Merchants of Brooklyn Review

Merchants of Brooklyn is a futuristic, dystopic FPS, developed by independent studio Paleo Entertainment, a group of Half-Life 2 modders turned game developers. The game is set in Brooklyn in the year 3100 AD, when global warming has caused the… Read More »

Resident Evil 5 Review

Resident Evil 5 has some unquestionably ENORMOUS shoes to fill. Following Resident Evil 4, a game that redefined the Resident Evil series and was widely touted as one of the greatest achievements in game development for its time (still the… Read More »

In an industry where many games rely on formulaic design and re-treading the same old beaten paths to be successful, it’s very comforting to know that creative, original games do still remain. One such example is The Maw, an Xbox… Read More »

The odd thing about playing a PC FPS online is you briefly begin to feel like you’re in a different universe, where the laws of normal communication, mouse dexterity, and response time don’t apply. It begs the question of whether… Read More »

Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria 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 »

Prince of Persia Review

To take an already critically acclaimed videogame franchise and entirely re-envision it for a new generation is some feat. What’s an even greater achievement is to stray from the original formula and still come away with something spectacular. While Ubisoft… Read More »

Mirror’s Edge Review

Attempting to successfully deliver brand new gaming concepts in an industry filled with me-too copycats, sequels, and tired gameplay mechanics is always risky business for developers. Thankfully, EA Digital Illusions CE (DICE) has taken that leap of faith and crafted… Read More »

World of Goo has 90% piracy rate

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 »

Steam Cloud ready to launch with L4D demo

Steam just seems to get better and better every day. Tomorrow will see the launch of Steam Cloud, a group of tools that are set to make gaming even easier on Steam. Steam Cloud saves things like configuration settings, key… Read More »

It’s been nearly a whole year since I last posted any of my opinions here at GamerNode. I’ve come back from a great deal of time off from writing, and as such I might be a tad rusty…so bare with… Read More »