Borderlands 2 is the probably my most played game of 2012. Why? The shooting is good, the setting is fun, the characters and their special abilities are all distinct and fun while being useful in their own right (Maya is the exception here as I feel she suffers when running solo), and the side characters are just juvenile enough to make me laugh out loud while playing cooperatively both with my wife in the same room and my best friend in California. READ MORE
There’s a lot of closure in The Walking Dead‘s final chapter, and I haven’t cringed so much while playing a game in a long time. It’s hard to reconcile my feelings that everybody should play this game with my innate want to keep people from being sad. The whole thing is brilliant (especially the final act), but when the credits rolled I had tears welling up in my eyes and I’m not sure that I have it in me to replay the game for a while. On the other hand, I’m absolutely ready for season two to release next year, so that I can buy it as soon as I can. I need to know what happens to this universe and the people who inhabit it. READ MORE
When you think about the Call of Duty franchise, you think about the explosion-filled campaigns, the intense firefights and the increasingly popular competitive multiplayer. You may also think it’s a franchise that is beginning to show its age and is in desperate need for something fresh.
Black Ops II, Treyarch’s latest in the bombastic FPS franchise, is the first time the series has seen a new coat of paint in quite a while. It’s still what you might expect from a game called Call of Duty, but it offers a surprising glimpse into a direction that would be beneficial to the series in the long run. READ MORE
Magical Drop is the quintessential Japanese puzzle game. Only showing up in rare instances in the late ’90s in the U.S., and largely earning its following in arcades, it earns its success with its frantic pace and competitive tactics. After years of relative dormancy (even in Japan), we get a follow-up. Developed by French studio Golgoth. For the PC.
Weird. READ MORE
