Bag of Games

Capture, upgrade and defend floating production platforms and oil rigs in beautifully crafted environments. That pretty much describes what Oil Rush is all about. Oil Rush, developed by Unigine Corp, is a real-time naval warfare strategy game that combines the strategic challenge of a classic real-time-strategy with some tower defense flavor. Oil Rush In a future where... (more...)

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is the 18th in the series—if you count them all, canon or not—and the 2nd released for the Wii by Nintendo. Unlike the previous Wii release, Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword takes full advantage of the Wii’s motion controls for better or worse. The results? Skyward Sword is a fun, sometimes frustrating ride that many of us have... (more...)

Aliens: Infestation is a 2D Platformer that fits comfortably into the “Metroidvania” subgenre. It is a thoughtful homage to the classic 1986 sci-fi thriller, Aliens – the second in the original trilogy. It’s setting is remarkably realized for a DS game. Almost every element feels lifted right off the set of the timeless Cameron film, and every... (more...)

To the Final Frontier and Back Home Again Sol Exodus is a diamond in the rough. It doesn’t try to simulate an entire galaxy of barren worlds or force you to learn about things like trade routes or remember the market price of Unobtainium. What it does do is space combat and manages to do it well while including a nice selection of mechanics that simplifies but also... (more...)

Battlefield 3 is the sixth game in the Battlefield series…..ok, not exactly, but there’s a little more than 3, and if you count Bad Company, it’s also not exactly the third installment in the series either. However, this game ended up to be Battlefield 3, and it’s been anticipated by a lot of people, especially those who feel like they are sick... (more...)

When you put together a futuristic third person shooter with a massively multiplayer game experience, you get Global Agenda. Global Agenda, developed by Hi-Rez Studios, is a massively multiplayer game where you can shoot other future soldiers and they will go down… or that happens to you. Global Agenda has both, PvE (player versus environment) and PvP (player versus... (more...)

DISCLAIMER: I have not played the first Deus Ex game. Actually, before playing this game, I tried playing the first game, but I got stuck on the first level and just decided to play the newer game. I’ll get around to beating the first game, for those who think I should play it through, because it can’t be claimed to be the greatest PC game ever made for nothing,... (more...)

The Binding of Isaac (later BoI) was created by the twisted minds of Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl. McMillen was recently behind the widely popular Super Meat Boy; however, BoI is quite a different experience, excluding difficulty! Here, I’ll give you a few word groups: morbid and creepy; frustrating and infuriating, exciting and addictive. What do they all have... (more...)

PSN exclusive Zack Zero by Crocodile Entertainment is one of the newer PSN titles recently dropped to PlayStation Network. Does Zack Zero deliver a great action platform adventure or is it just another side scrolling adventure you should avoid? What is it about? In short the game is a side-scrolling game of action, puzzles and decent platforming where you tumble your... (more...)

Star Wars: The Old Republic has been anticipated for a really long time. For a lot of us, we were expecting a new change to the MMO formula with a more story driven experience, cool combat, and even voice acting. Things were really looking up for this game. In the end though, the same basic MMO formula is still there. And when I say basic, I mean World of Warcraft kind... (more...)