TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW SIX: VEGAS
Ubisoft, PS2, $49.99, Xbox 360 $59.99
You know the drill: What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas –  except when it involves terrorists taking the city hostage. (Guess someone could benefit from a long stay at the infamous Chicken Ranch.) Featuring a new hero/team, the famed first-person tactical shooter franchise’s next-generation […]

ERAGON
Vivendi Universal, PS2/Xbox $49.99, Xbox 360, $59.99
Based on a movie that’s based on a best-selling book by a 15-year-old kid (little jerk!), Eragon is the tale of a boy and his dragon fighting against the evil king…John Malkovich. The game borrows heavily from the Lord of the Rings action titles with various button mashing […]

GUITAR HERO 2
Red Octane, PS2, $49.99
Last year’s Guitar Hero was probably the single most talked about title among gamers and non-nerds alike, quickly becoming the ultimate party-hearty game. It’s just way too irresistible (especially if you are wasted) to pass up clicking away at Pantera’s “Cowboys From Hell” on a toy guitar while a […]

NBA 2K7
2K Sports, PS2 $49.99 Xbox 360, $59.99 
Keep your high-top Chucks and moldy headband in the closet, there’s no reason to show off your weak “Cable Guy” air-ball jumper when you can just save face playing NBA 2K7. Arguably the greatest sports games to hit the market in 2006, this one puts its […]

FINAL FANTASY XII
Square Enix, PS2, $49.99
One would think with name like Final Fantasy, they would have never made it past the first one. Yet, here we are nearly twenty years later looking upon the twelfth installment of the world’s biggest RPG franchise…and it’s undoubtedly one of the best ever. As fans will tell you, […]

WWE SMACKDOWN VS. RAW 2007
THQ, PS2, $49.99 / Xbox 360, $59.99
Grease up, squeeze into those pastel tights and start swinging… It’s just you against an entire league (and loony bin’s) worth of “sports entertainment” superstars in the sharpest-looking wrestling simulation yet. Whereas previous virtual outings have been content to deliver expansive career modes, trash-talking […]

MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE
Activision, PS3/Xbox 360, $59.99 Wii $49.99 PS2/Xbox $39.99
A comic book fetishists wet dream, Marvel Ultimate Alliance has managed to squeeze twenty of Marvel’s finest into a button mashing extravaganza (though a total of 140 either make good-guy cameos or otherwise try to whip the universe into upheaval.) You’ll take an assembled team […]

Bully
Rockstar Games, PS2, $39.99
When Rockstar decided on a game that let you relive the “joys” of high school, the first question asked was ‘why?’ If you’re in high school or college, you probably don’t need more academia-induced stress in your life. And even if you’re out of school do you really want to go […]

LOCOROCO SCEA, PSP, $39.99
You have to love the Japanese. While American game designers act like graduates of military academies–obsessed with blowing shit up–many of our Asian counterparts never left the coloring book behind. Or perhaps they simply enjoy the effects of mind-bending narcotics more than we do. Case in point: LocoRoco, Sony’s […]

SAINT’S ROW THQ, Xbox 360, $59.99 In the world of crime, it doesn’t take a lot of imagination to become the boss; it just takes a lot of muscle, nerve, and luck. It’s a pretty simple formula and plenty of wannabe hoodlums try to use it to climb to the top. In the […]