• Top 5 First-Person Shooters

    The first person shooter genre has gotten pretty stale over the past few years, with every game trying to be exactly like Call of Duty,...

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    The first person shooter genre has gotten pretty stale over the past few years, with every game trying to be exactly like Call of Duty, but still being stomped on by it. Years ago, FPS games were so varied and plentiful that you could always pick one up and pretty much count on it being...
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    818 points
  • The Top 5 Most Unique Gaming Love-Stories

    Love them or hate them, you can’t escape a love-story subplot. Films, books and more importantly games see them as a means of creating empathy,...

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    Love them or hate them, you can’t escape a love-story subplot. Films, books and more importantly games see them as a means of creating empathy, increasing the drama, character building and all that fancy jazz. Whether you’re a closet Romeo or a die-hard Marcus Fenix you can’t deny that when a love-story is so well...
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    832 points
  • Awesomenauts

    Awesomenauts can best be described as “enthusiastically mediocre.” It is a game that clearly has a semblance of ambition that, when implemented, creates a surprisingly...

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    Awesomenauts can best be described as “enthusiastically mediocre.” It is a game that clearly has a semblance of ambition that, when implemented, creates a surprisingly listless experience. There is ostensive artistic competence, and yet the style is exceptionally unoriginal. The visual presentation is polished, but the sound is uneven and hackneyed. The gameplay is unique,...
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  • Dragon’s Dogma: Shadow of the Colossus Meets Dark Souls?

    Shadow of the Colossus is a classic game known mostly for its non-verbal story-telling, and moral complexities.  However it also had great core gameplay mechanics,...

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    Shadow of the Colossus is a classic game known mostly for its non-verbal story-telling, and moral complexities.  However it also had great core gameplay mechanics, namely that its hero had to crawl all over giant monsters and stab them in their weakspots in order to bring down these titular colossi.  It didn’t bother with many...
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  • Five of the Toughest Boss Fights of All Time

    Every game needs a villain. Someone has to do the kidnapping, destroying and pillaging. And when the story reaches its end and the hero is...

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    Every game needs a villain. Someone has to do the kidnapping, destroying and pillaging. And when the story reaches its end and the hero is finally equipped to save the day, it usually means a brutal, climactic battle is on the way. Finishing off a boss is challenging but satisfying, and in nearly every video...
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    835 points
  • Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Preview

    I’d be the quickest person to argue that amongst the over-saturated mess that is the contemporary First-Person Shooter genre, the Ghost Recon franchise hasn’t been...

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    I’d be the quickest person to argue that amongst the over-saturated mess that is the contemporary First-Person Shooter genre, the Ghost Recon franchise hasn’t been one that’s appeared brightly on many people’s games radars. Previous entries seem to flock by without any major buzz; glaringly unambitious and worryingly generic in their execution. They tend to...
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    826 points
  • Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

    I think it’s safe to say that this Easter has been more frightening for gaming fans than any other (and no, they haven’t revealed plans...

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    I think it’s safe to say that this Easter has been more frightening for gaming fans than any other (and no, they haven’t revealed plans to commission another Duke Nukem title…) After the Easter market had been successfully infiltrated by two pretty prominent Silent Hill games it seemed strange to me that Capcom would choose...
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  • Hands-On With J.U.L.I.A.

    Some video games have budgets in the tens of millions of dollars and development teams consisting of hundreds of people, but the indie gaming community...

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    Some video games have budgets in the tens of millions of dollars and development teams consisting of hundreds of people, but the indie gaming community is still going strong and hard-working developers can bring a game to the market, even with a dev team of just two people.  Such is the case with the new...
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    815 points
  • Arkham City Lockdown DLC

    When Batman Arkham City hit consoles last year, it seemed inevitable that a tie-in game would be released for portable platforms.  But instead of a...

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    When Batman Arkham City hit consoles last year, it seemed inevitable that a tie-in game would be released for portable platforms.  But instead of a mediocre piece of shovelware, the iPhone received an impressive fighting game tailored to suit the iPhone’s touchscreen interface.  Reviews of Batman: Arkham City Lockdown mostly complained that it was too...
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    815 points
  • ME3 Multiplayer – I’m Asari I Ever Doubted You

    Gamers have been split over the announcement of a multiplayer mode for Mass Effect 3 since it was announced.  Is it a cool new bonus? ...

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    Gamers have been split over the announcement of a multiplayer mode for Mass Effect 3 since it was announced.  Is it a cool new bonus?  A shameless tactic to discourage consumers from buying used copies? An attempt to make a RPG appeal to shooter fans?  This week the multiplayer demo became available and it turns...
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    841 points