Tag Archives: Hands On

Retrospective: Quake in the Eyes of a Girl Who’s Never Played an FPS

This was written by a girl in her mid 20’s who’s gaming experience includes watching her cousins play on the Sega Genesis, casual play of Grand Theft Auto on PS2 and playing Candy Crush Saga on her iPod Touch. We set her up with id Software’s iconic FPS, Quake, on her laptop and had her give it a go. Here’s what she thought…

I’m not a gamer. I’ve never really … [ Read More... ]

Nerd Review: Nintendo’s Wii U Console

After what has no doubt felt like an excruciatingly long wait for Nintendo fans, especially given the game drought the Wii has suffered over the last few years, the next generation of Nintendo consoles has finally been launched. I was lucky enough to be one of the few to be able to obtain a Nintendo Wii U Black Deluxe Set and it’s touchscreen controller Gamepad on launch day. After a … [ Read More... ]

Stan Lee’s Superhero iPhone Game “Verticus” Review

Stan Lee’s iOS gameVerticus” is out now and its quite good. In this game you play as a “superhero” called Verticus. He’s a superhero like Iron Man in that he wears a specialized suit to do his job. In this case, his job is to drop from the sky at high speeds, dodging The Obliterators until he gets to the core of Earth. The Obliterators are … [ Read More... ]

Nerd Review: Dead Or Alive 5 (PS3)

Tecmo’s Team Ninja developed Dead or Alive 5 was just released on September 25th for both Playstation 3 & Xbox 360.

The game features 24 playable characters, 21 of which are playable as soon as you start the game. Right off the bat, two newcomers to the series are Mila, a MMA based fighter and Rig, a somewhat Tae Kwon Do and boxing based fighter. Dead or Alive 5[ Read More... ]