Articles by Stephen Munn
Stephen Munn is a writer, gamer, lover of technology and a father, not necessarily in that order.
Need For Speed Most Wanted: Most Wanted list trailer
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Here’s the fourth gameplay trailer for the upcoming Need For Speed: Most Wanted. This one focuses on the Most Wanted List, which covers the “ten most elite racers” in Criterion and EA’s game world.
I’m a …
Review: To The Moon
On Friday night, I played To The Moon. Perhaps more accurately, I should say To The Moon played me. Well written, astonishingly well scored, and equal parts funny, charming, and heartbreaking, this game hits hard, …
Torchlight II release date is 9/20, just making the “this summer” cut off
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I preordered Torchlight II on Steam as soon as it was available, buying copies for three other people in the process. The game just looks great, and I can’t wait to get my hands on …
The ten games that had the biggest impact on me as a gamer
They’re not the ten best games in history. They’re not even the ten best games I’ve ever played. They’re the ten games that had the greatest impact on me as a gamer. I’ve even provided …
Review: Skype for Android
Skype doesn’t love me.
This is the sentence I’ve typed to my girlfriend time and again as the myriad of issues in Skype for Android cause confusion in our communication.
I can credit Skype with being the …
Humble Indie Bundle V headlined by $13 Million budget Tim Schaefer classic Psychonauts
As if that weren’t enough, it also contains Bastion, LIMBO (which I reviewed), Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and Sword & Sworcery (which is apparently spelled that way just to annoy yours truly).
Why aren’t you already …
I’m clearly not trying hard enough to dislike the 3DS
The 3DS is down to $170 as of today, and that Ambassador program entry window has closed as well. You will hear me on podcast 192 waffling about whether or not I want to get …
This is not what a purchase experience for a game console should be like
My launch Wii is on the verge of exploding or something, so I decided to go buy a new one. Toys R Us had a promotion yesterday, online only, where if you spent $125 or …
Review: Hard Corps: Uprising
Contra is one of those classics from the NES era that just about everyone remembers. It was a side-scrolling run-and-gun game with high jumps and lots of weapon upgrade options, and lots of explosions. Contra …
Review: Magic the Gathering: Tactics
Adam Clayton is a 29 year old gamer who started playing video games on a Tandy TRS-80 (Frogger on Cassette tape, WHAT) and never stopped. He has collected magic cards since 1995 and plays Magic …
Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights puzzler coming for 3DS
Third parties seem pretty confident about Nintendo’s upcoming 3DS console. Konami’s been one of the platform’s big supporters, which is exciting for me as I’m such a fan of several of their franchises. Such a …
Lords of Shadow soundtrack earns two IFMCA nominations
Oscar Araujo’s soundtrack to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow has earned two nominations for The International Film Music Critics Association awards. While the awards are obviously generally intended for film, it turns out that video game …
Goozex baits a firestorm by allowing queue jumping with their new “Early Access” program
While I contemplated the challenges of queue jumping at the game trading post Goozex.com not long ago, I did some amount of research on the site’s forums. One thing suggested by one of the users …
Review: X-Men (PSN)
What is it?
X-Men was a coin-op brawler in the 1990s that many of us aging gamers were raised on. Along with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Simpsons, it completed a trilogy of excellent entries …
Galactus lords over Marvel vs Capcom 3 as its final boss
Marvel vs Capcom 3 is almost here, so it’s about time Capcom dropped the information on who the final boss in the game will be. It’s Galactus. Wait, is Silver Surfer in this game? That …
New characters for Okamiden revealed
Okamiden‘s coming to Nintendo DS on March 15th, and to promote the release, Capcom’s going to be giving us more to look at every week leading up to it. The first batch of stuff here …
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