http://calitreview.com An arts and culture magazine. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:12:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://calitreview.com/23386 http://calitreview.com/23386#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:33:00 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=23386 AMY squanders more potential than a philosophy student. Especially to me, as the game combines a favorite genre, Survival Horror, with a favorite game, ICO, and adds a dash of novelty by using a character you don’t often get to play as: an average woman ill-prepared for combat using her cunning to get by.]]> http://calitreview.com/23386/feed 2 http://calitreview.com/23069 http://calitreview.com/23069#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:11:17 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=23069 http://calitreview.com/23069/feed 4 http://calitreview.com/22895 http://calitreview.com/22895#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:54:27 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=22895 http://calitreview.com/22895/feed 6 http://calitreview.com/22718 http://calitreview.com/22718#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:59:57 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=22718 http://calitreview.com/22718/feed 8 http://calitreview.com/22567 http://calitreview.com/22567#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:30:43 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=22567 http://calitreview.com/22567/feed 4 http://calitreview.com/22303 http://calitreview.com/22303#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:04:51 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=22303 http://calitreview.com/22303/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/22165 http://calitreview.com/22165#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:50:35 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=22165 Skyrim is definitely not going to be your cup of mead. ]]> http://calitreview.com/22165/feed 15 http://calitreview.com/21555 http://calitreview.com/21555#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:26:49 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=21555 Red Dawn (MW2). Now it’s up to the player to take control of various soldiers (some of whom will perish) in order to wrest Soviet control of America’s eastern seaboard and traipse around the world trying to prevent the war from going all-out nuclear while it still rages throughout Europe.]]> http://calitreview.com/21555/feed 4 http://calitreview.com/21238 http://calitreview.com/21238#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:04:01 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=21238 Batman Arkham City can still be summarily broken down to one simple fact: it’s more Batman Arkham Asylum, with improvements across the board, more characters, and a better plot. Considering that game is deservedly hailed as one of the greatest things to come out of England since The Beatles, that’s not only an endorsement for you to simply go and enjoy it for yourself, it’s also my guarantee to end up as “Best Game of the Year” barring some sort of “Second Coming of Samus.”]]> http://calitreview.com/21238/feed 2 http://calitreview.com/20983 http://calitreview.com/20983#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 13:00:17 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=20983 Ghouls and Ghosts levels of “totally not worth it”? Because while it may be one of the most nightmarishly crafted experiences in gaming that you will encounter, it’s also one of the most amazingly executed. The world is truly breathtaking, and the combat is beyond superb with surprising depth while maintaining functional simplicity.]]> http://calitreview.com/20983/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/20258 http://calitreview.com/20258#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 21:22:59 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=20258 http://calitreview.com/20258/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/20225 http://calitreview.com/20225#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:32:52 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=20225 Gears of War back in 2006. Maybe it was the original trailer featuring a lone soldier walking through ruined cities, fighting a war he had no hope of winning against unending waves of monsters while the Gary Jules cover of “Mad World” plays, sealing a sense of hopelessness into a scant minute.]]> http://calitreview.com/20225/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/19809 http://calitreview.com/19809#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:38:52 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=19809 http://calitreview.com/19809/feed 1 http://calitreview.com/19739 http://calitreview.com/19739#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:37:55 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=19739 Deus Ex: Human Revolution still works. All of the individual parts, while disparate in nature and wildly varying in quality, come together to create an experience far greater than any individual aspect. In fact, I’m going to reveal the biggest reason for this viewpoint: I can’t put this game down.]]> http://calitreview.com/19739/feed 1 http://calitreview.com/19478 http://calitreview.com/19478#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:14:18 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=19478 Tron and Blade Runner. Topping it off is just an impeccable use of cel-shading and filters that bring the often insane level architecture and world design to its perverse life.]]> http://calitreview.com/19478/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/19123 http://calitreview.com/19123#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:43:26 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=19123 http://calitreview.com/19123/feed 2 http://calitreview.com/18949 http://calitreview.com/18949#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:14:36 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=18949 http://calitreview.com/18949/feed 1 http://calitreview.com/18802 http://calitreview.com/18802#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:56:22 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=18802 http://calitreview.com/18802/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/18587 http://calitreview.com/18587#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:40:50 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=18587 http://calitreview.com/18587/feed 1 http://calitreview.com/18577 http://calitreview.com/18577#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:09:11 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=18577 ‘Splosion Man was a return to form. Of the glory days where the platformer was king due to the success of a benevolent super powered Italian plumber (by way of a whimsical Japanese former toy-maker) and practically every game made followed suit, no matter how little sense it made.]]> http://calitreview.com/18577/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/18182 http://calitreview.com/18182#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:44:18 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=18182 http://calitreview.com/18182/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/18280 http://calitreview.com/18280#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:15:16 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=18280 Shadows of the Damned could prove important. Here we have group of gaming visionaries who effectively sold a game to a publisher based off their names alone, and retained creative control over the process. If they can sell it to the audience at large, it may portend a shift in the culture of gaming itself: away from the studio system it’s currently in and into an Age of the Auteur. ]]> http://calitreview.com/18280/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/17586 http://calitreview.com/17586#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:48:04 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=17586 http://calitreview.com/17586/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/17891 http://calitreview.com/17891#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:10:29 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=17891 Transformers: Dark of the Moon, or at least the video game version.]]> http://calitreview.com/17891/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/17665 http://calitreview.com/17665#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:04:31 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=17665 Duke Nukem Forever simply isn’t worth the time it’s taken to make. I’m not sure what could be worth such a prolapsed cycle, but it sure isn’t this.]]> http://calitreview.com/17665/feed 4 http://calitreview.com/17280 http://calitreview.com/17280#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:29:08 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=17280 http://calitreview.com/17280/feed 4 http://calitreview.com/17232 http://calitreview.com/17232#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:57:26 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=17232 Mad Men’s Aaron Staton), a veteran of the Second World War who has come to town in order to forget the past and forge a new future for himself as so many other GIs have. He finds a new home in the LAPD and due to his swift intelligence (and heroic war record) he’s quickly promoted to the rank of Detective. Working his way through the many “desks” of investigative work -- from Traffic to Homicide -- Cole ends up mired in the seedier side of life in the heart of Screenland and dragged into the heart of a case that reaches into his past and will control his future.]]> http://calitreview.com/17232/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/15778 http://calitreview.com/15778#comments Sat, 07 May 2011 16:24:59 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=15778 Portal 2 is great, there are no two bones about it. If all you want from this is validation, then boom! There you go. The less you know about it, the better the game will be, so go play it at a friend’s house, or nab your own copy and enjoy! Seriously, take it on faith alone. Portal 2 is an excellent game worthy of your time. Go play it. Now.]]> http://calitreview.com/15778/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/15594 http://calitreview.com/15594#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 23:28:26 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=15594 http://calitreview.com/15594/feed 1 http://calitreview.com/15543 http://calitreview.com/15543#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:13:53 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=15543 http://calitreview.com/15543/feed 1