As a longtime fan of Final Fantasy, I approached Revenant Wings for the Nintendo DS with a little skepticism. Final Fantasy games, for those unfamiliar, are typically role-playing games (RPGs), while this direct sequel to FF XII falls more into the real-time strategy game (RTS) category. Rest assured, though - even if, like me, you're not the world's biggest RTS fan, this...

Half minigame collection, half interactive cartoon, Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck may well be the best video game offering yet for the venerable Warner Bros. franchise. Based on the 1951 animated short of the same name, Duck Amuck stars Daffy Duck as he is poked, prodded and otherwise perturbed by the person creating his video game.The games vary in quality and difficulty. On the plus side, you...

The first Rayman Raving Rabbids was a fun, funny minigame collection that gained immense popularity. Well, except for the Nintendo DS version, which eschewed the mad-capped antics of the Rabbids for a more traditional Rayman platformer. Well, Raving Rabbids 2 is here, and this time the DS gets a little minigame love too.So how does this game stack up? Well, it's pretty good. Like with any m...

Anyone who thinks that Nintendo has abandoned the hardcore gamer with the Wii need only look at Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn to discover otherwise. The latest in the long-running, Intelligent Systems developed strategy RPG series, and the fourth entry to reach the States, this is an intense game that will appeal to a specific audience - those familiar with the series, or those with a passion for t...

There's no beating around the bush - BioShock is a modern-day gaming masterpiece. Rarely does a game seem to fire on all cylinders, but this Xbox 360 first-person shooter does just that.The game begins with you, as the protagonist, being involved in a plane crash and finding your way into a crumbling undersea utopia named Rapture. While your immediate concern is survival, there's also t...