Dated gameplay and gags. [Sept 2010, p.81]

A solid choice for couch time with the kids. [July 2009, p.84]

The gameplay follows a predictable pattern: Spidey and a sidekick(friends, like Black Cat and Iron Fist, or foes, like Doc Ock and Sandman)enter an area, Venom-ish enemies teleport in, and you have to clear the room of bad guys to open the door to the next area. Repeat ad nauseum. [Dec 2007, p.62]

And between the bland menus and creepily animated singers, Karaoke Revolution even looks the part of a last-gen holdover. [Holiday 2009, p.83]

There's no reason to play The Golden Compass unless the movie or book absolutely monopolizes your imagination. [Jan 2008, p.62]

It's the ultimate game for, like, 10 people out there, and they'll love it like monkeys love bananas. [Aug 2007, p.74]

Maddening difficulty spikes. [Nov 2009, p.84]

If you've got a few friends, it can actually be pretty fun. [Apr 2008, p.76]

Enemy A.I. is ludicrously accurate and all-seeing. [Sept 2010, p.85]

Inertial dampers prevent a sense of speed, and our comm link forces pilots to endure commands repeated endlessly in battle. [Dec 2003, p.100]

Once non-fans master the rules of laying down the cards and rolling the Bakugan. they'll be dismayed to learn that the actual gameplay boils down to repetitive mini-games and a shallow marble-steering gimmick. [Holiday 2009, p.79]

The action is incredibly easy. We rarely had trouble with events, particularly the formal tennis matches.

But with a story that engages only with a last-minute twist and so many flunkies to fight over 12-or-so hours, JLH feels beneath its godlike protagonists. [Holiday 2006, p.83]

Moderately challenging and entertaining, Acme Arsenal is nevertheless far from memorable. [Nov 2007, p.99]

The game's at least competent, and that's surely good enough for fans. [Holiday 2008, p.83]

Xbox owners get the mediocre 2K6 with new rosters, but nothing else new. [Apr 2007, p.86]

But as long as you keep your expectations in line with it's $30 budget price, it's a pretty decent way to spend an afternoon, especially with kids. [Jan 2010, p.77]

Sadly, the basic objectives in each level rarely change. [Oct 2008, p.81]

Value is also a question, as the game's campaign spans less than two hours; and even with survival stages and a quirky bonus where you can fight up to four friends who plug in controllers, this hardly feels like a $40 game. But if you're willing to shell out for it and deal with the control flubs and brevity, Kung Fu High Impact serves up some good, dumb fun.

Enough neat touches that speak to diehard Euro-RPG fans. [Apr 2010, p.84]

While Kinect Sports Rivals amuses and impresses in spots, the overall package fails to show significant improvement in the realm of motion gaming, making for an ultimately discouraging early showcase for Kinect 2.0.

The Strike is simply too shallow to hold even the most ardent fisher's attention for long. [Dec 2009, p.69]

Still, for anyone with a youngling who loves the Lego Star Wars games, the bang-on look and feel of Clone Wars will be a solid co-op romp. [Holiday 2009, p.80]

If you already own MotoGP 08, there just isn't enough here to justify an upgrade. [May 2010, p.77]

As a story that up-ends an icon, Testament certainly delivers for the bulk of your adventure, stumbling only in its weaker, latter third. What hurts the game more, unfortunately, are its dicey production values.

There are too many holes in March Madness to really get crazy about it. [Holiday 2005, p.70]

The camera isn't the smartest tool in the box. [Dec 2002, p.118]

Flick the fanboy switch off, though, and you're left playing a game in bad need of a little more technical polish and a whole lot of more variety. [Jan 2011, p.73]