Email Author CHRIS WARD

2008 Stories by CHRIS WARD

• [Game On] With 'Guitar Hero: World Tour,' a Series Shreds Its Momentum

  published November 6, 2008

  MyGuitar HeroGently WeepsThey’re not yelling ‘Bruce’ this time.... More >>

• [Game On] Scared Shipless: In 'Dead Space,' No One Can Hear You Sob Like a Pansy. Lucky for You

  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... More >>

• [Game On] 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... More >>

• [Game On] For Those About to Rock . . . Again: 'Rock Band 2' Turns It Up To . . . You Know the Rest

  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... More >>

• [Game On] Party Crashers: 'Castle Crashers' Cuts Like a Knife, Feels So Right

  published September 18, 2008

  This is the year woodland creatures with explosive diarrhea saved video games. On rare occasion do gamers end up playing a product... More >>

• [Game On] Old School's In Session: Want Quality 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.... More >>

• [Game On] To Diner For: If You Can't Stand the Heat, Stay Out of the 'Order Up!' Kitchen

  published August 21, 2008

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

• [Game On] Gold Metal, Tarnished: French Laugh In the Face of Video Games As Sport

  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 >>

• [Game On] From Wii Speak to 'Final Fantasy,' E3 Lets Gamers Glimpse at Their Next Obsessions

  published July 24, 2008

  Diminished Expo-tations E3 revelations are hit and miss—unless you really dig chopping wood For gamers,... More >>

• [Game On] Atari's 'Alone In the Dark' Is Scary for All the Wrong Reasons

  published July 10, 2008

  Leave It Alone Atari's Alone In the Dark is scary for all the wrong reasons Upon playing Atari's new... More >>

• [Game On] 'Blast Works' Makes Blowing Stuff Up DIY-Friendly

  published June 26, 2008

  Blast Happy Majesco's Blast Works: Blowing stuff up DIY-style The words "user-generated content" usually... More >>

• [Game On] 'Guitar Hero' and 'Rock Band' Give New Meaning to 'Rock & Roll Excess'

  published June 12, 2008

  Hero We Go Again Fake-instrument overload offers plenty to fret about I am absolutely dreading the arrival of... More >>

• [Game On] Nintendo's 'Wii Fit' Ignites Yet Another Fitness Fad

  published May 29, 2008

  Super Cardio Bros. Wii Fit helps the world forget we once loved ThighMasters, too Somebody forgot to... More >>

• [Game On] Steven Spielberg Goes Direct-to-Video-Game With 'Boom Blox' for the Wii

  published May 22, 2008

  Direct to Video Game The king of Hollywood takes on the small screen Steven Spielberg may rule Hollywood, but in... More >>

• [Game On] There's More of the Same in 'Mario Kart Wii,' and That Just Might be Plenty

  published May 8, 2008

  Still Lapping It Up Mario Kart Wii is nothing you haven't seen, but still a welcome sight This year... More >>

• [Game On] Undead On Arrival: 'House of the Dead' Returns for the Wii, Stiff As Ever

  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,... More >>

• [Game On] Paging Freaks: Guinness Writes the Book On Gaming But Doesn't Shatter Any Records

  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... More >>

• [Game On] Fuzzy Fights: 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 >>

• [Game On] Thinning Crowds: 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 >>

• [Game On] Hell, Yes: Dante's Inferno Rages On in 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... More >>

• [Game On] Auto Erotica

  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 >>

• [game on] Axes to Grind

  published January 24, 2008

  There's a point when every fad overstays its welcome. Could it be that Guitar Hero is already just a sour note from being booed out of... More >>

• Game On

  published January 10, 2008

  When I was 12, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway totally screwed me over. After visiting the famed Brickyard and eagerly paying 10 bucks... More >>