The Call of Duty series is a long time favorite of many and Infinity Ward has earned a strong reputation for the most well built, intense, and interesting first-person shooter games of all time. Their latest entry in the market is Modern Warfare 2, a direct sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. [...]
11 Feb
Posted by Ben as Squatchwatch: Videogames, Video Games
Call of Duty is a long running series of World War II first-person shooters carried on the shoulders of Infinity Ward. Call of Duty 3 broke this tradition as Treyarch presented different, but similar WWII game. While this was going on, Infinity Ward abandoned the tried and true WWII era and created Call [...]
Batman is my all time favorite superhero, which I’m sure I’m not alone in this. It has been a long time since I played a Batman video game that felt like it captured what I consider the Dark Knights defining aspects. I played Batman: Arkham Asylum with high hopes; does it deliver?
InFamous is an interesting PS3 exclusive in which you play a Cole MacGrath, a delivery guy who ends up destroying a huge chunk of the city and gaining incredible powers of electricity. Developed with a “comic book” feel, the story hinges on your decisions between good and evil. What path would you choose? [...]
Lets take a look back at one of the best games of yesteryears. Bioshock came with a great vision from the mind of Ken Levine, who is the father of one of my all time favorite games, System Shock 2. Bioshock features the underwater city of Rapture in its waning hours after a [...]
The Monkey Island series has always been one of my favorites; I fondly remember playing The Secret of Monkey Island for the first time in the computer lab at school. I don’t know who installed it on that particular PC, but I made sure to be the first one in the lab to nab [...]
OK Nintendo, what gives? They claim their “next gen” console will play games in HD, but all the games I have played so far look terrible! All the jagged edges makes me wonder why I even still bother turning on the Wii…
26 Mar
Posted by Ben as Squatchwatch: Videogames, Video Games
I am a huge fan of Star Wars, so naturally I will play Star Wars video games. I took the opportunity to tackle The Force Unleashed on the Xbox 360 and see if it stacks up with the paragons of Star Wars.
I recently finished Dead Space, EA’s leap into action-horror. EA doesn’t have a solid reputation with gamers, being the money-making giant of poorly developed sports games, but EA Redwood hopes to change that, at least a little. Their first shot, Dead Space.
Is this one small step for EA? Lets find out…
02 Feb
Posted by Ben as Squatchwatch: Videogames, Video Games
So I spent my free time during Christmas beating Call of Duty: World at War on veteran. It’s a tradition I’ve had since Infinity Ward blessed us with the very first Call of Duty and for some reason I still feel compelled to frustrate myself grinding through the levels. After Call of Duty [...]