The Insomniac Coder

From Virtual Shackles: This is the hardest part of LA Noire , what really sets it apart: the interrogation system forces you to pay attention and use your head, instead of mindlessly navigating through linear story lines that have basically zero branching. Every interview branches out and affects the outcome, and for you to pass a case with the highest mark (they are rated with one to five stars) you would need to get every clue, hit every question right, etc. Not a game for button mashers or for people that burn through full games in 10 hours. It IS very entertaining, but it will also give you a headache.  Related articles L.A. Noire Review (godisageek.com) L.A. Noire five-star walkthrough and newspaper guide (L.A. Noire) (gamesradar.com) Be a better L.A. Noire interrogator (joystiq.com) Review: LA Noire (everyonelookbusy.wordpress.com) Review: L.A. Noire (Xbox 360) (bnbgaming.com)

Guitar Hero II for the 360 was (and still is) one of the most engaging games I ever played on that console. I have exactly zero musical ability, and it was a thrill to finally visualize decades of air guitar shredding to more than a few songs that I really liked. It was also humiliating to fall on my face trying to even pass a stage with an Iron Maiden song I must have listened to hundreds of times in the past 25 years or so. To my relief there were other songs that I nailed cold (Strutter, YYZ), so I think I paid for that transgression in spades. For some reason I got tired of playing it, and I was never attracted to the games that came out since, or the Rock Band franchise . Friends played both franchises and mostly liked them all. Here's a fantastic timeline on the 19 versions of the Guitar Hero series that spawned over just five years: R.I.P. Guitar Hero, but I honestly will not miss you. (Timeline) : gaming Related articles R.I.P Guitar Hero (pcworld.com) Guita...

If you are sitting on the fence about Deadrising 2: Case Zero, then you gotta check this out: Related articles by Zemanta Dead Rising 2 Case Zero Walkthrough - Finding Zombrex (Part 1) (brighthub.com) Preview: Dead Rising 2 (g4tv.com) Review: Dead Rising: Case Zero a Bite-Sized Zombie Massacre (wired.com)

Image via Wikipedia G ood luck with that. If they can get away with it, maybe I could rack in some quick cash by suing Garage Games for addicting PJ through Marble Blast Ultra , or Playdom for addicting Ivette through Sorority Life . I wouldn't need to sue for myself because I am not an addict. Sure, I have played certain games for hundreds of hours, but I can stop any time I want so in reality it is not an addiction, just a healthy way to pass my idle time. Related articles by Zemanta NCsoft sued for making Lineage II too darned addicting (massively.com) Man who played Lineage II for 200,000 hours sues creators (destructoid.com) Addicted Gamer Sues, Says He is 'Unable to Function' (wired.com)