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Mafia II Review: Smelling The Roses In A Life Lived Too Fast
Morning. The phone rings, I answer. It’s Joe, chirping the usual advice. Get dressed and get my gun. I go to the fridge instead for a Master Beer. In the bathroom I flip on the light. I flush the toilet. None of these actions in Mafia II are from cutscenes, and that is both the…
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Monday Night Combat Review: The Happy Warriors
Turrets. I can’t stop building and upgrading them in Monday Night Combat. Oh, they do a great job mowing down bots and other players. But it’s really because I’m a Southern boy and a born sucker for Pitgirl’s saucy accent. Monday Night Combat, the class-based shooter from Uber Entertainment and the latest “Summer of Arcade”…
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Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game Review: Four-Player Fan Service
In Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, the hero has to fight his girlfriend’s seven evil ex-boyfriends. In Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game, Scott and his friends have to fight The World. By the World I mean Ontario, which is the world as far as fans of the six volume graphic…
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ReviewsMadden NFL 11 Review: A Run For Your Money
Madden NFL 11 arrives tomorrow to the marketing drumbeat of simpler, quicker and deeper. Laudable design goals, but for a game that’s been a living room ritual for a quarter of a century, let’s also ask, is it more fun? Yes. Though we’ve heard all spring and summer about Madden’s new play-calling, faster game times…
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Castlevania Puzzle: Encore Of The Night Review: Alucard’s Puzzle Quest
Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night takes the classic Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and transforms it into a puzzle role-playing game. Can they do that? I consider Castlevania: Symphony of the Night to be one of the greatest 2D action role-playing games ever created. It has everything: Responsive controls, an engaging storyline, Metroid-style item-based…
By Mike Fahey
