Pity the poor ‘Madden widows’

The new National Football League season is here and, with it, comes yet another sign of the transition to autumn: the newest installment of EA Sports’ Madden NFL video game.

GenCon storms Indy

Aug.

Resident Evil 5

It does not have the shocking horror value of Resident Evil 4, but the improved versatility and graphics are good enough to validate the price tag.

Street Fighter IV

For nostalgic purposes, it’s great; Street Fighter II for Sega Genesis was the best fighting game ever made when it came out. But technology and competition have passed the series by.

Major League Baseball 2K9

2K Sports tries to be too clever for their own good.

'Call of Duty: World at War'

4 stars

Web-only: A different view of video games

Professor lectures on the changing virtual world

FIFA 08

FIFA 08
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: EA Vancouver
Available for PS2 ($29.99), PSP ($39.99), Xbox 360 and PS3 ($59.99)

Okami

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Capcom/Clover Studios, $29.99 (Available for the Playstation 2)

Bully

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Rockstar Games, $29.95, available for Playstation 2