So, you’re broke. Like, broke broke. But, you’re itching for a new game and have no more to trade in. You got $10 to get you two weeks to the next paycheck but you need a new game. You somehow talk yourself into one game as long as it is less then $5. $5 dollars will feed you for […]
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Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana review I went in to Ys VIII completely blind. It was the eighth in a series I’d never actually heard of before but I was itching for a deep JRPG after the likes of Xenoblade 2 on my Switch. What I got was a very unique and dynamic action JRPG, that suffers from some story […]
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Arena of Valor Beta Test first impressions This past week was the launch of the Arena of Valor beta test on switch. Now this is a big deal for two reasons, one, Switches first MOBA is here! Second, the game is an extremely popular game over in China, boasting over 200 million monthly players, Arena of Valor is even […]
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First Impressions is a close look at the crucial first hour spent with a game and its ability to draw you in or turn you away. Somewhere between a review and a preview. Mario has become a disgusting shill. Antsy with his simple image as an 8-bit icon, he and his compatriots have no shame infiltrating nearly every child-friendly genre […]
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First Impressions is a close look at the crucial first hour spent with a game and its’ ability to draw you in or turn you away. Somewhere between a review and a preview. Ugh, the dirge of licensed titles. History has, unfortunately, shown us that no studio, no creator and no IP is exempt from half-hearted attempts to cash in […]
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Poor Luigi. Despite his lithe physique, vibrant green coveralls and a much better coifed mustache than his genetic counterpart, he was relegated to “little bro” status from the get-go. With Nintendo proclaiming 2013 the “Year of Luigi,” you’d think the guy would finally get a break (well, besides the phenomenal Luigi’s Mansion), but no matter how incredibly fun Mario & […]
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One of the first posts I wrote for CBR addressed the next gen — 8th generation — video game consoles. At the time, a whole year ago, all we knew for certain was the next gen coming from Nintendo, the Wii U. Anything on Sony and Microsoft’s updates to their respective PlayStation and Xbox offerings were purely speculative. Since then, […]
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Dear Journal, Today I finished Backlog Quest II by throwing myself into harm’s way to protect The President of the United States of America. I say that Secret Service: Ultimate Sacrifice is “ultimate backlog material” because it is that game you’ve probably see on the budget/value rack a dozen or so times and just never picked up. It never really […]
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Dear Journal, Today I journeyed to the land of Middle Earth. Although, it was not easy to get there. I had originally planned to play this on the Playstation 2, but after going through the fourth controller that did not work for some reason or another, I went ahead and found a copy for the Gamecube. I have had this […]
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Dear Journal, Today I played a game that didn’t seem THAT bad but we’ve all heard horrible things about. Asphalt 3D is interesting in that it is actually a 3DS port of a iOS game originally designed for iPhones and the like and used as one of Ubisoft’s launch titles for the 3DS. I usually try to stay clear of […]
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