Here’s that Mayan-themed Xbox Live Arcade puzzle game you’ve been waiting for. Oh, what’s that you say? You already have Luxor 2, Jewel Quest, and Zuma? Oh. Well, technically, isn’t Jewel Quest set in Egypt? Totally different, dude.
All kidding aside, TiQal is a bit different from the other pyramid-and-human-sacrifice-friendly puzzle games available on the 360. […]
Feather Pillow
Blender
Ice Cream Scoop
“Back Massager”
Rake
The Stanley Cup
Booger from Revenge of the Nerds
Sarcasm
Busted Xbox 360
Piñata
Even when I was a kid and Space Invaders was new, I knew that it was kind of cool, but also extremely plain. While it must have seemed totally revelatory when it first came out, I probably didn’t encounter it until well after more complicated and more colorful games, like Defender, were already out there. […]
Bowling pins. Toilet seats. Drive shafts. Deer antlers. These are just a few of the makeshift weapons that you will beat your deranged, uncontrollably violent opponents to death with in Condemned 2: Bloodshot. This first-person action adventure game is far and away the most unflinchingly sadistic and gruesome video game I’ve ever played, outclassing its […]
With a campaign that’s more of a different take on the first game’s story than an actual follow-up, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 feels more like a mission pack with minor corrections than a full-fledged sequel. While that will probably leave some players feeling disappointed, the tactical action formula still works just fine, resulting […]
After eating a sandwich and taking a couple of hours to collect myself, I feel ready to deal with a world that will eventually see the release of 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand. To celebrate my newfound mental stability, we’ve compiled a list of achievements we’d like to see in this upcoming “banger.”
Take Nine […]
We talked about the EGM cover on yesterday’s podcast, and today MTV has the details on the next 50 Cent game. The game will be called 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand. Vivendi will handle publishing on 360 and PS3 this fall, and development is coming from Swordfish Studios, the company that brought you Cold […]
It’s rare for a game publisher to have an immediately identifiable style, but there’s no mistaking Bully for anything other than a Rockstar game. The mechanical comparisons to Grand Theft Auto are fairly apt, though the tone isn’t quite as nasty, and your transgressions not as deplorable–if Grand Theft Auto were a felony, Bully would […]
It’s a veritable menagerie of idiots in this week’s Giant Bombcast as we’re joined by Alex Navarro for discussions about Grand Theft Auto IV: Greater Toronto Area, 50 Cent II: The Dollar, synthoids, the Harlem Globetrotters of pizza, and more! As always, you can send in your questions to bombcast (at) giant bomb (dot) com.
You may or may not agree with what Jonathan Blow has to say about video games, their role as art, and their role in society. You know what? You may never have heard of Jonathan Blow at all. He’s a man that clearly takes games quite seriously, and you can find some compelling writing from […]
This week’s Xbox Live Arcade release has been confirmed to be TiQal, from the hilariously-named Slapdash Games. We’re not sure why Method Man would allow his trademark sub-nickname to be used in some kind of Mayan-themed puzzle game, or why he’d let them misspell Tical with a big, giant Q in the middle, but nonetheless, […]
Rocketmen: Axis of Evil takes the classic dual joystick shooter formula founded by games like Robotron: 2084 and repopularized by games like Geometry Wars and gives it some superficial RPG elements. Its best feature is that it allows for four-player co-op, locally or online. But the game itself isn’t much fun, regardless of the number […]
The DLC in Rock Band has been both one of my most and least favorite features. While I find the continued inclusion of the occasional cover (rather than the original master track) as well as the pricing for said covers to be irrational and irritating, Harmonix has generally done a pretty smart job of releasing […]
It’s time for the third installment of How To Build A Bomb. This week, we briefly discuss a few things we’re working on for the full site and manage to set off our damn security system along the way.
This isn’t exactly the sort of thing that will have any real impact on you or I, but Ubisoft just sent out a press release touting that the company has “acquired the Tom Clancy name for games, related books, movies, and merchandising.”
From there it devolves into a sweet mess of words like “brand” and “leverage.”
Anyway, […]
You gotta hand it to Activision, it really seems committed to bringing its wildly popular Guitar Hero franchise to every platform imaginable. After, what, maybe a good year of speculation and fake peripheral mock-ups, Activision has officially announced (IE, emailed me a press release) that it’ll be bringing Guitar Hero: On Tour to the Nintendo […]
Details on the upcoming pack of maps for Call of Duty 4 surfaced today on Microsoft’s site. The pack of four maps will be available on April 3 here in North America and will run you 800 points on the 360. That’s ten bucks. Details for the PS3 version and worldwide availability weren’t announced.
Along with […]
So we’ve been talking a lot about site features for the full site launch today and, at some point, we started talking about the lists feature. This, naturally, led to me talking about rodeo clowns and games that should have them. Much like Ryan’s top game ghosts list, here’s my list of games that, for […]
The Giant Bombcast continues its slow-motion explosion with Jeff and Ryan’s thoughts on Lost: Via Domus, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, an Ice Cube side-scroller, Guitar Hero: Beatles, Ed Boon, Blu-ray versus HD downloads, the flavor of Scottish girders, technofear, and more!