Posts By Ron Burke
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5.0KReviewsVR Multiball action – Pinball FX2 VR PSVR review
Zen Studios has made it their business to create the perfect pinball experience. They have over 70 pinball tables, including licensed properties...
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7.2KReviewsGet to work, human meatbag! – Job Simulator PSVR review
There’s no doubt that the PlayStation 4’s PSVR system has had a pretty solid launch. Many of the products that arrived on...
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5.6KPreviewsFreedom to act – Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands hands-on preview
Bolivia used to be a peaceful country. Tourists, parades, and happiness — but all of that was before El Sueño and his...
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4.8KInterviewsC&C creator Louis Castle interview – War Commander: Rogue Assault
If you are an old dirt farmer like me, you pumped countless hours into the Command & Conquer games. Series creator Louis...
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6.2KEditorialsPlayStation VR through the eyes of a nausea sufferer
You’ll see a lot of reviews about PlayStation VR over the next few weeks, but very few from somebody who went in...
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5.8KReviews“You seem to have this nasty habit of surviving.” – I Expect You To Die PSVR review
The launch window for the PlayStation VR has been pretty solid, but most of what was available at launch in October could...
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8.0KReviewsPark is under construction – Rollercoaster Tycoon World review
Rollercoaster Tycoon is a franchise that consumed an obscene amount of my time over the years. From the Chris Sawyer days for...
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4.1KPreviewsBattletech – Hands on at MechCon 2016
First, an admission — I’m a backer of Harebrained Schemes’ Battletech. As a self-described mech junkie, seeing what the team behind the...
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4.8KFeaturesGaming Trend Last Second Holiday Guide 2016
2016 has been an absolutely awful year. Celebrity deaths aplenty, a contentious and divisive election, and a ton of game delays. Even...
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4.4KEditorialsMechCon Vancouver 2016 – An incredible time to be a MechWarrior
I’m surrounded by more than 500 people that can tell you the accurate range of an ER PPC, how many hardpoints it...
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4.3KReviewsMedium Chaos Run – Dishonored 2 Prima CE Guide Review
Dishonored 2 is very much about choice. The level of player agency in the game is so much more than the simple...
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10.8KReviewsA King among mere tycoons – Planet Coaster review
Frontier Development built Elite Dangerous with over 400 billion star systems, each one having over 100+ bodies within. Every star in the...
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8.0KReviews/sbin/shutdown -r now – Watch Dogs 2 review
The premise for Watch Dogs 2 expands directly on its predecessor. The Blume company who prototyped ctOS (the semi-fictional infrastructure control software)...
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5.8KReviewsMind-melting VR assault – Thumper review
I’ve reviewed a ton of music titles, but I’d never run across the term “rhythm violence” for a genre. It’s a term...
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7.8KReviewsFind all the things – Watch Dogs 2 CE Prima Guide review
Cards on the table, I tend to be a little OCD about collectables in open world games. Ubisoft titles tend to have...
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15.1KReviewsBT stands for Best Titan – The Art of Titanfall 2 review
There is no doubt that the story of Rifleman Cooper and his impromptu-partner BT-7274 was a bit of a surprise. The single-player...
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3.5KReviewsBring the Brotherhood to life – Assassin’s Creed The Official Coloring Book review
The words “coloring book” usually bring to mind blank versions of cartoon characters that kids watch on TV, or cheesey restaurant placemats....
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5.5KImpressionsPlanet Coaster – review in progress
Frontier Development built Elite Dangerous with over 400 billion star systems, each one having over 100+ bodies within. Every star in the...
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3.8KImpressionsWatch Dogs 2 review in progress
Normally we’d be looking at a full review for the game at the day before launch, but Ubisoft’s got a few wrinkles...
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8.4KReviewsProbing and PS2 Ports – Destroy All Humans! review
When Nordic Games snapped up the vast majority of the intellectual properties THQ left in the wake of its implosion, I never...
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5.2KReviewsBrotherhood Required Reading – Assassin’s Creed: The Essential Guide review
There’s no doubt that Assassin’s Creed has developed quite the storyline since the first game’s release in 2007. From Pieces of Adam...
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9.7KReviewsRise of the AI – Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation review
I had some high praise for Ashes of the Singularity seven months ago, but noted that there were some weakness in the...
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5.9KReviewsSlip the surly bonds of Earth – Eagle Flight review
I remember handing my mother a NES controller and then laughing as she bobbed her head and dodged the 8-bit pixels on...
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4.3KReviewsA safe introduction to virtual reality – Tumble VR review
Many of the launch titles for PSVR could be classified as tech demos. Tumble VR is a notch above that moniker, but...
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4.4KReviewsVomit comet – Super Stardust Ultra VR
Super Stardust Ultra VR is what would happen if you strapped a pinwheel firework to a firecracker and jammed it directly into...
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5.0KReviewsFeeling a little drunk – Sports Bar VR review
Admittedly, I’m a little out of my element. Studying martial arts never put me in the jock category, so I don’t exactly...
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5.9KReviewsStep right up! Carnival Games VR review
Carnival Games may feel like familiar territory, but that’s because it is. Warping in from 2007, Carnival Games VR does a bit...
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45.0KReviewsSend in the Clowns – Until Dawn Rush of Blood PSVR Review
Coulrophobia, better known as fear of clowns, affects a great many people. The common belief is that it is caused by the...
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3.4KPreviewsWelcome to the new world – Watch Dogs 2 hands-on preview
With hacking playing a major role in our Presidential election cycle, the timing for Watch Dogs 2 and its “Sick of Spies...
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4.1KReviewsHigh speed metal – RIGS: Mechanized Combat League review
If there’s a better use for virtual reality than giant stompy robots, I’m not sure what it’d be. While I wait for...
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4.9KReviewsRide of the Valkyries: EVE Valkyrie PSVR review
If there is a better use for Virtual Reality than simulating a cockpit experience, I cannot imagine what it’d be. The team...
