

Well, I just finished The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and I have to say that it does live up... more

Over the past few years I have had a love/hate relationship with The Walking Dead T.V. show. Unlike most of the trash... more

The Witness is from the same developer who created the superb Braid. It feels like a cross between that game and Myst. Once... more

After The Walking Dead (especially season two… which I apparently forgot to review. Well, it was great.), I was pretty much... more

I guess they are rebooting Tomb Raider again? I really liked the last two games in the series and I don’t... more

I missed out on the original Tomb Raider game in the 90s. I think I downloaded the demo and... more

Ultima V is perhaps the pinnacle of gaming on the Apple ][ computer system. While I thought that Nox... more

With the completion of VI, I’m getting close to having played all the games in the Ultima series. I own boxed... more

Soon after I plunked down a few Kickstarter bucks for Broken Age, Wasteland 2’s campaign popped up. Back in my Apple ][... more

Witcher 2 takes what was a sprawling and somewhat unfocused RPG and refines almost everything to create an excellent role playing experience.... more

It’s been a little while since I’ve played a current generation FPS, so maybe I just impressed with the... more

I’m not a huge fan of 2-D platform games. Even modern ones tend to be rather shallow when it... more

Alan Wake was developed by the same people who made one of my favorite games, Max Payne. Unfortunately, there is no... more

The first few hours of Alien: Isolation are some of the most nerve-racking gaming I have ever experienced. It’s a stealth... more

I played the first Assassin’s Creed several years ago and, while I thought it was an okay game, I was never... more

The BioShock Infinite season pass DLC is a nice way to get a few extra hours out of the original game.... more

This sequel is an improvement over the original Borderlands. The basic shoot everything and look for loot game-play remains, but... more

Okay, here’s another Borderlands sequel. Actually, this is more of a large expansion pack to Borderlands 2—using the same engine and most... more

I didn’t immediately warm up to this platform shooter. For one thing, it’s very twitchy, chaotic, and brutally unfair... more

I went into Bulletstorm not knowing anything other than I heard there was a lot of cursing in the dialogue. Well,... more

There have not been many wild west shooters. I guess there was Outlaw for the 2600 and, of course, now there’s Red... more

Along with Karateka and Prince of Persia this may be one of the most solid story-oriented action games on... more

It took about a year of on-again / off-again playing, but I finally made it through this DS remake... more

Fresh off of Goldeneye 007 I am continuing my Wii FPS fix with Conduit 2. Apparently somewhere between 1 and 2 they... more

In the 90s, I tried playing the demo of this game many times and could never really get into... more

The first Darksiders was a blatant rip-off of (some might say “homage to”) the The Legend of Zelda. While it maintains much... more

Aim for the arms! Aim for the arms, dammit! Ever since I installed my completely unnecessary 5.1 surround audio... more

Dead Space Extraction is yet another “on-rails” Wii shooter game. The Wii, with its pointer controls, is the perfect platform... more

Essentially a first-person shooter game mixed with lots of role-playing elements. For the most part the game is pretty... more

While Invisible War was not without its merits, it really lacked the depth of the original Deus Ex. This third installment attempts... more

A while back I gave this game a spin during a Steam free weekend and ended up setting it... more

It’s time to return the steampunk world of Dishonored in which you sneak around and strangle everyone who crosses... more

No that isn’t a black square you are looking at above. It’s a  screenshot. A screenshot from Doom 3. Forget... more

Dream Zone is a graphical adventure for the Apple IIgs that I was never able to complete when it was... more

The original Duke Nukem 3D was perhaps the best of the first wave of FPS games. I also really liked Rise of... more

Etrian Odyssey is an old-school RPG in the vein of Wizardy or The Bard’s Tale. That is, you assemble a party of adventurers, go to... more

Time to break out that pad of graph paper again and start charting the depths of nerd-dom. Eye of the... more

The third game in the Fallout series eschews much of its RPGness and concentrates on combat instead. I always liked the... more

Although it’s a massive 30-40 hour game, New Vegas is really just an stand-alone expansion pack to the wonderful Fallout 3. If... more

All these Ubisoft open-world games (Assassins Creed, Watch Dogs, etc.) follow the same basic formula. Main story which you can take your... more