Tag Archives: ps3

Pixeljunk Eden is joy

This review is going to fail. I’m a big fan of words and writ­ing, but some­times they just fail, and describ­ing what sim­ple joy actu­ally feels like is one of those times. Rather than try to describe the mechan­ics of the game or what it’s about, I’ll work on why I like it.

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Rock Band is better than Guitar Hero

Since I bought Rock Band (RB) for my PS3 a few months ago, Gui­tar Hero 3 (GH3) grew roots on the shelf. GH3 was my first fake-music game, and I enjoyed it very much. But the same source who prod­ded me to try Gui­tar Hero implored me to try Rock Band. And sure enough, I […]

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PS3 love

Way back in the day, I was a Sega per­son. Like every­one else at my col­lege, I had a Gen­e­sis (Jenny), but I fol­lowed Sega into the Sat­urn (good sys­tem, far too expen­sive, some mem­o­rable games), and the Dream­cast (out­stand­ing sys­tem, some fan­tas­tic games). Then Sega came to an end due to their own pricing, […]

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Cooperative multiplayer overview

My wife loves games as much as I do, and luck­ily we love play­ing games together. We laugh and cheer when we do well, we groan when we can’t get past a cer­tain point. Play­ing together is the most fun part of video games. It’s a great social thing that we can do.

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