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Capcom Gets A- For Sticking To Theme
I go to a lot of preview events every year and not many of them have the wherewithal to establish a theme, let alone stick to one so well as Capcom did last night at Monster Hunter Tri University. Not only were there an obscene amount of chalkboards, pennants and people in school kid uniforms…
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BioShock 2 Rated M for Intense Violence, Wirty-Dords
No surprise BioShock 2 picked up an M from the ESRB, but that’s not to say its newly minted rating certificate isn’t interesting. The writeup says we can expect F-bombs, mother F-bombs, the C-word and the past tense of “tweet.” There are some minor spoilers in the writeup, I suppose, so I’ll let you venture…
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Phoenix Wright WiiWare Preview: Throwing Out Objections
Phoenix Wright is the most badass attorney next to Law & Order’s Jack McCoy. He’s so awesome that he even has his own musical, where he’s portrayed by a woman in drag. But that’s just hearsay from an overzealous witness violating spousal privilege*. Here’s the real testimony regarding Ace Attorney’s transition to WiiWare. *Yes, I…
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Modern Warfare 2: PC Versus 360
How does the PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 compare to the console versions? I spent some time with the game on the Xbox 360 and Steam to find out. The single player experience in the PC and Xbox 360 versions of the game is largely the same, with a few obvious…
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Torchlight Review: The Fate Of DiabloCraft
What do you get when you assemble a development team of Fate creator Travis Baldtree, Blizzard North co-founders Max and Erich Schaefer, and members of the former Flagship Studios’ Mythos team? You get Torchlight. To be honest, Torchlight hadn’t originally made it into our fall reviewing schedule, being a budget-priced game in a season filled…
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Blockbuster Online Game Rentals Head To Seattle
After successfully launching the pilot program in Cleveland, Ohio, Blockbuster Video‘s Gamefly-challenging Games By Mail rental service expands into the Seattle area. Announced in February of this year, Blockbuster’s Games By Mail program is an extension of the company’s Total Access movies by mail service. Competing with Gamefly the same way Total Access competes with…
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Frankenreview: Assassin’s Creed II
Ezio faces off against a squad of game reviewers in the Assassin’s Creed II Frankenreview. Does he triumph, or does he get lost in the crowd? Assassin’s Creed II picks up where the first game left off, with assassin descendent Desmond Miles once again delving into his genetic memories to explore the life of another…
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