The Haute Critique

This weekend I downloaded “Shadow Complex” from the XBox Live online store. I had heard that it was cool, and I hadn’t done much gaming lately, and it was only 1200 Microsoft points, which seems like 12 dollars, but is actually 15 (I hate stored value systems that don’t run at an easy, even-to-the-dollar ratio, but that’s a gripe for another time). So, away I went!

Wannabes. Shoulder to shoulder staring at a video game with toy guitars behind a toy drum set. It is simple enough. There are no advanced tactics, like strafing, from first person shooters. No complex combo moves. You don’t even have to jump or eat magic mushrooms. That hasn’t stopped Rockband 2, and games like it, [...]