“RIDE TO HELL: RETRIBUTION” (M) Way back in 2004, I reviewed “Strike Force Bowling” — a game which arbitrarily placed your bowling lanes on poorly realized representations of other planets. [...]

NINTENDO DIRECT E3 MEDIA BRIEFING Nintendo has problems. Despite ushering in the new console generation unopposed, the Wii U has had a tepid reception, selling only 57,000 units in its [...]

MICROSOFT E3 MEDIA BRIEFING Last week, the Electronic Entertainment Expo opened with Microsoft’s annual media briefing. Unlike last month’s Xbox One announcement, which concentrated on the new console’s various multimedia [...]

‘THE LAST OF US’ (M) ***** Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation 3 There are few video game settings as ubiquitous as the post-apocalyptic world, so gamers inundated with fallen civilizations rarely [...]

‘RESIDENT EVIL: REVELATONS’ (M) ***1/2 Capcom Xbox 360 Last year’s “Resident Evil: Revelations” for 3DS was just that — a revelation for fans of the once great survival horror franchise. [...]

Two months ago, for the April Fools’ issue, I wrote a special edition of Sore Thumbs, covering a fake unveiling of the new Xbox, which I called the Xbox 5 [...]

‘METRO: LAST LIGHT’ (M) ****1/2 Deep Silver Xbox 360 In “Metro 2033,” we were given a glimpse of what post-apocalyptic living would be like for our Cold War rival. Huddled [...]

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‘DRAGON’S DOGMA: DARK ARISEN’ (M) *** Capcom Xbox 360 In case last year’s “Dragon’s Dogma” wasn’t difficult enough for you, here’s “Dark Arisen” — a re-release of the original game [...]

‘DEADLY PREMONITION: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT’    (M) *** Rising Star Games PlayStation 3 Three years ago, Xbox 360 owners were treated to/punished with “Deadly Premonition,” a game which has since won [...]

‘STAR TREK’ (T) *1/2 Namco Bandai Games Xbox 360 “Star Trek” is a game that not-so-boldly goes where too many licensed games have gone before. Its two-player co-op, third-person shooter [...]