Lauren: With Halloween coming up just around the corner, now is the time to up your yearly dose of horror infused entertainment. Personally I love the genre, but films are one thing, while video games are something else. They are the killer sharpening his blade in my closet while he softly, albeit menacingly, whispers my name in a promise that the covers I hide under provide no protection from what is to come. That may seem like quite the elaboration on the terror level provided by games, but anyone who has played these games can tell you that there is just something about them that will haunt you hours after you have set the controller down. [Read more...]
Gaming Review – Tomb Raider: Underworld
07/08/2009 by Leave a Comment
(Originally written Jan. 31, 2009)I will start by saying that I do appreciate being able to choose just how much skin I can see on my heroine, however, when this is the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of positives, it’s a given that this game came up lacking. Yes, the levels were designed well (and beautifully), I had major fun anytime I was driving around on the motorcycle (though I will admit to overdoing it with my e-brake and road kill moments), and the puzzles were never impossible to solve, but I was still hoping for more.
