All Posts by: Brendon Lindsey

Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria Review

By Brendon Lindsey, December 10, 2008 0 VG Review

If there’s one thing Lord of the Rings Online did (and continues to do) better than anyone else, it’s craft a narrative. The MMO launched with no shortage of lore thanks to the slightly insane but awesome Tolkien, and thankfully… Read More »

World of Goo has 90% piracy rate

By Brendon Lindsey, November 14, 2008 0 GN

While we’re on the subject of piracy (and using PotC-inspired images), a sad fact has come out today: 90% of the people playing the wonderful World of Goo have pirated it. It’s easy to laugh at piracy when people pirate… Read More »

Dead Space to get "premium" console DLC

By Brendon Lindsey, November 11, 2008 0 GN

Even EA’s refreshingly new IPs can’t escape the pull of money-gouging techniques, I suppose, as EA announced today an upcoming release of "Premium Upgrade Packs" for their hit sci-fi thriller, Dead Space. The packs will be available on Xbox Live… Read More »

MGS 4 demo now available on the PSN

By Brendon Lindsey, November 7, 2008 0 GN

After a long wait, the Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots demo is now available on the PlayStation Network. The final game in the Metal Gear Solid saga (supposedly), it’s easily one of the biggest selling games of… Read More »

Dead Space Review

By Brendon Lindsey, November 3, 2008 0 VG Review

Dead Space sure had a quiet release, didn’t it? While other blockbuster, console-creator-published titles are now coming out and getting TV spots left and right, one of the most anticipated games of the year quietly came out and got beaten… Read More »

By Brendon Lindsey, October 30, 2008 0 GN

While early reports suggested that the Beatles, Apple Corps Ltd., MTV, and EA agreed to a deal placing the Beatles’ music in the Rock Band catalog as DLC, the official press conference has now finished and given us even bigger… Read More »

By Brendon Lindsey, October 30, 2008 0 GN

With the release of Guitar Hero World Tour, the battle of Rock Band vs Guitar Hero is more heated than ever. One side will likely deal a major haymaker to their opponent this week, though, thanks to some very unexpected… Read More »

Mortal Kombat vs DC story trailer

By Brendon Lindsey, October 29, 2008 0 GN

Today, Midway released the first story trailer for the upcoming Mortal Kombat vs DC fighter. It manages to explain (partly) what’s going on, how Superman can get beat by people like Scorpion, and why the bad guys are teaming up… Read More »

By Brendon Lindsey, October 27, 2008 0 GN

Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard keeps looking better and better. First, D3 conducts one of the most entertaining promotional campaigns of all time with the invention (and hyping) of the fictional Matt Hazard series. Then, they go and… Read More »

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Review

By Brendon Lindsey, October 24, 2008 0 VG Review

When The Witcher came out last year, it was largely heralded as a sleeper hit with a myriad of problems. Several bugs, incomplete dialogue, horrendous load times, and buggy sound effects. In short, the problems in the game served to… Read More »