I feel like the first thing I should say is that I am a big fan of Rock Band. I enjoy playing it on my own or as part of a group, and have had some especially great times with the latter. I am also fairly good at them as well. I say this, as a form of disclaimer and […]
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Like homeless people, stray dogs, and even the occasional Ghostbuster, some video games simply fall through the cracks. Sometimes they were just released at the wrong time, eclipsed by a much bigger game or a surprise chart topper. Sometimes they just had bad marketing, or too many misconceived ideas about the game spread by word of mouth; often victim to […]
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 takes place shortly after the events of the first game, with a fledgling rebellion just starting to take hold, scattered and in desperate need of an early victory. The protagonist, Starkiller, spoiler alert who was presumed dead at the end of the first game is in some sort of training facility, oh wait, it’s […]
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Hothead Games has certainly released some fantastic downloadable games, including the Penny Arcade series, which is the first game outside of Pokemon with turn-based combat that I liked, to the hilarious and one of my person favorites on Xbox Live Arcade: Deathspank. Does Hothead go three for three with their newest IP Swarm? Or will it having you wishing that […]
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Atari did something special in 2009, they managed to take a beloved film franchise and turn it into a video game people genuinely liked nearly 20 years after it had last been in theatres. This is a feat rarely accomplished by games for new movies, so to do so with a film franchise as loved as Ghostbusters was an incredible […]
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Vanquish immediately has three things working against in most gamer’s eyes. First is the fact the game has received little if any marketing, so most gamers don’t know much about it and often wrongly assume that it means it isn’t any good. Second, is that it is a third person shooter, a genre that many gamers unfairly disregard if it […]
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Recent trends show digital sales are rising, as are profits. So, are we finally starting to go digital?
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In the era of FPS games, one genre that has fallen to the wayside in the last two console generations has been the arcade racer. Some notables have come along, such as Hydro Thunder Hurricane and of course there is a Mario Kart for the Wii (I’m sure there is a law that states a Nintendo system must have at […]
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Sure as the sun will set, people will blame any media they can for the violence in our world. Video games have taken their fare share, and continue to do so. Recently a lawmaker has suggested adding warning labels to video games much in the way the government currently puts warnings on alcohol and tobacco. This started as a […]
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