Games

Game review: Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles

Josh
Tuesday
10:00 am

As you know, I’ve had a lot of Wii remorse over the past few years. I still stand by the absolutely genius controller, but all of the grown-up, gooey and delicious games are going to the consoles that can push the most polygons.

So, in between bouts of flipping, flambéing and sautéing in “Cooking Mama,” I at least glance at each mature-rated title for the Wii that comes along.

“Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles” is an on-rails gun game that closely mirrors the earlier “Umbrella Chronicles” release. In fact, “closely mirrors” are the perfect illustrative phrase, as the game is pretty much identical, except for the addition of new levels. Capcom doesn’t ..read more

Real Life

My daughter takes down zombies like a pro

Josh
Friday
9:52 pm

I’m tired of Mario Kart.

I’m tired of neon colors, happy, puffy characters and falsetto Italian accents. I’m tired of Petz Sports, Petz Sports: Dogs Edition, Dogs: Petz Edition, and Petz: Fluffy Went to Go Live In The Country Edition. I’m tired of Disney Princesses, pixellated chiffon, happy magic and perky fairies. And I needed a change.

You see, the hours between 8 and 9 p.m. are daddy-daughter time in my house. It’s a time to give the wife a break and spend a little QT with the geeklet in training. And lately, she’s been into the Wii.

Which, for me, means playing Mario Galaxy while she mostly watches, or me trying not ..read more