TABLE OF CONTENTS
January 2010
FEATURES
How Cover Shaped Gaming’s Last Decade
by Brian Ashcraft
Are Game Companies Spoiling Their Own Games?
by Luke Plunkett
Bayonetta Is Not Too Sexy, But Maybe Too Serious
by Lisa Foiles
by Stephen Totilo
The 2009 eBay Holiday Video Game Grey Market Report
by Mike Fahey
Uncharted 2 vs. Assassin’s Creed II vs. Demon’s Souls
REVIEWS
Assassin’s Creed II: The Battle of Forli Micro-Review: An Un-Macchiavelian Plan
Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond Micro-Review: A Bloody Fun Hazard-Time
Muscle March Micro-Review: Flex Crimes
Mass Effect 2 Review: Once More Unto The Breach
Alienware Area-51 m15x Laptop Review: It Ain’t Heavy, It’s My Laptop
Serious Sam HD Review: This Time It’s Really Serious
Dark Void Zero Micro-Review: Classic, Focused Fun
Dark Void Review: Innovation In A Void
Pocket God Micro-Review: Heaven or Hell?
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth Micro-Review: Something M2 Whipped Up
VVVVVV Micro-review: AAAAAAH!!!
Army of Two: The 40th Day Review: Co-Op Shooting At A Crossroads
Trajectile Micro-Review: Testing Your Talent For Precision Demolition
Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot Micro-Review: A Very Long Engagement
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers Review: The Big Book Of FF Activities
Bayonetta Review: To Infinite Climax Action And Beyond
Darksiders Review: Harbinger Of The Apocopylypse
0 Day: Attack on Earth Micro-Review: Where’s Will Smith When You Need Him?
PREVIEWS & IMPRESSIONS
WarioWare D.I.Y. Has Made Me A User Generated Content Convert
Split Second Preview: Happy With Second Place
MLB 2K10 Preview: Battling Back to Even the Count
Assassin’s Creed II Discovery iPhone Preview: Sonic-y
God of War III’s Wildest Moment (So Far) Explained
BioShock 2 Preview: Something Bad Is About To Happen
Hell Hath No Fury Like Video Game’s Take on Dante’s Inferno
Hands On With Apple’s iPad, Everything But The Games
Hands On With Apple’s iPad, Just The Games
MAG: First-Day Impressions of a Burgeoning War
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days: Eyes-On With The Best Worst Camera Ever
Razer Reinvents, Perfects the Xbox 360 Controller
Hands-On With Street Fighter’s Juri Or: How I Stopped Playing Ken and Learned to Love Da Bomb
Scrap Metal Hands-On: Calling All Twisted Metal Fans
Hands-On With Unreal Engine On The iPhone, Nvidia Tegra
Super Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition S Hands-on
More Hands-on Details From Xbox 360’s Game Room
COLUMNS
WELL PLAYED by Brian Crecente
Video Games Survive Recession, But At What Cost?
Game Developers See Potential, Not Gold Rush in Apple’s iPad
STICK JOCKEY by Owen Good
The Replacements, Still Replaced in Video Games
The Problem(s) with Olympic Video Games
If It’s In the Name, It’s In the Game
Can Sports Video Games Win One for the Little Guys?
A Picture Worth More Than Words
TIM ROGERS
