THE ITHACAN

Review: ‘XCOM: Enemy Unknown’ shines with permanent gameplay

By Robert Mayo • November 14, 2012

The video game takes the player's decisions in the game and makes them permanent.

Review: ‘Dishonored’ dazzles video gamers with sound effects

By Robert Mayo, Contributing Writer • October 24, 2012

"Dishonored" lets players explore a dystopian city in the Victorian era and fight the guards protecting the city.

Play that funky music, game boy

By Jackie Eisenberg, Assistant Accent Editor • September 26, 2012

The Ithaca College Gamer Symphony Orchestra is a newly created student-run orchestra that performs musical scores from video games.

NHL lockout looming: buy NHL ’13

By Andrew Kristy • September 24, 2012

Due to the NHL lockout that is going to majorly suck for all parties involved, a positive can come out of the situation: playing more NHL '13.

Lana-palooza Fizzles Out

March 24, 2012

Back on January 14th, the indie media firestorm that had been brewing since the latter half of 2011 unleashed its relentless fury. I speak of Lana Del Rey’s Saturday Night Live performance. A girl who had zero serious stage experience and lacked a full-length album was playing in the big leagues. I will readily…

‘Skyward Sword’: Game plays up motion

By Silvan Calrson-Goodman, Contributing Writer • December 14, 2011

As an homage to his childhood exploring forests around his hometown, Shigeru Miyamoto captured the thrill and whimsy of his adventures as the creator of “The Legend of Zelda” series.

Discovery, Discovery: Lana Del Rey

By Jared Dionne • December 3, 2011

I love roadtrips. They combine two of my favorite things: driving and music. I enjoy driving six hours back to Rhode Island with nothing but my thoughts and my tunes…and the absolutely insane drivers that I constantly complain about. But roadtrips are even better with friends, especially when they have similar music tastes. Swapping iPods…

‘Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’: Dragon series fires up with fifth installment

By Silvan Carlson-Goodman, Contributing Writer • November 30, 2011

A fantastical world where people can do whatever they please — that’s the classic concept many video games are built on. Unfortunately, game development has been stuck in a one-step-forward, two-steps-back situation as far as actually achieving that fantasy. But “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” is a solid step in the right direction.

‘Gears of War 3’: Epic game ends series

By Robert Rivera, Staff Writer • October 26, 2011

In the final installment of the popular “Gears of War” series, video game development company Epic Games improves its already popular franchise by creating revamped weapon mechanics, clean-cut graphics and maintaining the always interesting, albeit cheesy, dialogue between Marcus Fenix, a soldier of the Coalition of Ordered Governments, and his platoon as they try to…

Puzzle game sequel adds new depth

By James Earl, Contributing Writer • May 4, 2011

Back in 2007, “Portal” became the breakout hit of Valve’s “Orange Box,” a collection of five games released in one package, because of its clever game play and witty dialogue from its memorable villain, the homicidal computer GLaDOS. Now, Valve has recaptured that magic with “Portal 2,” while simultaneously creating a longer game worthy of…

Dynamic visuals liven Pokémon game

By Robert Rivera, Contributing Writer • March 30, 2011

Fifteen years after the Pokémon craze began, Game Freak and Nintendo have partnered once more to produce another title in their long-running handheld game phenomenon, “Pokémon Black” and “Pokémon White.”

Game adds new dimension to play

By Christopher Roach and Whitney Faber, Contributing Writer and Accent Editor • November 18, 2010

The latest game in the first-person shooter franchise “Call of Duty” sold 5.6 million copies 24 hours after its release Nov. 9, breaking the previous record of 4.7 million copies, which was set last year by “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.” Though “Call of Duty: Black Ops” doesn’t exactly revolutionize the old standards set…