Tag Archives: first-person shooter

Review: Syndicate (X360)

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Reggie Carolipio

In 1993, Bullfrog Productions introduced the world to an isometric, future dystopia where augmented “Agents” were used by megacorporate empires to take the battle for market share out of the boardrooms and into the streets. It was a tactical game … Continue reading →

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Review: Call of Juarez – The Cartel (X360)

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Reggie Carolipio

Call of Juarez: The Cartel is a game that likes making you wait. Health regeneration is usually a fast and painless way to get back into the thick of things, but not here. In-game cell phone calls can’t be canceled … Continue reading →

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Review: Crysis 2 (PC)

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Reggie Carolipio

Crysis 2 won’t bring your reasonably aged system to its knees. At least it spared my dual-core from humiliation.

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Review: Homefront (PS3)

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Reggie Carolipio

Red Dawn, a film released in 1984, channeled Cold War thrills with an invasion of America by the Soviets and their allies. While it might have stretched the limits of plausibility, it was still a fun piece of fiction that … Continue reading →

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Review: GoldenEye 007 (Wii)

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Reggie Carolipio

Rare’s GoldenEye was a sharp reply to PCs of how exciting the FPS genre could be on a console – especially the N64 – in 1997. It also stands out as what is probably the only movie-based game to actually … Continue reading →

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Review: Call of Duty – Black Ops

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Redmond Carolipio

If there’s one thing Call of Duty: Black Ops keeps trying to tell me, I think it’s this: War is awesome. Real war, of course, is far from that, but Treyarch’s latest work isn’t interested in painting any solemn pictures … Continue reading →

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Duke Nukem Forever Lives…or Lives Forever

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Reggie Carolipio

However you want to say it, DNF is alive and well. Not happy with a simple blurb in saying that it’s actually real? Jaded by so many years of false promises? I would be, too, along with many fans that … Continue reading →

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Review: Singularity

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Reggie Carolipio

Raven Software’s mix of Soviet super science and time travel have cooked up a Cold War surprise that effectively blends both into a fun romp with a healthy dose of sundered limbs. If you’ve seen their work with Wolfenstein, this … Continue reading →

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Duke Nukem Never?

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Kester Thorne

It looks as if Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms has finally been shut down due to lack of funding from publisher Take-Two. 3D Realms had been working on the follow up to the much loved, tongue in cheek title … Continue reading →

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First take: Killzone 2

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Redmond Carolipio

I’m a little late to the party with Killzone 2, another of the newly anointed messiah games for the PS3. Saw it at E3 and CES, liked what I saw, finally got to play it this week. As far as … Continue reading →

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