Tag Archives: Multiplayer

You versus the world (and that’s not a good thing)

I’m not a very competitive person by nature but when it comes video games, there is always motivation to be better than others. Unfortunately, it has become increasingly more difficult to actually be the best at any video game and it’s not because the games are getting harder; it’s thanks to the use of worldwide [...]

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Nixon’s Back Baby: A Call of Duty: Black Ops Review

Guys and gals, regardless of your preference behind the Call of Duty series, we have a clear winner this year for outstanding sales: Call of Duty: Black Ops. It’s managed to sell over 5.6 million copies in just its first few days, and I’m pretty certain it’s going to keep right on selling those. What [...]

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Actually You’re In Pretty Good Company: A Review of Battlefield: Bad Company 2

Can anything come along and uproot Modern Warfare from its place as the dominant FPS? For a while it didn’t appear so, but just as Halo was ousted by Modern Warfare, Modern Warfare has been outshone by Battlefield: Bad Company 2. How is that possible? Read on and I’ll tell you.

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MAG-nificent?: A Review of MAG

Here we go, we have another FPS to review. But this time there’s a catch. This time, we’ve also got an MMORPG, of sorts. Yup, talking about MAG this time, a First Person Shooter that’s big hook is the ability to play with 256 players at the same time. In fact, there isn’t even a [...]

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Gears of War 2 Retrospective

Sure it’s almost 2010.  But more importantly, there seems to be a great schism happening between gamers on the Xbox.  Halo held the top spot and redefined First Person Shooters.  Then along came Gears of War and the bar was set for Third Person Shooters from then on out.  Gears of War 2 is out [...]

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