Casual Friday: Spy Games, Spy Gear
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NATURAL BOURNE KILLER
Everyone knows Bond, James Bond. But Jason Bourne? Before the movies, you probably never even heard of the pulp fiction star. Well, this week marks Bourne's first video game treatment, and here's the shocker: It ain't half bad. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy (available on PS3 and Xbox 360) retraces steps from the first flick while filling in blanks along the way. Do I miss not seeing Matt Damon's likeness? No.
Honestly, I would've preferred to see more street fighting than the scenes of sloppy gunplay or the occasional ho-hum car-chase sequences. Still, the game is a fun little ride. Y'know, like any good summer blockbuster. Get in, beat people up, blow things up, and leave. Is it worth shelling out a full 60 bucks for the experience, though? Download the Bourne demo (currently available on Xbox Live and
That said, consider saving some money for the PS3's Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, which will be released on June 12th (next Thursday). That is going to be huge.
In the meantime, this spy fixation
SPY GEAR
I may not know kung fu, but I know where to find gadgets to get the job done. Whether you think them
SPY GAMES
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition: I don't know how GameTap pulled it off, but the company is now offering this fantastic sci-fi spy game for free. In this role-playing, first-person shooter, you're a cybernetic superagent trying to uncover a globe-spanning conspiracy. A couple years ago, you'd have paid top dollar for this game and been happy.
Hacker
: Even if it's more about computers and back doors as opposed to beautiful spies on foreign shores, hacking is synonymous with spying. And while I'd love to point to Activision's classic game
JD Spy : This tiny download is really a series of devious puzzles. In fact, the first time you start playing it, you'll think that the game is broken. Or that the program just isn't working. Trust me on this--it is. And it's a lot of fun.
Dynasty Street: In a nutshell, a secret agent stick figure needs to infiltrate the enemy base and lay waste to anyone that tries to stop him. And, really, who doesn't want
Beyond Castle Wolfenstein : Before Id Software took shooters into 3D, Wolfenstein was a very tense action stealth game. And technically, this was the very first spy game that I loved and played as a kid on my Apple II. In it, you're infiltrating a Nazi headquarters, posing as a guard and trying to plant a bomb to take out Hitler.
Speaking of which, this column will self-destruct in
Senior Writer Darren Gladstone geeks out over gadgets, games, and odd uses for humdrum tech. In other words, he's a nerd--and he's okay with that.
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