Articles by Joshua Ostroff

GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony

Xbox 360

PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2009

Game makers have long aspired to be cinematic, but given that most games last upwards of 20 hours, they seem more akin to television. Yet f...

Dragon Age: Origins

Multi-platform

PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2009

Long before BioWare won over the sci-fi world with Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect, the Edmonton, AB-based studio bu...

The Brütal Legend of Tim Schafer

PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2009

Game designer Tim Schafer is not a well-known man, at least not to the mainstream. But like Buffy creator Joss Whedon, Schafer's a full-blo...

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

PS3

PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2009

The first Uncharted was unheralded, an out-of-nowhere blast of awesome that finally let PS3 owners brag about the console's software, not j...

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

PS3

PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2009

Superhero companies Marvel and DC have long been archrivals, so it seems apt that Marvel's answer to DC's Batman: Arkham Asylum is a game b...

NHL 10 / 2K10

Multi-platform

PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2009

For much of the Canadian population, fall means the beginning of hockey season. For me, it marks a period of open weeping followed by hiber...

Beatles Rock Band

Multi-platform

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2009

The battle between Guitar Hero and Rock Band continues unabated. But as far as artist-related battles go, it's pretty hard for Guitar Hero:...

Batman: Arkham Asylum

PS3 / Xbox 360

PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2009

Fanboys rejoice! Arkham Asylum is the first Batman videogame to finally do Bob Kane's creation justice. Just as Chris Nolan did in The Dark...