Overdue Review: Portal 2 (PC)

Butler brings you the scoop on Portal 2 and his thoughts on what makes for an effective sequel.  He'll try to keep his delighted squealing to a minimum, though promises nothing.  Find out if this game is awesome, or the awesome-EST after the jump.

Overdue (Guest) Review: F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (PC)

With the atrociously titled F3AR on the horizon, guest writer CM Teresi checks out what’s what with FEAR 2: Project Origin. Share his profane befuddlement after the jump!

Microsoft's Rewards Program: Awesome, Insidious, Or Simply Banal?

Microsoft is launching a new rewards program that offers gamers incentive to utilize the "gold" features of Xbox Live.  The program has yet to officially debut, but gamers are already bristling on either side of the fence.  So what's the big deal?   More after the jump!

Diamonds In The Rough: 3 Games That Are Almost Awesome

You wouldn't believe it from reading my reviews, but there are games out there that are in fact neither the worst thing ever created nor the second coming of He who is Christ.  Sometimes, a great idea simply gets screwed up by the game that gets in the way.  Will some of these (slightly older) titles tickle your fancy in spite of their flaws?   More after the jump!

Overdue (Guest) Review: Red Faction: Guerrilla (PC)

Guest writer CM Teresi swears a lot about the red planet! More after the jump! 

Eating My Words: Call of Duty: Black Ops (PC)

As much as Butler wants to tear this game a new one, he just can't do it.  Find out more after the jump!

WordsFinest 100th Post Extravaganza!

 Oh hello, adoring fans and devout readers. It's a special day. This is our 100th post on WordsFinest - a marvelous milestone which deserves your generous applause. Go ahead. Clap.

Clap, dammit.

No? Alright, we understand. We were once humorless prudes, too. We'll save the clapping for the two-hundredth post. That's what this is about - the future! The next 100 posts. Are you sufficiently titillated? Read on!

Overdue Review: Fallout: New Vegas (PC)

Butler stops playing Fallout: New Vegas long enough to review it.  Did it live up to its mighty predecessor?  Find out after the jump! 

Overdue Review: Sonic The Hedgehog 4 - Episode 1 (Xbox 360)

Sega stops beating their heads against the wall for a moment and decides to try releasing something that they at least know was good at one point.  How well did this play out for them?  Read on, Stranger...

Overdue Review: Just Cause 2 (PC)

Butler gets his reviews back to properly "overdue" status, giving a breakdown of his other summer obsession.  More after the jump.

Less Overdue Review: Dead Rising 2 (PC)

Ever the zombie fanatic, Butler delves into Dead Rising 2's Fortune City to see if there may be even more on the market to scratch his undead itch.  More after the jump! 

Overdue Review: Limbo (Xbox 360)

Butler takes you back to those summer days when absolutely nothing was coming out to review the one thing that came out. More after the jump!

Overdue Review: Alan Wake (Xbox 360)

Butler grabs his critical flashlight and delves into Alan Wake's mountain town of Bright Falls.  What did he find emerging from the darkness?  Find out after the jump...

Overdue Review: Dante's Inferno (Xbox 360)

The game related pickings have been somewhat slim for the last month or so, so Butler decided to jump back to the holiday season and give Dante's Inferno a go.  How did this intrepid reviewer fare?  More after the jump!

Overdue Review: Splinter Cell: Conviction (PC)

Butler finally gets around to playing some of that Splinter Cell all the kids have been talking about.  So what is his belated verdict?   More after the jump!

TIMELY Review: Beat Hazard (PC)

Cold Beam Games' Beat Hazard is a fresh twist on an the old classic, Asteroids.  The twist?  Enemy sets, weapon power, and level strategies are influenced by the background music you select (from your own music library no less).  Can this indie interloper compete with the big dogs?

Breakdown! Project Natal

This Christmas, Microsoft is releasing a new add-on for the Xbox 360. Its codename is Project Natal (nuh-TAL, not the other one), and it's going to be able to watch and hear you. Should you get one?  Butler and Aaron weigh in.

Overdue Review: Metro 2033 (PC)

4a Games offers its foray into the survival/first-person-shooter genre with Metro 2033.  Taking place in Moscow decades after a nuclear holocaust which forced the survivors into the metro system (which is actually fallout protected, for reals.  Thank you cold war!) the game leads you on a journey through monsters, military, and the unknown.  How did this reviewer fare in this environment? Read on, after the jump!