By ANDREW STEEVES
steeves(at)uwm.edu
Kane and Lynch is a game probably most famed in the gaming community for being the game that potentially led to the firing of Jeff Gerstmann, former game reviewer for Internet monolith Gamespot.com. Gerstmann was let go directly following a poor review of the game Kane and Lynch: Dead Men. Gamespot and parent […]

By ANDREW STEEVES
steeves(at)uwm.edu
No More Heroes, a game released for the Wii by Ubisoft earlier this year, has gotten generally good reviews. It has been hailed as the Kill Bill of video games, and in certain ways, that’s a pretty accurate way to describe it. When I think of assassins fighting assassins and ridiculous amounts of […]

By ANDREW STEEVES
steeves(at)uwm.edu
It occurred to me, a month too late, that I never picked a best game of 2007. Though the New Year has already come, I feel it would be remiss of me as a gamer, nay, as a human being, if I didn’t weigh in my thoughts on the […]

By ANDREW STEEVES
steeves(at)uwm.edu
The ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) acts as the guiding light for parents by rating games according to appropriateness, like the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) but for video games. The ratings rank in the following order: EC-Early Childhood; E-Everyone; E10+-Everyone 10+; T-Teen; M-Mature; AO-Adults […]

By ANDREW STEEVES
steeves(at)uwm.edu
When I rented NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, I expected it to be a whimsical romp through an enchanted land of dreams. It wasn’t. The game displayed…
I’m sorry. I’m having difficulty judging this game, and the reason why is a pretty simple one: I’m not ten years old. Very little in the past has […]

By ANDREW STEEVES
steeves(at)uwm.edu
I’m from Wisconsin (Milwaukee, specifically), and I have a certain level of pride in where I live. I remember checking out some magazine article a couple years back claiming Milwaukee to be the No. 1 Most Underestimated City in the Country. I wear that probably outdated fact like a […]