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Final Fantasy XIII Review: A New Paradigm For An Old Franchise
The role-playing series that launched a million bad attempts at cosplay is back, with a new group of colorful characters carrying the fate of the world on their shoulders in Final Fantasy XIII. Hovering above the surface of the planet Pulse, the shell-like city of Cocoon was once a haven for humanity, but fear of…
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MLB 10 The Show Review: The Game for All America
The game of baseball was brought to video game consoles long ago. The total experience – the Pastime – represents the next frontier of simulation, for a public delighted by every stat and detail, no matter how small. This is the direction in which MLB The Show now strives most noticeably. Having nailed the essential…
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Major League Baseball 2K10 Review: Pitching With Two Strikes
If MLB 2K9 had been an actual ballplayer, last year’s performance would have sent it to the minors, if not the waiver wire. After a soul-searching offseason, 2K Sports decided to focus on the fundamentals for MLB 2K10. This year’s game fixates on the batter-pitcher matchups that infuse every at-bat with suspense and dramatic potential.…
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Alice In Wonderland Review: A Bitter Underland
Tim Burton once again treads on sacred fantasy ground in Alice in Wonderland, a twisted take on Lewis Carroll’s classic novels. How far down the rabbit hole does Burton go? Alice in Wonderland is a new movie from Tim Burton based on a classic work of literary fantasy, starring Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp,…
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The Secret Armory of General Knoxx Micro-Review: Hot Coals Over a Cakewalk
After two underwhelming DLC extensions, Borderlands returns to the formula that made it a breakout hit last year – guns, loot, and a crack-cocaine addiction to leveling up – with The Secret Armory of General Knoxx. It’s billed as an appropriate challenge for players who have beaten the main game once already. But for higher…
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Star Trek Online Review: A Piece Of The Action
After years of television series, books, cartoons, movies, and video games for both consoles and PCs, Star Trek faces the final frontier: the massively-multiplayer role-playing game. When Star Trek Online was first officially announced back in June of 2008, fans of the series were excited, cautious, and slightly nauseous, all at the same time. The…
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Kaleidoscope Micro-Review: What a Colorful World
A world drained of color confronts you in Kaleidoscope, by the three-man studio of Morsel. As a Dream-Build-Play finalist, Kaleidoscope has well earned its indie chops, but does its gameplay fulfill the playfulness set forth by its visual design? Loved Set Design: In Kaleidoscope, you control a jet-black, inkwell-looking creature named Tint whose mission is…
By Owen Good