Articles by Joshua Ostroff

Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love

PS2 / Wii

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2010

Though this Sakura Wars' first North American release, the alternate-reality franchise set in a steampunk-inspired roaring '20s debuted in...

Gaming Enters the Next Dimension

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2010

When Super Mario went from scrolling across your TV screen to moving around inside it in the mid-'90s, the addition of virtual 3D space was...

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands

PS3 / Xbox 360

PUBLISHED Jun 4, 2010

The latest Prince of Persia is an odd duck of a game. Though clearly tied to the new (and reportedly not terrible) Jake Gyllenhaal flick, i...

Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon

Wii

PUBLISHED May 25, 2010

This preciously named game begins with the death of the man you call grandfather, the only other person you've ever known in your 15 years...

Red Dead Redemption

PS3 / Xbox 360

PUBLISHED May 25, 2010

The Wild West was once America's final frontier, and it remains one in gaming. While fantasy realms, futuristic metropolises, alien vistas...

Wake and Quake

PUBLISHED May 22, 2010

The Pacific Northwest is spooky. I say that not just because I grew up there, just slightly north of the Zero Avenue border, back when Clif...

Red Steel 2

Wii

PUBLISHED May 3, 2010

When word emerged way back when that Nintendo's then upcoming Wii console would be motion-sensitive, the first thing most folks thought was...

3D Dot Game Heroes

PS3

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2010

This HD homage to the Nintendo games of yore adds a third dimension while maintaining their 8-bit pixel pointillism. Applying a PS3-friendl...