I Want
Batman: Arkham Asylum (Xbox 360)

This third-person action game takes Batman inside the iconic, ultra-creepy Arkham Asylum, and this stellar release raises the bar quite high for all future comic book games.

BioShock 2 (Xbox 360)

Taking place some years after the original title, BioShock 2 features the first Big Daddy returning to Rapture to stop the Big Sister and her ilk. Also, some long-awaited multiplayer ...

BioShock (PC)
Dive beneath the ocean's surface for a dark masterpiece of gameplay design. Scaring you is just the first of many, many things BioShock does spectacularly right.
Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360)

Master Chief takes a backseat as a new UNSC hero is drafted in for this standalone expansion that explores the fate of Earth before the events of Halo 3. More ...

Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360)

Let’s keep it good and simple: Modern Warfare 2 is this year’s must-buy first-person shooter.

I'm playing
The Orange Box (Xbox 360)
The Orange Box has five big sections - Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Team Fortress 2, Portal, Half-Life 2, and Half-Life 2: Episode One - and they're juicy, delicious, and priced to ...
Fracture (Xbox 360)

A sci-fi third-person wargame in which you play a soldier who can reshape the very terrain around you. Makes digging the enemy's grave a lot easier. The level design ...

Castle Crashers (Xbox 360)
Castle Crashers has a lot of character but not much else, with grind-tastic gameplay that's wafer-thin and repetitive. This game comes nowhere close to justifying its hefty asking price.
Project Gotham Racing 4 (Xbox 360)
PGR4 has got the goods with new features and refined racing. Grab yourself a Kawasaki crotch rocket or an Aston DB9 and blaze through downtown Shinjuku.
Guitar Hero II (Xbox 360)
The sequel to Guitar Hero promises 55 new songs and the option to jam with friends on bass, rhythm or lead guitar tracks.
Dark Sector (Xbox 360)
There's a good game here - but it looks so much like Resident Evil 4, you might miss it.
I've Beaten
Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360)

While fixing the tiny problems of Gears, the sequel gives you all you wanted and more, occasionally feeling like too much more. Still this is the explosive bloodfest you've ...

Prototype (Xbox 360)

This free-roaming gore-a-thon has a super-powered monster man running around NYC cutting folks to ribbons. If we need to tell you any more to convince you it's awesome, then ...

Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360)

Treyarch ditches the number subtitle and expectedly returns to WWII and the Pacific theatre of war. World at War has extremely brutal gunplay and amazing online multiplayer and co-op modes ...

BioShock (Xbox 360)
Dive beneath the ocean's surface for a dark masterpiece of gameplay design. Scaring you is just the first of many, many things BioShock does spectacularly right.
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Xbox 360)
When you actually get to bust out a Rage Against the Machine song by Rage themselves, there's nothing like it. It's another step in air-guitar fantasy fulfillment.
Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360)

An incredibly tense multiplayer experience like no other. A must buy for shooter fans.

Collecting Dust
Saints Row (Xbox 360)
A Grand Theft Auto wannabe packing two concepts we can't get enough of: crime-based freeform gameplay and zoot suits.
Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360)
The highly-anticipated sequel to the carjack-fest of the century is sure to satisfy all your mob and hooker related fantasy. Okay, maybe not ALL your hooker fantasies.
Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360)
A beautiful, richly convoluted, sci-fi-tinged romp through the back alleys of Damascus, Acre and Jerusalem during the Third Crusade.
Burnout Revenge (Xbox 360)
The power of the Xbox 360 is put to brilliant, vicious use in Burnout Revenge, and it's one of the most thrilling racing games we've played.
I Love
Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360)

While fixing the tiny problems of Gears, the sequel gives you all you wanted and more, occasionally feeling like too much more. Still this is the explosive bloodfest you've ...

The Orange Box (Xbox 360)
The Orange Box has five big sections - Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Team Fortress 2, Portal, Half-Life 2, and Half-Life 2: Episode One - and they're juicy, delicious, and priced to ...
Fracture (Xbox 360)

A sci-fi third-person wargame in which you play a soldier who can reshape the very terrain around you. Makes digging the enemy's grave a lot easier. The level design ...

Prototype (Xbox 360)

This free-roaming gore-a-thon has a super-powered monster man running around NYC cutting folks to ribbons. If we need to tell you any more to convince you it's awesome, then ...

Castle Crashers (Xbox 360)
Castle Crashers has a lot of character but not much else, with grind-tastic gameplay that's wafer-thin and repetitive. This game comes nowhere close to justifying its hefty asking price.
Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360)

Treyarch ditches the number subtitle and expectedly returns to WWII and the Pacific theatre of war. World at War has extremely brutal gunplay and amazing online multiplayer and co-op modes ...

I Hate
Saints Row (Xbox 360)
A Grand Theft Auto wannabe packing two concepts we can't get enough of: crime-based freeform gameplay and zoot suits.
Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360)
A beautiful, richly convoluted, sci-fi-tinged romp through the back alleys of Damascus, Acre and Jerusalem during the Third Crusade.
Halo 2 (Xbox)
The sequel to Xbox's biggest game is a multiplayer masterpiece, even if single-player suffers a bit.