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Nearly twenty years later, the humor and the puzzles of this seminal LucasArts adventure game still hold up, and the new production values help it feel fresh again.

While there's certainly substance to Arc's 2D fighter, you have to dig through so many layers of loud music and flashy visuals that the whole experience becomes a bit exhausting.

Despite some frustrating early network issues, this lean, mean sequel to the grandaddy of all Battlefield games still has it where it counts.

While it lacks the "Bible-as-a-weapon" innovation found in the previous game, this prequel tale merges adequate gameplay with a plot good enough to keep you focused.

EA skillfully fleshes out the formula for The Sims with its latest iteration, bringing it closer to an actual game than the PC series has been, without diminishing what makes it so broadly appealing in the first place.

The physics-based action in this puzzle-oriented platformer from FrozenByte is inventive, satisfying, and visually stunning.

Telltale delivers a breezy pirate adventure with its first episode, easing into the fiction while still honoring the Monkey Island name.

This decent movie tie-in has competent combat starring the robots in disguise--but fails to do a whole lot with it.

The Conduit checks most of the boxes on a first-person shooter features list, but it comes together in a very bland way.

Guitar Hero: Smash Hits is better than it sounds, but it'd probably be even better as a collection of downloadable tracks for Guitar Hero: World Tour.

Between its legendary roster and authentic gameplay, Fight Night Round 4 is a great homage to the sport of boxing.

Sam & Max Save the World is easily the funniest game on the Xbox 360.

This endearing DS platformer is sickeningly cute but a little too light on challenge and complexity.

In its quest to serve up as much Ghostbusters fan service as possible, Terminal Reality delivers a game that's brimming with homage, but one that's not as funny or fun as you might hope.

Rocket Riot is immensely charming with some light-hearted gameplay behind it that makes for some exciting multiplayer battles.

Rock Band miniaturizes onto the PSP better than you might think, though Unplugged is brought down by technical issues and an overly familiar track listing.

Who knew that blowing apart buildings, bridges, and other Martian structures could be so satisfying?

To a certain extent it's still just more Boom Blox, but Bash Party refines and builds on what was already a winning formula.

Dynamic, pinpoint-precise combat and a sprawling urban landscape define this great open-world action game from Sucker Punch.

It's not a poorly made game, but Terminator Salvation is too simple and too fleeting to recommend.