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Prototype 2 Review – Improved Mayhem

Prototype proved to be an interesting concept marked by rough edges when it first released way back in 2009.  With the sequel, Radical Entertainment set out to create a game that not only smoothed out the problem areas, but to also create the game that … Continue reading

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Trials Evolution Review – I Love Pain

For many gamers, the Trials franchise represents a great divide.  For some, it provides a competitive and challenging way to simultaneously crush courses and your friends while for others it’s a sea of broken controllers.  While the latest game in the franchise, Trials Evolution, … Continue reading

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Journey Review – The Shining Desert Jewel

Ahem, well, yes..I know I’ve been meaning to get this one out to you guys for a few weeks now.  With PAX stuff now out of the way, I can finally give you the review I’ve been promising. Let there be much … Continue reading

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SSX Review – Gold Medal Performance

I think we can all agree that the SSX franchise has been in a bit of a transitional state lately.  The series hit its stride with Tricky and SSX3 but in more recent years has fallen off the map a bit with such … Continue reading

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Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Review

With Uncharted 2 taking the world by storm and seemingly creating impossible expectations for a follow-up, many were wondering just how Naughty Dog could top themselves.   Half-tucked hero Nathan Drake and gang are back to try to answer that question with another globe-trotting adventure … Continue reading

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Gears of War 3: RAAMs Shadow DLC Review

The first major DLC release for Gears of War 3 finally hit a few weeks ago (Yes, I’m ignoring the Horde Command Pack DLC), with RAAMs Shadow.  This campaign DLC takes players back to the point in time right after Emergence Day only … Continue reading

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InFamous: Festival of Blood Review – Frighteningly Good

So even though it may be the season to be jolly and all of that fa la la la type of spirit, can’t we also include some vampires?  Released as a standalone downloadable title, inFamous: Festival of Blood is Sucker … Continue reading

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Rage Review – Beautifully Flawed

From the first moment you step into the world Rage, you’re in awe of the technology running the game.  id Software managed to create the very impressive idTech 5 engine to power this bad boy and visually, its extremely impressive.  From a … Continue reading

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Batman: Arkham City Review – The Dark Knight Returns To Glory

In 2009, then little known developer, Rocksteady Studios, unknowingly set out and created a game that defined their studio and all superhero games with Batman: Arkham Asylum.  Not settling for the same thing, a mere two years later they managed to release Batman: Arkham … Continue reading

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Gears of War 3 Review – Going Out With A Bang

Epic Games has been working on this one for quite a while.  Originally due out in April of this year, Microsoft made the decision to push it back to a fall release much to the dismay of fans.  In my … Continue reading

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Resistance 3 Review – Survival of the Fittest

It’s the 1950s and the world is in pretty rough shape at the start of the third Resistance game from developer Insomniac Games.  The Chimera have all but won the war, killing off or converting 90% of humanity and things have become pretty desperate for … Continue reading

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Child of Eden Review – Sensory Overload

From the moment you put it in, Child of Eden will have you and everyone else around you in a trance focused on what is happening on the screen.  Coming to us from the guy behind Rez, Tetsuya Mizuguchi delivers a game that is … Continue reading

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Mass Effect 2 ‘Arrival’ DLC Review – The Beginning of the End

With Mass Effect 2 under the “Deal of the Week” spotlight last week on Xbox Live, I took the opportunity to grab the last DLC pack for it, Arrival.  Can’t beat a sale now, can we?  Designed to set up … Continue reading

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InFamous 2 Review – Electrifying Fun

  Whether they knew it or not, there was a ton of pressure riding on Sucker Punch to deliver on InFamous 2, especially from yours truely.  I couldn’t wait for this follow-up to one of my favorite PS3 games.  Another chance to step … Continue reading

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LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean Review – A Pirate’s Life for Me

Traveller’s Tales has been putting out Lego games for what seems to be a long time now.  I’ve honestly never given them much thought previously until they put out their Pirates of the Caribbean version in May.  I figured what … Continue reading

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