The Doom Dispatch: Ubisoft and the Death of Fun

“Art has never been made while thinking of art.”
- Niko Stumpo

“I shit on the chest of Fun.”
- Hunter S. Thompson

Leave it to Roger Ebert to make THIS film critic write about video games. I’m sure anyone who would click on an article that has “Ubisoft” in the title has read about Ebert and his decree that video games are not art. There has been ranting, raving, pissing, and moaning to the contrary from everyone under the age of thirty who hasn’t seen the sun since the PS2 came out...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

Game Review: Beowulf--The Game (Xbox 360)

Beowulf -- The Game
Genre: Action/Adventure
ESRB Rating: Rated M
Developer: Ubisoft
Platform: Xbox 360
Price: $19.99; Released: Nov 2007

In the interest of full disclosure, I never saw the CGI motion-cap Beowulf flick. So I wasn't going into this game with any expectations, good or bad. I wasn't hoping it would live up to the movie; nor was I hoping it would be better than the movie… I just wanted a fun, action-packed game that allowed me to run around and kick ass in epic style fashion. After all, this is based on the poem that pretty much inspired every epic fantasy story ever told...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!