Colin Chisholm

The shiny new Nintendo console is out, and there’s no better way to show it off than the NintendoLand compilation. A collection of 12 mini-games illustrates how the WiiU’s controller, the touch-screen, motion enabled quasi-tablet works. And it works pretty well. The game is at it’s best when you’re playing with a group (who use […]

Angry Birds didn’t take long to steal the spotlight back from their swine nemeses, recently featured in the well executed Bad Piggies. This is still very much a classic Angry Birds experience, with a few new tweaks to keep it fresh. Most of those tweaks are borrowed from the Star Wars universe. The birds have […]

The Nintendo Wii has sadly suffered a slow, painful descent into obscurity. But in the console’s final moments, one game hopes to squeeze some gameplay out of the little white box. The Last Story mixes up the somewhat stagnant Japanese role-playing game genre in many ways. From the real-time combat system to the focused storyline, […]

The tables have turned on the Angry Birds—now it’s time for those bizarre green pigs to hog the spotlight (see what I did there?). And it turns out that the egg-stealing bad guys can star in their own game no problem. This time, instead of flinging, you’ll be building. Each level has you creating different […]

FTL almost immediately impresses with its retro look and feel and the often punishing difficulty. Fans of science fiction will definitely want to check out this addictive spaceship simulator. Some may turn their noses up at a game that only has a single-player campaign, but it’s not a detriment, it’s incredibly re-playable; in fact you’ll […]

Mario, maybe you’ve heard of him? Italian guy with a moustache and red hat? He’s back, again. And it’s fun, again. But I’ll be honest, it’s starting to feel a bit tired. You play as Mario, jumping around platforms and squashing goombas. There’s a certain serene simplicity about it that makes it incredibly joyful and […]

Mario sport games have always had a certain charm that’s kept them fun, even if you don’t care for the sport being played. However, Mario Tennis Open falls flat on delivering a fun and whimsical take on tennis. Unlike its predecessors on consoles, this version lacks all of the thrills the previous games enjoyed.Special shots […]

Like a virus, The Walking Dead‘s popularity has spread like crazy. Now the zombie madness has made the leap to video games and it’s actually a great experience, despite the stumbles. Focusing on story and emotion, The Walking Dead grabs you right away. You control Lee Everett, a new character in the series, during the […]

 Some of the most innovative and breathtaking games have come from online platforms (PSN, Xbox Live Arcade). Journey is the latest masterpiece to continue this trend. You start out as a robed figure in a vast desert, with no real sense of who your character is, or what the goal might be. You see a […]

The long-running Resident Evil series has had its ups and downs over the years, as it hovers on the line between survival-horror and action-adventure. The latest entry continues this awkward, yet enjoyable, trend. Revelations plays and looks like a console game, a pretty solid feat for the 3DS hardware. The controls do leave a little […]