Daily Archives: May 1, 2012

The worst thing you’ll see all week: Area 407

The premise of Area 407, yet another found footage movie, is that a bunch of actors who are really bad at improvisation do a lot of improvisation (i.e. screaming their dialogue) when their flight to LA crashes onto a secret … Continue reading

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Near future Black Ops 2 saddles up some old fashioned transportation

I’m okay with the robots and hovercrafts and whatnot. But a horseback riding sequence? Oh, please no. I’ve paid my dues in Uncharted, Assassin’s Creed, and Skyrim. With the possible exception of Red Dead Redemption, I have yet to meet … Continue reading

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Don’t forget the steel in Warlock Master of the Arcane

A huge honkin’ earth elemental is blocking my expansion to the north, where I want to grab a patch of holy ground and some ancient ruins. I need the holy ground to build a temple, which unlocks powerful religious units. … Continue reading

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Your Daily McMaster: the four wonders of Age of Empires Online

I was pretty ambivalent about jumping into Age of Empires Online. I loved the first two games in the series, and I was on the fence about the third. But I had written off Age of Empires Online. Most of … Continue reading

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