Zen Review: Lost in Shadow

The Wii starts this year off with a surprise little game called Lost in Shadow, which is basically Limbo meets Ico with just a fleeting glimpse of the classic Prince of Persia. It is an artsy title which brings some excellent indie-like game design to the gaming world, but is wasted on an uninteresting story, some repetitive gameplay, and bland combat mechanics. With a few tweaks, Lost in Shadow would have been rid of those flaws and become game of … More…

The Good and Bad of 2010

It’s that time of the year that we are going to reflect upon the games we have played over the year 2010, without those contrived best-of / worst-of lists that everyone is already sick of, we have a list of the disappointments, the excellence, and what falls in between.

The Bad:

Crackdown 2 — A few years ago we played an excellent game called Crackdown. And a few months ago we were playing the exact same game, with worse graphics and gameplay.

Fable … More…