Editorials Archive

  • Rock Band 3

    Are you ready to rock?!?!? Not really.

    I have been struggling with whether to preorder the Rock Band 3 keytar bundle. Although I’ve been a huge Rock Band devoutee, I just cannot get worked up about Rock Band 3. For some perspective, I was a Guitar Hero fan from the beginning, a time...

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  • Mass Effect 2 Firewalker DLC Impressions: A lesson on how not to incorporate vehicles into Mass Effect 3

    Mass Effect 2 Firewalker DLC Impressions: A lesson on how not to incorporate vehicles into Mass Effect 3

    Yesterday, Bioware made available the Firewalker Mission pack DLC for free to Cerberus Network members.  Is this content worth your time, especially if you already finished the main game?  It’s certainly not necessary.  If you are wanting to extend the Mass Effect 2 experience you’ve...

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  • Mass Effect 2 Launch Problems (and Solutions)

    Mass Effect 2 Launch Problems (and Solutions)

    Bioware’s Christ Priestly posted an entry on its forums acknowledging that it was aware of various issues players faced yesterday after picking up their copies of Mass Effect 2.   Those issues include activation codes for the Cerberus Network not working, timeouts or connection drops to...

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  • Minority Report: Some Hope for Natal?

    Minority Report: Some Hope for Natal?

    Last week at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft showed another video about its full-body motion-sensing controller for the Xbox 360: Project Natal.  For those not in the know, Natal consists of a camera that reads your body’s movements and translates them into actions...

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  • Xbox LIVE Game Room: Who cares?

    Xbox LIVE Game Room: Who cares?

    Last week at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft announced the spring release of the Xbox LIVE Game Room.  Microsoft describes it as a virtual arcade room where users can play thirty arcade classics, including Centipede and Asteroids Deluxe. Perhaps many will herald the...

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