Crush! Frag! Review! – Damnation

Steampunk – the term conjures to mind images of brass gears and bustled skirts, monocles and machinery, Victorian finery in a head-on collision with mad science on an airship bound for lost civilizations. However, what pe...
by Rob Thomas
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Crush! Frag! Review! – Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers

Growing up, Magic: The Gathering was almost always a part of my life. Even in grade school my friends played it while scoffing at the rest of us who chose to waste our allowance on Pokemon, which they considered a cheap knock-o...
by Aubrey Klanecky
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Crush! Frag! Review! – Blueberry Garden

Reviewing a game that rests narration squarely on the shoulders of the player is no easy task. Nor is it easy to discuss a game wherein the discovery of the world around you is the fundamental component. How can I possibly hope...
by Scott Thompson
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Crush! Frag! Review! – Ghostbusters: The Video Game

I’ll get this out of the way up front: when I was a kid, I wanted to be a Ghostbuster. There. I said it. Not a real paranormal investigator – although those are still cool – but an actual, honest-to-goodness, ...
by Rob Thomas
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Crush! Frag! Review! – Patapon 2

When the first Patapon was released in 2008, it was praised almost universally for its unique visual and audio style as well as its odd twist on the rhythm genre. While it was by no means perfect, most overlooked its minor shor...
by Rob Rich
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Crush! Frag! Review! – The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena

I’d like to make one thing perfectly clear up front: I was absolutely crazy about the original Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay when it debuted on the original Xbox in 2004. I mean I loved that game. It was ...
by Rob Rich
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Crush! Frag! Review! – X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Snikt! You won’t find that word in a dictionary, yet it’s instantly recognizable to comic book fans. It’s the sound adamantium claws make when they extend from the hands of Wolverine and it’s the last thing his enemies ...
by Jason Smith
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Crush! Frag! Review! – geoDefense

The tower defense genre of games take a certain type of neurotic, micro-managing, obsessive-compulsive basket case to truly excel at them. While I wouldn’t say that I excel, exactly, I must evidently fit a required minimu...
by Rob Thomas
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Crush! Frag! Review! – Retro Game Challenge

As a male in my early 30s, I came of age during the halcyon days of classic videogaming. I was one of many who lined up to pound quarters into vicious, hungry arcade cabinets in the early ’80s and I remember when the indu...
by Rob Thomas
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