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ReviewsReview: World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Shatters Expectations
Nothing ruins a perfectly good fantasy world like an enormous angry dragon tearing through the surface of the planet, destroying everything in its path. How does Blizzard’s ridiculously popular online role-playing game fare in the face of this Cataclysm? That whole dragon-ripping-through-the-planet scenario is exactly what happened prior to the release of Cataclysm, the third…
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ReviewsReview: X-Men Reopens A Classic Six-Pack
Konami’s X-Men couldn’t have arrived at a more nostalgic time for me. Released my freshman year, I stayed on campus until they kicked everyone out for Christmas break, and went flat broke playing X-Men at the Electric Company Mall in Raleigh. The classic brawler returned this week to Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network,…
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ReviewsReview: PS3 Wireless Headset Kills Two Birds With a Half-Ounce Stone
At E3, I lost my phone’s Jawbone headset. For multiplayer on my PS3, I’ve used a bulky, cheap, wired set that looks like I stole it from Mike Ditka. In either case, anything would be an improvement. Specs Price: US$49.99 Platform: PS3 What’s in the box: Headset, USB cradle, instructions. Killing two birds with one…
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ReviewsReview: Tron: Evolution’s Glow Quickly Fades
Between Disney’s 1982 classic Tron and its flash 2010 sequel lies Tron: Evolution, the video game that seeks to bridge the gap between the two films. This is one shaky bridge. Tron: Evolution puts players in the digital shoes of Anon (short for Anonymous), a faceless system monitor that gets caught up in the struggle…
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ReviewsReview: SteelSeries Shift Is A Mighty Morphin’ Power Keyboard
SteelSeries takes a good idea and makes it even better with the SteelSeries Shift, a gaming keyboard with many different faces. Specs Price: $89.99 Platform: PC What’s in the box: Keyboard, standard keyset, instructions. The Basics Back in 2003 a company named Ideazon released the Zboard, a keyboard that allowed players to swap in and…
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ReviewsReview: Golden Sun: Dark Dawn Relives The Glory Days
In the first two Golden Sun games the Heroes of Vale restored the awesome power of the Golden Sun, saving the world of Weyard from impending doom. Are their children up to the task in Golden Sun: Dark Dawn? Thirty years have passed since the events of puzzle-heavy role-playing games Golden Sun and Golden Sun:…
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ReviewsReview: Mafia II: Joe’s Adventures — The Third Strike For A Repeat Offender
Mafia II returns to Empire Bay with “Joe’s Adventures,” the game’s second paid DLC extension. Can its 24 new missions carry the game forward, or do they dwell on what made Mafia II a good-but-not-great action game? Mafia II: Joe’s Adventures is a flashback to the 10-year period during which Vito Scaletta went to prison…
By Owen Good
