Author: Adam Powell

Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 Developer: Traveler’s Tales Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Genre: Platformer Release Date: 06/29/10 I’m not gonna lie. I love the Lego games. They manage to tie in with most of the properties that appeal to my inner kid: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Batman…. So, now that Harry Potter has been…

Rogue Warrior Publisher: Bethesda Softworks Developer: Rebellion Developments Genre: Shooter Release Date: 12/01/2009 So I get this game in the mail. I open it up, and whoa! Is this the Punisher for 360? Did they make a new one? SWEET! Coz I know that’s an Ennis-era Frank Castle on the cover there and … wait,…

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Publisher: Activision Developer: Infinity Ward Genre: Shooter Release Date: 11/10/2009 Being a reviewer on a game site, I will occasionally get handed a game put out by the equivalent of a mom and pop publisher. These are small-run, unpopular games that earn me confused glances when I either discuss…

Fairytale Fights Publisher: Playlogic Developer: Playlogic Genre: Action-Adventure Release Date: 10/27/2009 At this point, I think that updating old fairytale tropes with graphic violence is old news. Candy Mountain Massacre has been on ye olde Adult Swim site for quite a while, The Path attempted to update the Little Red Riding Hood story to include…

Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space Publisher: Telltale Games Developer: Telltale Games Genre: Adventure Release Date: 10/14/2009 Adventure games were a reliable staple of my childhood, thanks in no small part to Lucasarts and games like Maniac Mansion and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. Among these games was Sam and Max Hit…

Raven Squad Publisher: Evolved Games Developer: Atomic Motion Genre: FPS/RTS Hybrid Release Date: 8/21/2009 Modern shooters are a fairly tried-and-true genre at this point. COD4, the Tom Clancy oeuvre, and a million other clones have run the genre nearly to death at this point. Little has come in the way of originality to these games…

Up Developer: THQ Publisher: THQ Genre: Platformer Release Date: 05/26/09 Ahh, the ubiquitous movie tie-in. Sometimes, you get Riddick. But we all know, most of the time, you get E.T.. Movie tie-ins are notoriously awful, generally speaking, and Pixar’s Up has been getting some…well, some decent reviews, which is unusually bad for them. So, less…