Bioware has certainly developed quite the following for themselves over the years. With titles such as Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire, and Mass Effect being their most recent success stories, it’s safe to say they have a segment of the RPG market covered. If you’ve never played a Bioware RPG before then all you really need to know is that each game’s story is well-crafted, the worlds are immersive, and there’s a trademark branching conversation system (more on this later). Dragon Age: Origins represents all of those traits and more.

The most recent success for Bioware, Dragon Age: Origins has been tearing it up on PC, Xbox 360, and PS3...

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The Premise

Movie tie-in game. The very words evoke images of disappointment, glitches, and anger. Every once in a while, gamers get a solid movie tie-in; “King Kong” and “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” spring to mind. “James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game” had some mighty big hype to live up to. The developers, Ubisoft have been working on it for over two years and James Cameron was also involved in the design process. Two years should be more than enough time to deliver a solid game, right? Well, one would think that’s the case, but like the feature film “Avatar” itself, “Avatar: The Game” just fails to live up to the hype due to a few glaring problems.

Rather than retell the story of the movie (which honestly is nothing to write home about)...

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The ninth installment in the Ratchet & Clank franchise, A Crack in Time, is the most recent release and brings about the conclusion to the Future arc. This one picks up where Quest for Booty left off and sees Clank in the hands of Doctor Nefarious. Basically what happened was our little robotic buddy wound up being brought to the Great Clock by the Zoni. It left Ratchet all alone and on a quest to find his friend.

When A Crack in Time begins (while the game loads onto your system actually) the ever hilarious Qwark brings gamers up to speed on the events leading up to this point. In no time Ratchet springs into action and goes toe to toe with some of Nefarious’ minions...

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Chances are good that by now gamers have already decided whether or not they are going to buy Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The game was released in the early part of November and was an instant success for Activision with millions of copies sold worldwide. It’s a tribute to the quality development by Infinity Ward, but it’s safe to say that the awesome experience offered by the first Modern Warfare undoubtedly drove the hype for this sequel.

It should go without saying that most everybody and their grandmother knows about the Call of Duty franchise. Players have been hitting the battlefield in the series for quite some time and Modern Warfare offered something of a unique perspective. Rather than taking place during World War II...

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I still remember the reaction to the original Lego Star Wars. It was, if I recall, rather derisive. Combining Star Wars and Lego? Why bother? But the game turned out to be not just addicting fun, but also the best Star Wars game in years. It was so good, in fact, that we got a sequel (two if you count the Complete Saga set), and several more high-profile Lego games, including Batman, Indiana Jones (now also in its second incarnation) and the upcoming Lego Harry Potter. Almost overnight, the Lego brand had a video game franchise, and it wasn't just for children. The gameplay was often sophisticated and fun for adults as well. When Traveller's Tales (the development company behind all the Lego games) announced a partnership with Harmonix to create a Lego Rock Band...

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