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ReviewsMadden‘s Low-Magnitude “Superstar” Isn’t Much to Gaze At
Simulation-quality sports video games all now ship with some kind of solo career mode, in which you create or control one player throughout his entire career. By far, this fantasy experience is most underserved by the football games. NCAA Football 12 made a substantial effort to upgrade its career this year, and although Madden NFL…
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UncategorizedYou Can Dance If You Want To in Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is all about choice, and that includes the choice to dance. Will you dance, and leave their friends behind? What if they don’t dance? Does that disqualify them from being your friend as well? So many questions, one brilliant answer. While I was busy playing a rousing game of “No Refrigerator…
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If Anyone Needs Me I’ll Be Growing and Selling Pot on Facebook
While there are several Facebook games that involve growing and distributing marijuana, only one is the official game of the Showtime original series Weeds. It’s okay to grow and sell pot when Mary Louise Parker is involved! Just about everything is okay as long as Mary Louise Parker is involved, especially when she’s playing the…
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Video Game Version of Twister Offers Fewer Flirting Opportunities
In the old days, playing Twister involved a group of (hopefully drunk) friends of mixed sex, a plastic play mat, and a spinner. In November, thanks to the video game magicians at Majesco, all you’ll need it a $200 to $300 video game console, a $150 add-on, and a $50 video game. Apparently EA didn’t…
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UncategorizedThe Voice of Spider-Man 2099 is a Real Prince
To a generation of Spidey fans, Christopher Daniel Barnes is the voice of Peter Parker. To a generation of Disney fans, he’s better known as Prince Eric from The Little Mermaid Back when Disney made The Little Mermaid, voice actors in animated films didn’t need to be big-name actors from television and movies. All they…
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UncategorizedIn Crystal Meth Wonderland You Can Play Rage With a Light Gun
Dealing with the guilt of shooting someone in the head, Breaking Bad‘s Jesse Pinkman winds down with the special light gun version of id Software’s Rage AMC’s breaking bad is pulling in the gaming sponsors left and right, so Jesse and friends have developed quite the video game habit lately. First they talked Left 4…
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