Email Author Chris Ward

2008 Stories by Chris Ward

• My Guitar Hero Gently Weeps

  published November 6, 2008

  The Guitar Hero series has finally hit a sour note. The fake rock rampart — which started out as a goofy way to live vicariously... More >>

• Scared Shipless in Dead Space

  published October 30, 2008

  Some people want to get scared on Halloween. Others only want to get "scared." It's easy to tell which kind of person you are. Did you... More >>

• You Down With OCD? Yeah, You Know Me

  published October 16, 2008

  It's with a heavy heart we deliver the following news: Pac-Man Fever is a legitimate mental illness. Earlier this year, a Philadelphia... More >>

• For Those About to Rock... Again

  published October 2, 2008

  This summer, the drummer from Joan Jett and the Blackhearts threw a drumstick at my face. To be fair, that's what drummers do —... More >>

• Want Quality New Games? Look to the Past

  published September 4, 2008

  When asked what new titles are worth buying right now, employees of big chain video game stores can barely muster a sales pitch. "You... More >>

• Order Up! Is Supersized Fun

  published August 21, 2008

  The term is "shovel-ware": a gaming phrase used to describe the heaps and heaps of worthless, quickly cranked out titles currently choking the... More >>

• Video Gaming at the Games? Not This Year, Pal

  published August 7, 2008

  Imagine, if you will, a pasty, bespectacled stringbean draped in an American flag, an Olympic medal tugging at his pencilneck, all backed by... More >>

• Diminished Expo-tations at E3

  published July 24, 2008

  For gamers, E3 — the Electronics Entertainment Expo — is Christmas in July, only you don't have to endure the Family Dinner from... More >>

• Atari's Alone in the Dark is scary for all the wrong reasons

  published July 10, 2008

  Upon playing Atari's new horror/puzzle game Alone in the Dark — the newest and most hyped in the increasingly limp franchise... More >>

• Majesco's Blast Works: Blowing stuff up DIY-style

  published June 26, 2008

  The words "user-generated content" usually mean you're about to encounter one of two things: an irritating Super Bowl commercial made by... More >>

• Hero We Go Again with Guitar Hero: World Tour

  published June 12, 2008

  I am absolutely dreading the arrival of Guitar Hero: World Tour. Can't even enjoy the summer. It might sound like insanity given... More >>

• Super Cardio Bros. with Wii Fit

  published May 29, 2008

  Somebody forgot to tell Nintendo that "strenuous indoor exercise" does not top anyone's summer fun list. This, of course, does not... More >>

• Direct to Video Game: Steven Spielberg's Boom Blox

  published May 22, 2008

  Steven Spielberg may rule Hollywood, but in the video game industry — which becomes the more profitable of the two with each passing year... More >>

• Still Lapping It Up with Mario Kart Wii

  published May 8, 2008

  This year marks the 16th birthday of Mario Kart, the landmark Nintendo franchise that consists of eight identical racing games and legions of... More >>

• Undead on Arrival: The House of the Dead 2&3 Return

  published April 17, 2008

  If you don't remember a game called The Typing of the Dead, you're not alone. Released on the failed Sega Dreamcast system, this gory,... More >>

• Paging Freaks: Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008

  published April 3, 2008

  As a kid, I spent countless hours thumbing through a dog-eared copy of The Guinness Book of World Records, determined to find just the... More >>

• The combat's cuddly in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

  published March 20, 2008

  Sometimes it's the terrible ideas — say, a TV show about nothing, or stirring corn into your mashed potatoes — that turn out to be... More >>

• It's Always Dead at The Club

  published March 6, 2008

  To all the gun-toting video game bad guys out there: Please stop standing next to exploding barrels. Seriously now. Of the hundreds of... More >>

• Hell Yes: Devil May Cry 4

  published February 21, 2008

  Let's just get it out right now: "Devil May Cry" is a weak-ass name for a wicked action game. But what's in a name? In... More >>

• Auto Erotica: Burnout Paradise

  published February 7, 2008

  Long have we waited to be taken down to the Paradise City, where the girls are green and the grass is pretty, or whatever. Now, thanks to... More >>

• Indianapolis 500 Legends

  published January 10, 2008

  When I was 12, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway totally screwed me over. After visiting the famed Brickyard and eagerly paying ten bucks... More >>