Author Archive
Jeff Jost
- April 28, 2010
‘Heroes’ sequel fails to deliver
The original No More Heroes released in America in 2008. It was the newest arrival from bizarre game developer Suda 51 (real name Goichi Suda) who had made a name for himself in America...
- April 21, 2010
Where has all the four-player fun gone?
Remember the good old days when you and up to three of your friends would hang out at someone’s house playing video games together all night long. You could compete with each other or...
- April 16, 2010
Japanese games play major role for many gamers
In the world of Japanese role-playing games, one name stays on the lips and minds of everyone, Final Fantasy. And with the new Final Fantasy XIII now available and players already clamoring over the...
- April 6, 2010
Classic games making comeback on new platforms
Nostalgia is something gamers are quite familiar with. Even in an industry so obsessed with technological innovation, we often find ourselves playing the same things we did when we first started playing. We all have...
- April 2, 2010
‘Mass Effect’ delivers strong plotline in sequel
Only a few months into the year, one of the video game industry’s big contenders has shown itself. Mass Effect 2, the sequel to the award-winning space epic from 2007, has started this year in...
- March 23, 2010
Video games need fresh ideas
In 2010, the biggest name in video games is “2”. That’s right, the number two. We’ve already seen it starting: Bioshock 2, Mass Effect 2, No More Heroes 2, Army of Two: The 40th...
- March 10, 2010
Up, up and away
While the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is usually treated as a throw away — where lackluster children’s movies such as Kung-Fu Panda are pitted against truly great achievements such as Wall-E —...
- March 9, 2010
‘Locker’ explodes onto Oscar scene
The best picture category this year was both surprising and predictable. The biggest surprise came June 24 when the academy announced that there would be 10 best picture nominees instead of the customary five....
- February 12, 2010
Anticipated Jackson thriller not quite so lovely
Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones is a mind-blowing achievement in failure; a shining example in how big names, big budget, big effects and a popular book can make a terrible movie. The Lovely Bones is...