The Simpsons Arcade Game is a barebones port of the similarly named game popular in arcades back in the 90’s. Strangely enough, although there aren’t any real extras to the game, it represents something of a rarity in gaming these days: it’s actually a lot of fun.   Even more surprising, I found it to be more entertaining than the likeminded 90’s Konami arcade port X-Men: The Arcade Gam... more.

GERARD CAMPBELL THE DARKNESS 2: Not the hero's demon-headed tentacles. On the left, one is tossing a foe. On the right one opening its mouth to strike. REVIEW: There aren't many games featuring a demon sidekick that wears a singlet emblazoned with the Union Jack and urinates on the corpses of dead enem... more.

Theoretically, this review of Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning (KoA:R) should have been published last Friday. Unfortunately, because we haven't stopped playing it since it arrived in the office, we've been far too busy to do anything as demeaning as write about it. If you'd come into the office we could have shown you, but you didn't, so you've had to wait. Sorry.On first glance KoA:R seems like a ... more.

Playing a role playing game is often times an exercise in time dumping. We go in expecting to spend countless hours experiencing what is typically a vast world crammed with a large variety of things to do and experience. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning , released last week, brings an emphasis on classic RPG and introduces gamers to a new RPG franchise. The game released for the PlayStation 3, the ... more.

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MATT MAGUIRE SWEET THINGS: Deep Silver has created a challenging, clever title that explores complex issues and marries them to solid gameplay. Catherine is a surprisingly good game. REVIEW: The cardinal line from Shakespeare's famous "All the world's a stage" monologue appears only briefly onscreen at the ... more.

When Starbreeze’s The Darkness reached its bloody climax, the closing scene lingered on Jackie Estacado and the spirit of his dead girlfriend, Jenny, as they embraced on a Central Park bench. One of the many quieter, more sensitive moments that punctuated the violence, it not only reaffirmed the strong character d... more.

Even the greatest role-playing games aren't necessarily known for their great combat. They're frequently praised for their ambitious worlds, their involving stories, and the element of choice. But when you talk about your favorite RPGs, it's not often that the action is what you talk about first. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is not like those games. In the future, when you talk about Kingdoms... more.

Ooops. Review is embargoed, and will reappear at 8am GMT on 7th February 2012. Follow Den Of Geek on Twitter right here. And be our Facebook chum here.  ... more.

<!--Saxotech Paragraph Count: 7-->The "Final Fantasy" franchise, now in its 25th year, has one of the most enthusiastic fan bases in all of video games.And those fans made their voices heard after the 2009 release of "Final Fantasy XIII," which jettisoned some of the series' long-standing features in exchange for a more streamlined, action-packed narrative.Aficionados howled, particularly ov... more.