You Find Yourself Entertained
With text based adventures being long forgotten it’s nice to see an attempt at a classic game genre, but will it be able to hold its own against modern games?
With text based adventures being long forgotten it’s nice to see an attempt at a classic game genre, but will it be able to hold its own against modern games?
This week the Weekly Time Waster is all about digging in and digging it. Terraria is the game that gets it done and it earns the Time Waster coveted 5 GiN gems award!
Seeing four blockbuster movies recreated as legos for the Lego Pirates of the Caribbean title is a real treat. The fact that it’s also a great game with fun for all ages is like icing on the cake.
The UnderGarden lets you swim through an enchanted underwater world while you bathe in ripples of sound and colors. Oh yea, and solve puzzles along the way.
LA Noire is probably the most anticipated game of the year so far, and for the most part it lives up to its billing, though a few plot holes and gameplay shortcomings drag down an otherwise perfect title.
Black Mirror II: Reigning Evil is a point and click adventure with creepy music, excellent sound, and a plot suitable for a Stephen King novel. Dim the lights and crank this one up.
It’s unfortunate that all the marketing for Splatterhouse has been put on the gore factor. A lot of effort went into the game, even though it’s being washed way in a bloody red tide.
Back to the Future Episode 1: It’s About Time not only lets us relive an amazing series of movies, but also the coolness of old school point and click adventures.
Becoming far more than a stopgap between Assassin’s Creed Two and Three, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood offers tantalizing open world gameplay within the massive ancient city of Rome.
Although some of the design elements are a bit questionable, Disney Epic Mickey is truly a game that no Wii owner should be without. M…I…C…K…E…Y spells adventure.