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352.6K“Ready and bored.” — A-Men 2 review
The days of the cutesy 2D action platformer are mostly behind us at this point. As Worms fever passed us by, and...
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954.5KLight up the night! – Review of Hanabi
Set the rocket. Light it. Then step back and watch the fireworks emblazon the night. In board and card game design, no...
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2.1KBlack Friday Giveaway: Skylanders SWAP Force for PS4
You don't want to fight the crowds, do you? Stay home this weekend and win free games from us, instead!!! Up for...
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602.3KChew your way to the top — AdvenChewers review
Shortly after I purchased my iPhone, I downloaded a little game called Jetpack Joyride. It occupied my spare time when I only...
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853.3KResogun is a premier launch title on the PS4
Every launch doesn't need a game like Resogun. It needs a game like Call of Duty: Ghosts, or Battlefield 4, or perhaps...
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3.0KExtra force to swap: Fiery Forge and Tower of Time impressions
I don’t get a lot of mail. Well, maybe I do, but most of it is stuff I’d rather not get. But...
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653.9KThe Bridge will make your head spin
If you’ve played the popular side-scrolling indie puzzler Braid, you might find The Bridge to be a tad too familiar. The art...
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2.1KNo money for Black Friday this year? Win Call of Duty: Ghosts!
Not everybody wants to hit "door-busters" or hover over a keyboard for gold-box deals- sales are great, but who wants to put...
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3.3KA new spin on Monopoly — A preview of Conglomerate the Game
In 1904, Elizabeth Magie patented a game about the evils of capitalism called The Landlord’s Game. Whoever earned the most money won,...
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653.4KA new way to wakka-wakka — Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
Everything must evolve to survive, a fact particularly true about the video game industry. Over the years we’ve seen the iconic virtual...
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1004.7KThe Art of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – beautiful savagery
Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag is gorgeous on the next-generation platforms, and recently you’ve had the chance to see it for yourself....
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454.9KThings falling apart — Knack
It’s ironic that Knack’s design is so rooted in the past, despite being one of Sony’s two flagship titles meant to usher...
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404.0KNo, I am your feather — Angry Birds Star Wars
If you've been living under a rock, Angry Birds is arguably the series that tore the gaming world wide-open to casual players....
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4.1KEight reasons the Mushroom Kingdom would be a horrible place to live
We’ve all wondered, wouldn’t it be fun to live in the Mushroom Kingdom? Poppin’ goombas, kickin’ koopas, and making snowmen in the...
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804.5KOld-School Gamers Rejoice!! Colossal Cave Review
From the present perspective, summiting yet another peak among the vast range of ever-more fantastic achievements in the digital age, I stop...
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1.9KGaming Trend Podcast 11//20//2013–Console Envy
PlayStation is here, and David and Atlas spend a while discussing Sony's new console! Well, David discusses it while Atlas writhes with...
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806.5KDig deeper — Super Motherload review
Something roils beneath the Martian surface. Something ominous. It nags at your every thought as you delve deep beneath its crust, searching...
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652.2KPerfect Zen or Perfect Flop: Zen Garden Review
The night is cool. A soft breeze pushes the fragrance of the flowers up into your room. Stepping out onto the balcony,...
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906.1KTearaway is a papercraft marvel
It’s official: Media Molecule is much more than just “the LittleBigPlanet studio.” Tearaway is host to a wonderful world of paper. Everything...
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452.6KPlaying Global Mogul is work
Most people play games to escape from work. Whether that means being a knight, a spaceship captain or an Italian merchant, being...
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959.6KHappy happy, joy joy — Super Mario 3D World
It’s a sad day when a Super Mario release is met with muted enthusiasm, but that’s been the trend regarding our favorite...
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752.6KThe Spiel on the Spiel des Jahres 2012 – Kingdom Builder
Game awards tend to be an exercise in pretentious favoritism, where the flashier products of the big names tend to get the...
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854.8KMectoids, Genetics, and new threats – a review of XCOM: Enemy Within
David Roberts did our original review of XCOM: Enemy Unknown on the PC, and I played it on the Xbox 360. I...
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2.0KSharing is caring: quick takes from the first weekend of the PlayStation 4
With the release of the PlayStation 4, next-gen has officially arrived, and while it used to be that you'd just fork over...
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855.9KRace against time, and everyone else — Need for Speed Rivals
Need for Speed is a franchise with a long, storied history, and Rivals marks the 20th entry in the series. The franchise has...
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704.6KWhere is everyone? — Call of Duty: Ghosts
Another year, another Call of Duty. As long as this series continues to make Scrooge McDuck levels of cash, Activision will continue...
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9011.5KThe classic is back — The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
It’s amazing what cutting the fat and returning to basics can do for gameplay. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds...
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3.0KGaming Trend Podcast 11//13//2013–The Console War is Begun.
Welcome back again to the Gaming Trend Podcast! After a brief hiatus, Atlas, David, and Mike are back to talk games, game...
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556.5KDeadfall Adventures, dead boring
Once in a while, a game comes along that completely blows you off your lid. The credits roll, and your mouth still...
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803.7KBeauty is the Beast–Blood of the Werewolf
I’ve restarted this review about three times now because I’ve yet to find an adequate way to compose the conflicting emotions and...
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1.7KGo ahead, make a few enemies — Need for Speed Rivals hands-on preview
Need for Speed is a gem of a series. Since its original release in 1994, every following version brought to the table...
