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Shoot, decapitate, slice and impale your way for vengeance in this sequel to 2007's sleeper hit. Warning: the review contains spoilers for those who haven't finished the first game.

Review of The Darkness 2! Is it worth checking out? Read on!

"Fuck secondhand buyers." "Whatever. I don't mind." These voices in favor of online passes are too loud and too quiet, respectively, and they're the sentiments I usually see on this side of the debate. Some of the nay party’s arguments are flawed, too, so here's my case for the ayes.

Ever wonder what's being dumped unto the shelves of video game stores every week? Wonder no more! Karli Winata will attempt to bring to light the many releases that come out each week. Won't you join him in his self torture? Check out what's coming out on the week of 2/6/2012.

Remaking a classic, isometric, real-time strategy game into a twitchy first-person shooter seems like a very bad idea...unless they get it right.

Video blips for October 11, 2011. Check out a couple of The Darkness 2's special abilities, learn about the power of friendship in Binary Domain, and more.

Part one of my Deus Ex blog series looks at the inspirations it draws from other games, how it improves upon some of those and how certain mechanics could have used more improvements.

The Darkness 2's Darkling is a lewd and boisterous companion to protagonist Jackie Estacado...but he's also quite useful.

In a superhero-themed episode of the Mobcast, Marvel Studio's Chris Baker, 1UP's Mike Cruz, and GamePro's Jason Wilson join Bitmob's Dan "Shoe" Hsu and Rus McLaughlin to discuss their favorite and least favorite superhero titles, and which Marvel characters should be added to Marvel vs. Capcom, what comics would make for good games, and more.

The Darkness isn't perfect. I've played plenty of first-person shooters with better-designed levels, and the story is almost as cheesy as the comic book it's based on. But on Unik Gamer -- where gamers arrange their Top 25 lists -- I placed it second. Why? Find out in this conversation with...well, myself.

Part 2 of Gaming Maladies examines the difficulty of playing a game when the plot is of little to no interest.