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The video game Iron Man is based on the film of the same name as well as the classic iterations of the character.  The game is published by Sega, and was released on Playstation 3, Xbox 360 (developed by Secret Level), Playstation 2, Playstation Portable, Nintendo DS, Wii, PC (developed by Artificial Mind and Movement) and Mobile Platforms.  It features the voices of Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, and Saun Toub, reprising their roles from the movie.

The enemies are Advanced Idea Mechanics, the Maggia and the Ten Rings terrorist group.  The super villians in the game includes Blacklash, Controller, Titanium Man, Melter, and Iron Monger. 

As the game starts, Tony Stark is kidnapped by the terrorist group Ten Rings, who orders him to build a missile for them.

The video game F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is a horror first-person shooter video game, developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros, for Microsoft Windows, Playstation 3, and Xbox 360.  It is a sequel to F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon. 

F.E.A.R. 2 does not allow the player to manually save and features a single save slot.  However, the game allows the player to replay any level from the main menu after first completing that level.

The second heart-stopping shooter by Monolith (after F.E.A.R.) continues the spine-tingling supernatural suspense story of an escalating paranormal crisis that threatens to destroy a major American city.  At the center of the calamity is the mysterious Alma, whose rage against those who wronged her triggered a chain of events that has spiraled completely out of control.  Now that she has been loosed upon the world, the consequences will be unimaginable.

You must utilize the world interaction enhancements to create instant cover or remove obstacles.  The game include iron sight aiming, creating cover by pushing objects, and the ability to use mechs during vehicle segments.  You can play with and against friends in multiplayer competition.  Enhanced graphics engine takes action horror to new heights through enhanced visuals and effects.  Enemies behave realistically and use the environment against you through vastly enhanced enemy.  Artificial Intelligence maintains the authenticity of the Alma storyline.

Left 4 Dead is a co-operative survival horror first-person shooter video game.  It is an epic struggle between survivors and zombie-like aggressive infected people.

There are three game modes: a single player mode in which allied characters are controlled by artificial intelligence (AI); a four-player, co-op Campaign mode; and an eight-player Versus mode.  In all modes, an AI, dubbed “The Director”, controls level pacing and item spawns. 

The game is experienced through four campaigns that take place in various urban and rural locales.  Each campaign is divided into five chapters marked by safe rooms, which are checkpoints where players can heal, re-arm and revive players who were killed.  Specifically, the four campaigns are: “No Mercy”, an urban setting culminating in a hospital; “Death Toll”, a small-town and countryside setting; “Dead Air”, an airport setting; and “Blood Harvest”, a woodland and farm setting.

There are four playable human characters in the game: Francis, a tattoo-covered biker; Zoey, a college student and horror movie enthusiast; Louis, a junior systems analyst in his company’s IT department; and Bill, a former Green Beret and a Vietnam veteran.  

Weapons that the survivors can use include a M1911 pistol, an Uzi submachine gun, a pump-action shotgun, a M16A2 assault rifle, a Benelli M4 Super 90 semi-automatic shotgun, and a scoped Ruger Mini-14 hunting rifle.  

BattleForge players can use the powers of Fire, Frost, Nature, and Shadow to play with.  These four powers determine the balance in the world of BattleForge.  Each of these powers has its own special abilities, strengths and weaknesses.  You use the full array of spells, magical constructs and powerful units for your strategy, which is to become the reigning power.

There are some cards of each of these powers.  There is an auction house where players can trade cards or sell them for BF points (the ingame money).  Also, players can invite each other for a direct trade.  There is a PvE mode (player versus environment) and a PvP mode (player versus player).  In the PvE mode, players can participate in missions.  Some of those missions can only be played by 1 player, while others can be played with 2, 4 or 12 players. 

There are three modes for each mission: standard, advanced and expert.  In order to unlock advanced and expert modes, players will have to complete series of missions on standard mode first.  The rewards for the missions are gold, card upgrades and PvE experience points.  These experience points can give players a higher PvE level. 

For PvP, players can choose between ranked and unranked PvP.  Unranked PvP will not give any rewards, but can be useful for testing cards and strategies.  Ranked pvp will give players gold, PvP experience points and tokens as reward.  Gold and tokens can be traded for card upgrades, while PvP experience points can give players a higher PvP level.

The video game BattleForge will be released on March 23, 2009.

Dead Space is a third-person survival horror-action video game, developed by Electronic Arts for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC and released in October 2008.

The player takes on the role of an engineer named Isaac Clarke, who battles a polymorphic, virus-like, alien infestation which turns humans into grotesque alien monsters called “Necromorphs”, on board a stricken interstellar mining ship named USG Ishimura.

Information is relayed to the player via holographic projections, which hover over or in front of Isaac’s weapons and suit; his armor also plays as an indicator, the ‘health meter’ which is integrated into his spine of his armor indicates how much life he has left which ranges from red (indicating low/critical), yellow (half) and blue (full or near-full).

Weapons in the game are mostly improvised from mining tools, such as a plasma cutter, a hydrazine torch used as a flamethrower, a force cannon emitting powerful shock waves, and a triple-barreled automatic military rifle.

In the video game Prince of Persia, the game is non-linear and you are given the opportunity to explore any part of the world at any time you want to.   In this strange land, the Prince must use all of his skills, along with a whole new combat system, to battle Ahriman’s corrupted lieutenants to heal the land from the dark Corruption and restore the light.

Also, history’s greatest ally is revealed in the form of Elika, a dynamic companion who joins the Prince in his fight to save the world.   Gifted with magical powers, she interacts with you in combat, acrobatics and puzzle-solving, enabling the Prince to reach new heights of deadly high-flying artistry through special duo acrobatic moves or devastating fighting combo attacks.

In addition, she saves the Prince from death while in combat or exploring the world.  The Prince cannot “die” in this game, as Elika will save him from any danger and bring him back to the last safe point of the game.

There are four main combat options:  there is a sword attack, which is where the Prince uses his sword to attack enemies; a gauntlet attack, by which he lifts and throws enemies; a magic attack, by which Elika uses her magic to damage enemies; and an acrobatic attack, which is useful for switching places with the enemy, and performing combat feats in tandem with Elika.  All of these four combat options can be linked together to perform combos which do variably more damage to enemies.

I used to yell at my son because of all the time that he spends playing PC games online. He doesn’t neglect his homework or his chores, but every spare minute is devoted to his gaming habit. 

Then I saw this documentary on TV where they hold competitions for PC gamers. This is somewhere in Asia, and I saw that the champions have the status of semi gods or rock stars in their region. I casually mentioned this to my son one day, and he was impressed that I had even heard of the guys. He let me play one round on his PC and I was hooked! Now we play against each other in strategic battles using our PC and laptops.   

According to “Gameinformer Magazine” the top 25 games from Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2008 are revealed.  They are (1) Left 4 Dead - Xbox 360 and PC.  (2) Gears of War 2 - Xbox 360.  (3) Fallout 3 - Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.  (4) Resident Evil 5 - Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.  (5)  Guitar Hero:  World Tour - Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii, and Playstation 2.  (6)  Fable II - Xbox 360.   (7) Prince of Persia - Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.  (8) LittleBigPlanet - Playstation 3.  (9) EndWar - Playstation 3, and Xbox 360.  (10) Rock Band 2 - Playstation 3, Xbox 3, Wii, and Playstation 2.

(11) Far Cry 2 - Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.  (12)  Bayonetta - Playstation 3, and Xbox 360.  (13)  Dragon Age: Origins - PC.  (14)  Halo Wars - Xbox 360.  (15)  Dead Space - Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.  (16)  Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii.  (17)  Spore - PC.  (18) Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer - Playstation 3.  (19)  Mirror’s Edge - Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.  (20)  Banjo-Kazooie:  Nuts & Bolts - Xbox 360.

(21) Resistance 2 - Playstation 3.  (22)  Call of Duty:  World at War - Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.  (23)  Street Fighter IV - Arcade, Playstation 3, and Xbox 360.  (24)  Borderlands - Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.  (25)  Killzone 2 -Playstation 3. 

This is the opinion of one Magazine and does not mean that other video games such as Soul Calibur IV and Wall-E are not excellent games to play.

A personal computer game, also known as PC games, is a video game played on a personal computer, rather than on a video game console or arcade machine.  Computer games have evolved from the simple graphics and gameplay of early titles like Spacewar! to a wide range of more visually advance titles.

PC games are created by one or more game developers, often in conjunction with other specialists and either published independently or through a third party publisher.  PC games often require specialized hardware in the user’s computer in order to play, such as a specific generation of graphics processing unit or an Internet connection for online play, although these system requirements vary from game to game.