Rec Room

HBO's Veep needs more mean

Soft serve
Reality, right now, is so absurd that almost everyone has already adopted a "laugh-to-keep-from-crying" approach to the news. We don't need someone to tell us how truly horrifying our political landscape is. So what's a satirist to do?

By: RYAN STEWART | April 23, 2012

Review: Containment: The Zombie Puzzler

Zombies on the block
Few writers cover games with more depth and insight than Brad Gallaway, the senior editor for GameCritics.com. He plays everything, and he's not afraid to go against popular opinion.

By: MITCH KRPATA | April 17, 2012

Crossword: ''Who's in Charge Here?''

Four who should be.
Four who should be.

By: MATT JONES | April 18, 2012

Crossword: ''Turn! Turn! Turn!''

Prepare to get dizzy.
Prepare to get dizzy.

By: MATT JONES | April 12, 2012

Review: Showtime’s The Borgias

Blood oaths
The second season of The Borgias (Sunday at 9 pm, Showtime) enters a crowded Sunday night field: HBO's Game of Thrones , AMC's Mad Men , even AMC's much discredited The Killing .

By: JON GARELICK | April 09, 2012

Not much 'magic' on Starz's new drama

City of blahs
Premium networks play by different rules from the rest of television, but Starz has taken things to a new extreme: they've twice renewed shows before episode one even aired.

By: RYAN STEWART | April 05, 2012

Review: Journey

Road to nowhere
I have a hard-and-fast rule not to read other people's reviews of games I'll be covering myself.

By: MITCH KRPATA | April 05, 2012

Crossword: ''Cutting in Line''

Hey, no fair!
Hey, no fair!

By: MATT JONES | April 04, 2012

And thus the 'Game of Thrones' continues

Calling Dr. Zaius!
'Twas the thud heard round the world. In the penultimate episode of the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones , our hero Ned Stark (Sean Bean), after a brief, fraught tenure as the King's Hand, discovered the Lannisters' incestuous affair, was falsely declared traitor to the realm, and was beheaded in front of a frothing horde in the town square at King's Landing.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | April 04, 2012

Crossword: ''Drink Up''

It's getting hot out there.
It's getting hot out there.

By: MATT JONES | March 28, 2012

Review: Mass Effect 3

Lost in space
Gamers finally have their own equivalent to J. J. Abrams's sci-fi television epic, Lost.

By: MADDY MYERS | March 26, 2012

Mad Men tries to pick up the pieces

Morning after
"Is it my imagination, or is the lobby full of Negroes?"

By: JON GARELICK | March 21, 2012

Crossword: ''Double Scoop''

Everything sorta melted together.
Everything sorta melted together.

By: MATT JONES | March 22, 2012

Crossword: ''Corner Squares''

4x3x3
4x3x3.

By: MATT JONES | March 13, 2012

Crossword: ''You Missed!''

He shoots, he doesn't score
He shoots, he doesn't score.

By: MATT JONES | March 07, 2012

Review: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Curt Schilling's winning pitch to gamers
Are you ready for this? Curt Schilling's video game is good. Really good.

By: MITCH KRPATA | March 02, 2012

Crossword: ''Dishing on Celebrities''

You'll eat this up
You'll eat this up.

By: MATT JONES | February 29, 2012

Crossword: ''Going Negative''

Totally in denial.
Totally in denial.

By: MATT JONES | February 22, 2012

Review: The Darkness II

The heart of the matter
Have you ever felt a rage so powerful and consuming that it seemed to be operating under its own control? That's the Darkness.

By: MITCH KRPATA | February 15, 2012