It’s that time of year again, a time when we drown ourselves in green beer and make long lasting, life altering mistakes all in honor of St. Patrick. Who did something important, possibly inventing alcohol? Whatever his accomplishments, all that matters is that it is now a day of celebration; but mostly getting passed out on the front lawn drunk […]
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Life will find a way. Whether you are referring to the constant biological urge all living things on the planet share to not only survive but to produce the next generation or the constant desire to milk a popular franchise for all it is worth, this statement rings true. Jurassic Park is one of those franchises, even today there […]
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Jackie Estacado is carrying a dark secret deep inside him, literally. Since before the beginning of time, before there was light there was simply The Darkness and The Darkness doesn’t much care for the light. Able to inhabit only one being, one family line, The Darkness grants unimaginable power to the host in exchange for control. Once The Darkness has […]
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Sometimes video games that shouldn’t be made are, and almost as often games that should be aren’t. In an era of gaming dominated by modern war, WWII, Gears of Halos and movie tie-ins there are plenty of genre’s, eras and even properties that would make for great games being completely overlooked (or in some cases half-assed). Which is why we’ve […]
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Let’s face it, Sonic has had a mixed (to put it nicely) library of games. Starting life as a genuine threat to Mario’s title of platformer king, Sonic quickly descended into a disappointing leading franchise for a failing console made by a troubled developer. While there have been ups over the years (Sonic Adventure), there have been equally disappointing moments […]
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There aren’t many games that rely exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS’ touch activated screen. The truth is that it is hard to justify having a game of that nature when you have buttons, right there, just chillin’ and waiting to be used. On the iPhone it makes sense, there are no buttons. The touch screen in the only option, but […]
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It is arguable that no one franchise defines video games, both in terms of an unofficial mascot and overall quality than a little Italian plumber by the name of Mario. From the days of the original NES up till today, Mario has been the focus of more games than lines done by Charlie Sheen at a strip club. Unlike Mr. […]
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You know it’s November when the Battlefields and Call of Duty’s are migrating to store shelves around the world. For the past couple of years EA has been making some rather serious attempts to steal some of Call of Duty’s thunder, mostly by trying to emulate Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’s success. There have been some interesting attempts along […]
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Rise of Nightmares is Sega’s first attempt to bring an adult gaming experience to the Microsoft’s Kinect. In fact, Rise of Nightmares is the very first title to brand a “Mature” rating by the ESRB in the growing line-up of Kinect games, which till more recently has been mostly known for family friendly titles. Well Rise of Nightmares certainly earns […]
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Recently I had a chance to sit down, or rather stand up and flail my arms around with a hands on demo of the upcoming Star Wars Kinect title. The demo consisted of three game modes: Pod Racing, Jedi Adventures and Rancor Rampage. The former two modes were available for up to two players with the latter being a single […]
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