http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/video_games RSS Feed for P-com Ent. Video Games en-us Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:03:19 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/video_games/20100209_ap_review2kgamesrapturousreturntobioshock.html Rapture used to be a nice place to live. That is, if you didn't mind being at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. And putting up with the occasional rants of its megalomaniacal founder, Andrew Ryan. http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/video_games/20100311_ap_februaryvideogamesalesdrop15percent.html U.S. retail sales of video games declined 15 percent in February, hurt in part by an ongoing decline in sales of music games and lower sales of the Wii system. http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/video_games/20100312_Picks_of_Coming_Video_Games.html God of War III PlayStation 3 Sony, SCEA $59.99 The epic God of War series finally gets the horsepower it deserves as Kratos, the game's hero, ends his three-part saga on the PS3. Yes, my friends, this is billed as the last story line for Kratos and battles against the gods. But oh boy, what a send-off. http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/video_games/20100312_Bare_Knuckles___Call_of_Duty_creators_casualties_themselves.html If there was ever a reminder of just how little the video game industry is about fun and games these days, it came last week. http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/video_games/20100312__Girl_Power__honors_trailblazing_women.html Betsy Ross, Marian Anderson, and St. Katherine Drexel will be featured by the National Constitution Center throughout Women's History Month. http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/video_games/20090826_ap_reviewarkhamasylumisbatmanathisbest.html The video-game industry has defeated more superheroes than Lex Luthor could ever dream of. Superman, Aquaman, Iron Man, X-Men: All rendered lifeless by forces more focused on making a buck than on delivering thrills. http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/video_games/20090813_ap_reviewmaddennfl10isfranchisesbestyet.html Football fans have grown accustomed to spending their Sundays in front of gigantic high-def TVs, and they can't just drop their visual expectations when the game goes virtual. http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/video_games/Video-game_review_Punch-Out.html Every boxer from the original "Punch-Out" on NES returns except Mike Tyson, and the traditional high punch, low punch, dodge, block, and duck moveset is still in place. As you progress through the roster of rivals, the difficulty ramps up at an even pace (OK, Glass Joe is still tremendously easy). http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/video_games/Video-game_review_Excitebots_Trick_racing.html For all the credit "Wii Sports" garners as the Wii's gateway drug, perhaps no Nintendo-branded game better demonstrates the benefits of motion controls than "Excite Truck," which launched on the same day and aptly set itself apart from other racing games in ways no non-Wii game ever could. http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/video_games/Game_review_MLB_09_The_Show.html Springtime -- when a young man's fancy turns to steroid scandals. It's March and that can only mean one thing (other than the NCAA basketball tournament, of course): Yup, it's baseball season. For the last few years Sony's MLB series has owned the spring -- and the entire baseball season -- as far as gamers have been concerned.