Articles by Joshua Ostroff

Fable II
Multi-platform
PUBLISHED Jan 5, 2009
When cradle-to-grave role-player Fable II floated by in the holiday deluge, I put off playing it for a while, figuring I'd played a gazilli...
The Game After
The Rise of Fallout Heralds More Innovation
PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2008
The first next-gen game to truly deserve that moniker was 2006s gobsmackingly brilliant Oblivion, the fourth entry in Bethesda Softworks...
Mirror's Edge
PS3 / Xbox 360
PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2008
Obamas election should hopefully forestall the future that Mirrors Edge imagines, a future where liberty takes a backseat to security and...
Resistance 2
PS3
PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2008
Resistance: Fall of Man was the Rodney Dangerfield of gaming: its up there with its competition but cant get no respect. When it helped l...
Horns of Plenty
The Red Bull Music Academys School is in Sessions
PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2008
The October sun has sunk behind the towering brick walls of a once-abandoned textile factory in San Andreu, on the outskirts of Barcelona....
The Evolution of Game Creation
Sonys new mascot Sackboy is ushering in Gaming 2.0
PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2008
Pop culture was once a one-way street the few created content to be consumed by the many. Punks DIY attitude may have added a small unde...
deadmau5
Random Album Title
PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2008
Recent dance dons have come from hipster-friendly offshoots like blog-house or dubstep, but Niagara Falls native Deadmau5 (aka Joel Zimmerm...
Fracture
PS3 / Xbox 360
PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2008
In this day and age, every gamers hoping for something different, especially in the shooter arena. After playing the Resistances, Gears of...