Kinect Flaws Doom The Steel Battalion

Launching a sequel to a game using Xbox 360’s Kinect instead of a special $200 controller seems like a good idea. But Kinect shortcomings doom Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor.

A Knight to Remember

Back with the phones this week Billy is sneaking his time wasting with Wind Up Knight! Strange, he usually just does it out in the open. What’s he…hiding…with his hiding?

More Payne, More Gain

Max is back in Max Payne 3, and this time the boozing, pill-popping, noire-incarnate ex-cop finds that combat in sunny Brazil is hotter than New Jersey.

Perfect Puzzle Series Gets Better And Better

The House of 1,000 Doors 2: The Palm of Zoroaster is a brilliant puzzle adventure game that shines as one of the best in its class. Come explore this spooky, beautiful world.

Wired For Fun

Wacky Skywire 2 has you trying to move your helpless passengers to safety down a wire as countless animals squirt, bomb, sit, jump and dive at you in a desperate attempt to knock you down.

Celebrating The Art Of Video Games

As a companion book to the Smithsonian Museum’s exhibit on video games, The Art of Video Games: From Pac-Man to Mass Effect delves deeply into the concept that games are themselves art.

Ready, Set, Battle!

Billy hits the track this week as he wastes his time with Gas Guzzlers! You think he’d be past all that but, apparently, young men still like driving fast in circles. It’s Billy’s life in the Time Waster!

Putting The Amazing Back In Spider-Man

Years of playing second fiddle to Batman called for a reboot of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. And The Amazing Spider-Man game is as exciting as the new blockbuster movie.