Articles By: B.C. Johnson

Thomas Was Alone (PS3) Review

Thomas Was Alone (PS3) Review

Thomas Was Alone is a title for PS3 and PlayStation Vita. Developed by Mike Bithell, Thomas Was Alone was first created as a Flash browser game over two years ago. It has since gone on to evolve into a much more complicated title, one that you can now get your hands on on one of two [...]

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GTA 5 Cheats

GTA 5 Cheats

Where will you be September 17th, 2013? Probably in line for GTA 5. Where will you be September 18th? Probably firing rocket launchers from a jet-ski in sun-soaked, dollar-drenched streets. Why is there a jet-ski in the streets? Because it’s GTA 5, and these things happen. To get the game even more ridiculous, we’re fully [...]

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PS4 and Xbox 720 and a People’s History of Console Rumors

PS4 and Xbox 720 and a People’s History of Console Rumors

The Xbox 720 is going to have a fully-realized holodeck, capable of transporting gamers to their darkest, most lurid, most immersive Star Trekkian fantasies. The PS4 controller will be able to split in half, separating like the saucer section and the drive section of the Enterprise, transporting gamers to their darkest, most lurid, most immersive Star [...]

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Anomaly Korea (iOS) Review

Anomaly Korea (iOS) Review

Welcome to flipping the script, with your host Anomaly Korea.  Created by developer 11Bit Studios, Anomaly Korea is the sequel to 2011′s award-winning Anomaly: Battlefield Earth. Instead of Tokyo or Baghdad, Anomaly Korea takes the Commander and his intrepid forces into the Korean peninsula, now beset by deadly robotic aliens with a penchant for tower [...]

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Zen Pinball 2: Marvel Civil War (PS3, Vita)

Zen Pinball 2: Marvel Civil War (PS3, Vita)

Zen Pinball 2 has been good to us at Gaming Illustrated in the past, with their Plants Vs. Zombies table that showed us bright colors, cutesy graphics, and a constant influx of the ravening dead. Zen Studios, makers of Zen Pinball and Zen Pinball 2, have released a new table: Marvel Civil War, based off [...]

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New Far Cry 3 “Tyrant Hoyt” Trailer Piles on the Crazy

New Far Cry 3 “Tyrant Hoyt” Trailer Piles on the Crazy

Far Cry 3–the successor to 2008′s surprise hit Far Cry 2–is hot on our heels, ready to throw us once more into the gorgeous tropical landscapes and inhuman savagery that the series is known for. Ubisoft has been focusing their marketing campaign on story and character more than the mechanics. The newest trailer brings us another peek into [...]

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Atari’s Warlords (PS3) Review

Atari’s Warlords (PS3) Review

Be the master of your domain once again with Atari’s Warlords, a 2012 remake of the original 1980 arcade game. Re-released in 1981 for the Atari 2600, Warlords was widely regarded as one of the finest games available for that console. Defend your castle in online and local multiplayer, or in the single player quick [...]

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Sonic Adventure 2 HD (PS3) Review

Sonic Adventure 2 HD (PS3) Review

Sega continues to plunder your nostalgia reserve and their back catalog with Sonic Adventure 2 HD. A multi-platform remake specifically juiced up for modern televisions but sadly not modern sensibilities, Sonic Adventure 2 is available on Xbox Live and the Playstation Network. Race back to 2001, when Hedgehogs were extreme, snowboarding was the height of [...]

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Zen Pinball 2: Plants vs. Zombies Review

Zen Pinball 2: Plants vs. Zombies Review

Zen Studios, makers of the original Zen Pinball, are back with more balls! Zen Pinball 2 is out now and ready for your frantic flippering fury. Over twenty tables are available at launch, many using official licenses like multiple Marvel characters, the Avengers, Street Fighter, and more. I was given the Plants vs. Zombies table, [...]

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Counter-Strike: GO (PS3) Review

Counter-Strike: GO (PS3) Review

Return to Dust, like the good book says, with Valve’s and Hidden Path Entertainment’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, or Counter-Strike: GO if you like singing it to the “Teen Titans, GO!” song. Which I do. It’s been eight years since Counter-Strike: Source, the full remake of the original Counter-Strike mod, and twelve years since the original [...]

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