Articles by Joshua Ostroff

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Multi-platform

PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2011

The original dystopian Deus Ex arrived in 2000 and quickly became known as one of the best PC games off all time, mixing Illuminati conspir...

Gears of War 3

Xbox 360

PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2011

When Gears of War first arrived in 2005, it announced itself as a different kind of shooter. Yes, it was third-person and cover-based, afte...

Bible Studies

PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2011

Videogames settings have become played out with most defaulting to urban, fantasy, war or space. But a host of titles have been digging int...

Love in the Age of Videogames

PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2011

Though the average-gamer age grows ever older, games themselves often feel trapped in arrested development, rooted in violence and sexism....

Duke Nukem Forever

Xbox 360 / PS3 / PC

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2011

Soon after the 1996 release of 3D Realms' blockbuster first-person shooter, Duke Nukem 3D, the developer announced plans for a sequel, dubb...

Infamous 2

PS3

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2011

As a lifelong comic book fan, I resent origin stories. Every superhero needs one, fine, but these starter tales get repeated ad nauseam to...

Eve of Construction

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2011

Returning home from forest raves and warehouse parties in the early 2000s, I'd while away my morning hours playing Rez. Created by Tetsuya...

Playing Both Sides

PUBLISHED May 29, 2011

In Akira Kurosawa's signature film Rashoman, the Japanese director's black & white movie revealed reality's endless shades of grey by telli...