Video Games
-
'Assassin's Creed Unity' takes a tumbleNov 16, 2014 4:45 am - One of my favorite activities in the "Assassin's Creed" games is diving off the top of a tall building into a conveniently placed haystack. I've done it hundreds of time...
-
How to stop anonymous trolls from destroying online gamesNov 15, 2014 6:44 am - "On the Internet," says the iconic New Yorker cartoon, "nobody knows you're a dog." It's a joke, but it's also a problem. More venom than ever before is flowing from beh...
-
Libertyville meets on gamblingNov 15, 2014 12:01 am - Libertyville Mayor Terry Weppler and the village board will host a town-hall meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, to discuss and answer questions regarding video gambling...
-
'Call of Duty' multiplayer tops rote storyNov 07, 2014 5:00 am - Kevin Spacey can't save “Call of Duty” from itself. But perhaps an Iron Man-like “exoskeleton” can. Spacey plays the egomaniacal leader of a private military corporati...
-
'Civilization' shoots for the starsNov 03, 2014 4:45 am - Our planet isn't in very good shape. The good news, according to “Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth” (2K Games, for the PC, $49.99), is that we'll be able to hang a...
-
'Sunset Overdrive' a fun, mindless rompNov 01, 2014 6:30 am - LOS ANGELES - Usually, dumb video games don't know they're dumb video games. That's not the case with the ludicrously self-aware "Sunset Overdrive" (Microsoft, for the X...
-
Another black comic blast of 'Borderlands'Oct 24, 2014 6:00 am - Like dozens of other video games, “Borderlands” is all about killing — people, robots, monsters, whatever. But “Borderlands” has a not-so-secret weapon in its arsenal: a...
-
'Evil Within' is a nightmarish head tripOct 20, 2014 5:45 am - In the video-game world, Shinji Mikami's name has the same cachet that George Romero and Wes Craven have among moviegoers. Mikami created “Resident Evil,” the 1996 class...
-
'Walking Dead' just won't dieOct 17, 2014 5:45 am - “The Walking Dead” returned to AMC last week to absolutely insane ratings. The explosive Season 5 premiere predictably set records for its network with more than 17 mill...
-
'Alien: Isolation' delivers sci-fi terrorOct 13, 2014 5:45 am - Ridley Scott's “Alien” has inspired dozens of video games since its debut in 1979, but “Alien: Isolation” is the first in a while that has aspired to the claustrophobic ...