Have you ever noticed that video games spend a lot of time in the future? From stellar empires fraught with war to utopias where gaming is the be-all and end-all of daily life, video games show us what the future might be like.
Welcome to post-apocalyptic Earth. Governments no longer exist; instead, megalithic corporations now use elite combat forces in a never-ending battle for highly prized mineral deposits and other natural resources.
Your name is Slade. You are a loner. While other folks gathered together with their own kind after the war and formed gangs of roving punks and hit squads.
I've got to admit, being able to gut-punch robots and make them explode is a whole lot of fun, especially when you're doing it as the governor of California.
Accolade's award-winning mascot cat, Bubsy, takes a trip into the third dimension on the Sony PlayStation with the company's latest debut at the Winter CES.
This game engine, though, is plenty good enough for nearly any other era or setting, so we'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say the theme is provocative, rather than cynical.
Games that are short, buggy, and don't offer the smoothest, easiest to learn gameplay I've ever seen rarely make it to the top of my 'games to buy' list.
Although LucasArts is still keeping a tight wrap on this title, a limited amount of information has been supplied for the unveiling at the upcoming E3 show.
Any changes made from the tabletop to the computer only add to the playability, so if you like the board game, buy the computer version, then make it known that you want an expansion.