Feb 21, 2010
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The original BioShock did two things right. It told a brilliantly atmospheric story that borrowed heavily from Ayn Rand's dystopian novel Atlas Shrugged. And it married that story to a first person shooter, a genre that was hitting its peak in 2007. There was really no way that BioShock 2 could match the originality and surprise that the original possessed, but it comes close. More
Jan 19, 2010
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Bayonetta is the most talked about game of the season. It's not hard to see why, after being slapped back and forth by the titular sexy female demon (with dark hair that covers her body and sexy librarian glasses), who sucks on lollipops and spreads her legs every which way while kicking angelic ass.
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Nov 24, 2009
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If James Bond were a gamer, you'd have to imagine that high on the list of his choice games would be the slick and sophisticated Forza Motorsport series. More
Nov 22, 2009
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Initially created as downloadable content for Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST grew into what would become its own game. More
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Nov 03, 2009
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And then entered DJ Hero. After a lackluster showing at E3-where the game was only demoed and was not actually playable to attendees-DJ Hero shatters skeptical expectations and (finally) adds some variety into the music video game genre. More
Nov 03, 2009
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Although it received the lion's share of music game hype, The Beatles: Rock Band is not the only big-name rhythm title around. Guitar Hero started this trend and has debuted its latest. More
Oct 23, 2009
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You can almost hear the graphics designers sighing as you begin Madden 10. They really seem to have put next to no effort into the look of the Wii version. The players look vaguely like bubbles, or the variations on hockey players seen in Nintendo's Ice Hockey: tall and skinny, fat, and regular. Without the thrill of awesome graphics, a lot of pressure falls on the game play. More
Sep 09, 2009
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The best music-based video game has met the best band ever. The Beatles: Rock Band is here and will put a smile on your face in these tough times. The game's release coincides with the release of the band's remastered catalogue and charts the rise of the Fab Four from their early shows at The Cavern Club through their live swan song on the rooftop of Apple Corps headquarters. You'll have the opportunity to play along to 45 of the band's songs in the Ed Sullivan Theater, Shea Stadium, Budokan, and Abbey Road Studios. More
Aug 14, 2009
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Plenty of great video games have been made into awful movies, so could an awful movie be made into a great video game? Could the process be reversed? In the case of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, the answer is no. More
Jul 02, 2009
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If you grew up in the ’80s, then Ghostbusters: The Video Game is up there on the anticipation scale with James Cameron’s Avatar, any upcoming Pixar project that doesn’t have the word Cars in it, or the Arrested Development movie. The game’s finally here, and it’s mostly solid, but doesn’t quite live up to the Ghostbusters III experience that many of us have been waiting for. More
