Review: Clever 'XCOM' is chess with plasma rifles
Thursday, October 18, 2012 - 11:32
in Physics & Chemistry
Video-game aliens have gotten bigger, uglier and meaner over the years. Think of the Covenant warriors in "Halo" or the Locust Horde in "Gears of War": huge, dumb, slobbering brutes who can soak up plenty of bullets before they pounce on you and crush your skull.