Feb 12, 2013 | Forbes
Intro: “Is This a Standup Fight, Sir, or Another Bug Hunt?” After playing Aliens: Colonial Marines (ACM) I learned that the two sweetest words in the English language are “Checkpoint reached.” You’ll learn that too once you’ve crawled your way through each level,...
Feb 11, 2013 | Forbes
“Chaos isn’t a pit,” says Petyr Baelish, “Chaos is a ladder.” He would know. In Game of Thrones (and in the books, A Song of Ice and Fire), Petyr is a minor noble from a poor family who had climbed his way to the title of Westeros’ master of coin. Although we don’t...
Feb 7, 2013 | Forbes
Recently, I was fortunate enough to have spent a few hours playing BioShock: Infinite (B:I), the upcoming Irrational Games FPS. I only played for three hours out of what is likely dozens, and I barely scratched the surface of Columbia, the city in the sky. After only...
Feb 7, 2013 | Forbes
In anticipation of the February 12, 2013, release date, Sega America has put out a two-and-a-half minute trailer for Aliens: Colonial Marines. Sega is calling this the “Aliens: Colonial Marines Contact Trailer Extended Cut.” I’m calling this the bleakest, most...
Feb 6, 2013 | Forbes
Hitman was a 2007 movie based on the videogame series by IO Interactive. It came and went quickly in U.S. theaters, and the people who saw it generally disliked it. (Movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 3.7 out of 10.) But thanks to a strong...