Game of the Year 2012: Rock

This year was pretty tough. We had plenty of fantastic games this year, as well as some highly-anticipated bombs. I actually spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out which game I loved most this year, and I finally decided on XCOM: Enemy Unknown. No other game this year hooked me as well as XCOM. As a person who really hates strategy games, this surprised the shit out of me. But the game's excellent presentation, easy to learn tactics, and wonderful base building and research elements were just about a perfect combination for me.

KGB Classic Nostalgia Dirigible: Classic Christmas Commercials

It's the most wonderful time of the year. Snow is falling, bank accounts are emptying, and you've probably brought a dead tree into your home and covered it in lights. The Christmas season is a whirlwind of nostalgia, and what better way to celebrate that than with a trip on the KGB Nostalgia Dirigible?!

Known Griefers Discusses the WarZ Situation

If you've been anywhere near the Internet in the past 48 hours, you've presumably heard some rumblings about WarZ. The zombie survival game launched on Steam earlier this week, and quickly shot up the best-selling charts. Some players felt misled by the game's...less than factual description, though.

KGB Classic: Santa Claus: Videogame Hero

Enjoy a Christmas classic from the KGB archives!


You might think that seasonal videogames are too niche of a market to exist, but you'd be wrong. The Jolly old fat man himself, Santa Claus, is no stranger to videogames. Little Saint Nick has appeared in quite a few adventures over the years, and Chris takes you on another flight of the KGB Nostalgia Dirigible!

KGB Radio on YouTube: KGB Radio Answers Yahoo! Answers

KGB Radio on YouTube: Erotic Fan Fiction

Today in Kickstarter: Code Hero Dev Takes the Money and Runs *UPDATED*

Stop me if you've heard this one before: There's something fishy going on with a game-related Kickstarter. It seems like Code Hero, a programming tool/game from Primer Labs, was funded nearly $170,000; and nothing has come of it. Time to lawyer up!

AGTurbo Reviews Borderlands 2

Friend-of-the-site AGTurbo is back with a look at Borderlands 2. As we all scramble to play through the games we missed in 2012, is the follow-up to Gearbox's gun-gasm worth your time?

KGB Radio on YouTube: Chris Rock Stops By the KGB Studios

KGB Surveillance: WWF Wrestlemania SNES

Chris is in the driver's seat for this one, with Rock and Pat providing loving encouragement. Chris relives some childhood memories with this port of the arcade classic. Want to guess which wrestler he plays?

KGB Radio Episode 46: FuckU

Rock and Pat have a nice, long talk about the WiiU launch, Thanksgiving, the Mass Effect series, and more. Chris took a sick day, but he was kind enough to send in a song suggestion.

Jones Reviews Train Simulator 2013

It sucks.

What? You want more?

Fine.

KGB Top 5: Games that Terrified Us

Look, we know this is late. But why don't you settle down, eat a turkey sandwich, and breathe? Here's a Top 5 in which we look at some games that have made us poop a little. Out of fear. Not some kind of fart gamble. Speaking of which, is there any more mashed potatoes?

Time to Play the Game: WWE '13 Review

Can you smell it, brother?! Chris is back with another wrestling review, this time for WWE '13.

KGB Top 5: Disney Buys Star Wars

Longtime friend-of-the-site Adam Marcey is back with a new Top 5. This time, he takes a look at what Disney should, and shouldn't do with their recent acquisition of Lucasfilm and Star Wars. After all, anything would be better than the prequels, right?

KGB Surveillance: Halloween Mailbag Fun!

Friend of the site D. Bethel sent us a whole bunch of goodies, so of course the logical thing to do was do video the opening. It looks like Christmas came early this year. Woo!

KGB Radio Episode 45: Money Woes

Join Rock, Chris, and Pat as we discuss THQ's woes, Silicon Knights getting slammed in court, and have an in depth conversation about the Assassin's Creed series.

The Garden of Eden: Assassin's Creed III Review

Utterly. Batshit. Insane. There is really no other way to convey the wild storytelling of Assassin’s Creed III. After spending the past three games with Ezio Auditore, ACIII finally introduces new protagonists, not the mention an entire New World. The time-bending meta-story of Desmond Miles is also heavily featured, eventually wrapping itself around into the present day. Multiple location shifts span decades, making Assassin’s Creed III feel like the most expansive entry yet.

Cinema Junk: Resident Evil: Retribution

*SPOILERS* As a warning, there are spoilers in this review. More to accent the pure idiocy of the film, and the inconsistencies. As I consider there to be little story anyways I feel it might be a useless warning. But if it's to save someone the grief of walking out of the theatre with $10 less in their wallets going "What in the fuck?!" I feel spoiling this pile of cinematic garbage is worth it.

KGB Surveillance Week of Scares: Slender

This week, we've been celebrating Halloween with some horror-filled gaming! Check out today's final installment: Chris, Pat, and Rock play Slender for the PC, with some spooky consequences!

KGB Surveillance Week of Scares: Ghosts 'N Goblins

This week, we're celebrating Halloween with some horror-filled gaming! Check out today's installment: Chris, Pat, and Rock play Ghosts 'N Goblins for the NES!

KGB Surveillance Week of Scares: Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary

This week, we're celebrating Halloween with some horror-filled gaming! Check out today's installment: Pat, Chris and Rock play Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary for the NES!

KGB Radio Halloween Special 2012

Tonight, Rock, Chris, and Pat bring the scares in our first ever spooky Halloween Spectacular! Highlights include: a fall themed taste test, mail bag fun, true life spooky stories, and a truly haunting erotic fanfic. Brace yourselves!

KGB Sureveillance Week of Scares: Slender

This week, we're celebrating Halloween with some horror-filled gaming! Check out today's installment: Chris and Rock play Slender for the PC!

KGB Surveillance Week of Scares: Samurai Zombie Nation

This week, we're celebrating Halloween with some horror-filled gaming! Check out today's installment: Chris, Pat, and Rock play Samurai Zombie Nation for the NES!

KGB Surveillance Week of Scares: Friday the 13th

This week, we're celebrating Halloween with some horror-filled gaming! Check out today's installment: Chris, Pat, and Rock play Friday the 13th for the NES!

AGTurbo Says: Medal of Honor

What happens when a beloved franchise gets rebooted? AGTurbo takes a look back at 2010's release of Medal of Honor from EA. With a new entry in the series due out this coming Holiday season, how did last year's game stack up?

From the Shadows: Dishonored Review

Old friend of the site Dan Smith stops by with a review of Dishonored. The new shooter from Bethesda is turning lots of heads with its stealth-action gameplay and unique mechanics. What did Dan think about the hot shooting dudes action? Read on to find out!

Price Dropasaurus: Rayman Origins

Chris recently got some time with a recent game that went under the radar. Rayman Origins faced some stiff competition when released in Winter 2011. Despite the fact that you may have overlooked it, Rayman Origins deserves a playthrough.

KGB Radio Episode 44: Pizza Butt

Join Rock, Pat, and Chris as they get down with stuff...and things. Tonight, we talk about XCOM, Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, and a lot more. Also, Rock is the cause of his parents divorce, according to Chris'.

A Very Late, and Far Too Personal Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD Review

While very late, Chris had a lot to say about Robomodo's recent release of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD. The original games have become celebrated classics, and THPS HD looks to introduce those games to a new generation. Or perhaps to sell those games again to nostalgic twentysomethings? Either way, it's not very good. Read on for a very long and rambling look at what exactly went so wrong here.

Hands-On First Impressions: Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit

After a lackluster Summer of Arcade, there have been some high caliber titles on XBLA lately. Chris takes a look at Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit. Get ready for some adorable ass-kicking.

KGB Radio Episode 43: Miyamoto's Return

Rock, Pat, Chris, and friend of the site D. Bethel get together for one of our silliest episodes to date. We'll discuss Slender, streaming woes, XCOM and much more. 

KGB Radio Episode 42- Kingdoms Of Amnotgood

Join Rock and Pat in another man-on-man goofabout as they discuss Torchlight 2, Thief mods, anime, punk rock, and more.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown- Hands On First Impressions

For most of his life, Rock has been intensely interested in the subject of UFOs. Before video games, comic books, movies, music..almost other hobbies came into his life, he was into UFOs.  So it should surprise no one that he was incredibly excited to play a game that let him take the lead in defending Earth from nefarious beings from outer space.  Rock recently got some hands on time with the demo for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and he likes what he saw. Time to die, alien scum!

Hands-On First Impressions: Fire Pro Wrestling

After a years-long wait, Fire Pro Wrestling finally makes its triumphant return, this time on Xbox Live Aracade. How awesome is it? It's not. It sucks. Hard.

Can You Make My Dreams Come True? To the Moon Reviewed

Is the past worth revisiting? Can you undo your mistakes? If you could, would you?  These questions and more were filling Rock's head as he sat down for some quality time with To the Moon. Read on for Rock's impressions of this indie gem from Freebird Games.

KGB Radio Episode 41: Best Ever

Join Rock, Pat, Dan Smith, and returning guest TJ Turner as we discuss Bioware, "Best games ever", the Wii U and more.

Pit of Despair: RAGE

Rock had quite a time with id's latest: RAGE. Although maybe not in the way you'd expect. Take another dip into the Pit of Despair, and see what the wonders of PC gaming have in store for you.

Price Dropasaurus: Shadows of the Damned

When Shadows of the Damned released in June of 2011, it did two things: It won critics over, earning almost universal praise, and it proceeded to sell worse than televisions in an Amish community. SotD sold less than 30,000 copies in its first week, and that's from both Xbox and PS3 combined!  Well Rock is here now to tell you why this gem is worth your time, especially now that the price been slashed significantly.

Bioware Founders Call It Quits, Rock Dies A Little Inside

Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka, the founders of BioWare, have officially announced their retirement from games. Read on for Rock's heartfelt thoughts on this devastating departure.

PopCap Handing Out Free Games for Halloween

In what might be the most awesomest Halloween deal ever, PopCap has announced they are giving away thousands of copies of Plants v. Zombies for free this Halloween. In cooperation with the American Dental Association, PvZ is sponsoring "Stop Zombie Mouth", a campaign aimed at replacing some candy in kids' bags with addictive puzzle games.

Trials By Fire: Animare

Trials by Fire is a column from D. Bethel whereby two game demos are arbitrarily judged and one is declared the victor.  In actuality, it's a veiled rant.  This edition discusses animation in video games as exemplified by the demos for Dust: An Elysian Tail and Mark of the Ninja.

KGB Top 5 Console Makeovers

Everybody remembers their first. Perhaps you have fond memories of the NES, that little gray box that was a magical portal into whole new worlds. Or maybe you came of age in the era of the PlayStation and Nintendo 64. Whatever the case, before the Internet, chances are you went through childhood completely unaware of the many variations classic consoles went through over their lifespan. We here at KGB picked out Top 5 favorite console redesigns, please to enjoy!

Memory Lane: Gunstar Heroes

Every so often there is a game someone plays that is so beloved, that it becomes something more than a simple game. It becomes something special, hard to describe. In this Memory Lane, the returning Humor Tumor shares some of his thoughts on one of those games that is beloved by him, and many others: Gunstar Heroes.

AGTurbo's Sleeping Dogs Review

KGB favorite AGTurbo is back. This time, he takes a look at Sleeping Dogs. How strong is the kung-fu of United Front Games' open world thriller? Does he enjoy it as much as Chris did? Read on and find out. 

KGB Radio Episode 40: New Friends

Join Rock, his new step-dad Chris, and special guest Craig Kandiko as we discuss Sleeping Dogs, Rock's hatred of MMOs not called Guild Wars 2, Darksiders II, celebrity sightings, and Craig's new project, Geekenstein.com. We also announce the winners of our Orcs Must Die! 2 contest!

Inside Man: Sleeping Dogs Review

Sleeping Dogs has the distinction of possibly having the most convoluted journey to store shelves that has ever produced a quality game. Just this past year, we saw an example of what typically happens when a game with a troubled development cycle is finally released: the abysmal Duke Nukem Forever. Put that abomination out of your mind, though, as Sleeping Dogs rises from the ashes to reach amazing heights. United Front Games and Square Enix have given us one of the best open world experiences of this generation.

KGB Classic: OH GOD WHY?! Fight Club

A year ago, Chris took a look at Fight Club. The game, not the movie. As you might imagine, it's a piece of dog poop. Take a trip in the KGB One Year Ago Machine, and catch up with this installment of OH GOD WHY?!

Fallout: New Vegas- Adventures Through the Western Wasteland Part 3

And the bodies of the evil doers continue to pile up! Let no fiend stand in the way of Rock's righteous wrath! Read on for more adventure and daring-do as Rock continues his trek across to New Vegas wasteland.

Doom 64: An Overlooked Horror Gem

Hell must have frozen over. KGB Radio co-host Pat Ronk actually managed to write an article. Speaking of Hell, here's a look at Doom 64. This version of the classic id shooter had some major differences from other ports, and Pat takes a look at what makes this one so special.

KGB Surveillance: Symphony

Come on in and hang out with Rock, Chris, and special guest Sean Tierney. Today we're taking a look at Symphony, the drop dead gorgeous music based shooter from Empty Clip studios.

AGTurbo Says: State of the Industry- Giants into Midgets

While it is a great time for videogames, it is a hard time for large gaming corporations. EA, Take Two Interactive, Activision, Sony, and Gamestop had 52 week lows on stock prices within the past month. And where there's sales figures, there's AGTurbo. He's back with another AGTurbo Says.

KGB Radio Episode 39: Birthday Birthday Doodely-Doo!

Join Rock, Chris, and special guest Sean Tierney as we celebrate our first birthday as a website. We talk Sleeping Dogs, Symphony, OnLive, and more. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll learn about Rock's utter hatred for dancing. Baby, it'll blow your mind.

KGB Interview: Ladies and Gentlemen, Justin McElroy of Polygon

Recently, Chris had the chance to talk with one of our favorite personalities from the world of games. Justin McElroy was at Joystiq for years, before becoming a founding member of Polygon. He's also the host of the hilarious My Brother, My Brother, and Me podcast. Justin sat down and talked with us about the formation of Polygon, creative burnout, his many successful podcasts, and more!

How (Not) to Win Friends and Influence People: Indie Game Developer Pisses Off Reddit

Here we have quite an entertaining story from the world of games. The subject of this article is someone whom we've come across a few times before, but we generally have stuck to merely discussing said gentlemen in the privacy of the KGB offices. You may have heard us discussing this story in the latest episode of KGB Radio, here's the full story.

KGB Radio Episode 38: Your Podcast, We Will Need It!

Join Rock, Chris, Pat, and Zack for this downright giggle-palooza. We discuss Star Wars:TOR, Dark Knight Rises with spoilers, and misleading Kickstarters along with much more. We're also joined in our third segment by friend of the site D. Bethel!

Fallout: New Vegas- Adventures Through the Western Wasteland Part 2

Rock's back with more tales of heroism in the desert wasteland of Fallout New Vegas. Has he gotten revenge for his attempted murder? Has he solved the mystery of his missing parcel? Read on to find out!

Hands-On First Impressions: Resident Evil 6 Demo

It's been a while since we've last seen Humor Tumor on the site. And with the release of the Resident Evil 6 demo a while ago, he has been digesting his thoughts on it. The game is easily his most anticipated title of this year, it's hard for him to contain his excitement for it. Luckily, the demo gives you a pretty good taste of the action, and what Capcom is trying to do with the game. Divided amongst the three campaigns, the RE6 allows you to try out each of the individual styles and approaches to three main characters.

Just Cause 2 Goes Full Retard: Plus, a Bonus AGTurbo Says

Things are getting out of hand in the PC version of Just Cause 2. A new mod is turning the game into an absolute insane asylum. Check out the wild video, plus a bonus installment of AGTurbo Says!

Kill Them All...Again! Orcs Must Die! 2 Review

  
Rock's been eagerly awaiting the release of Orcs Must Die! 2 ever since he first laid hands on it at PAX East. Was it worth the wait? Does it live up to expectations? Read on to find out!

We Called It: Star Wars The Old Republic to Go Free-to-Play

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of dollars suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.