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Borderlands Review: Guns! Guns! Guns!

Gearbox Software’s Borderlands is part first-person shoot ’em up, part role-playing game, a dusty slog across the planet Pandora in search of the legendary treasures of the Vault. Along the way, from the bus that drops your player off at the nearly deserted town of Fyrestone to the final showdown at the secretive Vault, a…

By Michael McWhertor Published October 19, 2009

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Axel & Pixel Micro-Review: A Puzzling Combination

2K Play launches its indie game initiative with Axel & Pixel, a point and click adventure game from Czech studio Silver Wish Games starring a man, his dog, and a giant mutant rat. The aforementioned mutant rat has trapped the artist Axel and his canine companion Pixel in a bizarre dream world and run off…

By Mike Fahey Published October 16, 2009

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Zombie Apocalypse Micro-Review: Paint the Town Red

Nonstop carnage is on the menu in Konami’s Zombie Apocalypse, which brings games’ undying affinity for the undead to a top-down, multidirectional shooter. Does it also hold the same appeal when it’s one – or four – against a thousand? Loved Senseless Slaughter: Who wouldn’t want to go up against an undead horde with unlimited…

By Owen Good Published October 16, 2009

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Half-Minute Hero Review: A Good Risk

Have you ever had your intelligence insulted or your time wasted by a Japanese role-playing game? This one won’t do either. Half-Minute Hero, XSeed and Marvelous Entertainment’s unusual, experimental role-playing game is smart, sharp, surprisingly long — given its title — and sloppy in a way that somehow doesn’t break the game but instead makes…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 15, 2009

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Ju-on: The Grudge Review: Curse Of The Movie Game

I first saw the original Ju-on movie in Japan on Halloween night 2005. I was doing fine up until the part where the TV in this lady’s apartment goes wonky. I didn’t even bother with the American version after that. The Japanese original was scary enough for me, thank you very much. So when I…

By AJ Glasser Published October 14, 2009

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Lucidity Micro-Review: Beauty Is Only Skin-Deep

LucasArts’ out-of-left-field Lucidity forgoes the publisher’s usual reliance on the Force and fedoras in favor of a little girl who loves her Nana. As Sofi, players are unleashed into a storybook-like, side-scrolling dream-scape evocative of the worlds created by Tim Burton. Despite Sofi being the main character, players don’t actually control her; instead, they protect…

matt cabral Published October 14, 2009

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Brutal Legend Review: Testing Its Metal

Join roadie Eddie Riggs on a magical journey to free a heavy metal fantasy world from the grips of demonic oppression in Brutal Legend. Brutal Legend is the latest game from Double Fine Productions and Tim Schafer, the man behind Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, and Psychonauts. Eddie Riggs is a roadie who fears that heavy…

By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2009

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Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Review: Boom Headshot!

While Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising touts itself as a tactical squad-based shooter, what really separates this franchise from all of the other gun games is its brutal difficulty and faithful adaptation to real battlefield conditions. In this first-person shooter sequel you command a squad of marines helping to retake the island of Skira from the…

By Brian Crecente Published October 12, 2009

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NBA Live 10 Review: Amen for a Revival

NBA Live 10 opens with Dwight Howard and a dramatic reading about the meaning of revival. Of course it refers to Howard and his team, the Orlando Magic. It also clearly speaks of EA Sports‘ hopes for its own game. Last year’s version of NBA Live finally helped the franchise pick itself off the mat…

By Owen Good Published October 11, 2009

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NBA 2K10 Review: Ball, You — Man!

Without question, the NBA is the crown jewel of the 2K Sports catalog, whose NBA 2K10 released Tuesday to the expectations faced by a clear winner – stick with what works, or keep up the full-court press? To continue the metaphor, NBA 2K10 delivers both. All sports titles face a justify-your-existence question of what to…

By Owen Good Published October 11, 2009

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Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Review: Crisis Hearts

Our time with the Nobody Roxas in Kingdom Hearts II was far too short. Square Enix rectifies this oversight with Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days for the Nintendo DS. 358/2 Days tells the tale of Sora’s Nobody Roxas from the time he first came into being up until he finds himself among friends at the beginning…

By Mike Fahey Published October 9, 2009

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South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play! Review: Throwing Snowballs

It’s up to the South Park kids to stop a steady stream of enemies from terrorizing their town in tower defense game South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play! The game has players use coins to build a variety of towers that do things like shoot snowballs, cherry balls, ice and pee-snowballs at incoming enemies…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 9, 2009

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Katamari Forever Review: Nothing More, Nothing Less

Namco Bandai’s Katamari Damacy series comes to the PlayStation 3 with Katamari Forever, the sixth entry in the series in five years. Once again, the Prince is tasked with rebuilding the galaxy using his all-adhesive katamari. The game may have been more appropriately titled in Japan, there known as Katamari Tribute. The PS3 version borrows…

By Michael McWhertor Published October 8, 2009

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MotorStorm: Arctic Edge Review: Big Game, Big Fun

MotorStorm: Arctic Edge is the third iteration in the Playstation’s over-the-top Burning Man-meets-World Rally Championship driving series since it was unveiled among a slew of Playstation 3 launch titles in 2005. The snow and ice setting of this latest MotorStorm, a shift from the arid desert of the first title and the humid jungles of…

By Brian Crecente Published October 7, 2009

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Wii Fit Plus Review: Now I’m A Believer

People in this country have it tough on the health front between unrealistic body image expectations and amazing food we’re expected to avoid for the sake of our figures. Couple all of that with the pathological need among my gender to be slimmer, stronger and sexier than the next chick and it’s no wonder 10…

By AJ Glasser Published October 6, 2009

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Gran Turismo PSP Review: Steady As A Pace Car

The long promised PlayStation Portable entry in Polyphony Digital’s Gran Turismo series has finally arrived, putting the essence of the “Real Driving Simulator” in your pocket. With some 800 licensed cars and over 35 tracks on which to race them, Gran Turismo for the PSP offers a broad driving simulation experience that focuses more on…

By Michael McWhertor Published October 5, 2009

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Spyborgs Review: Not-So-Heavy Metal

Part man. Part machine. All beat-em up. This is Capcom’s Spyborgs for the Nintendo Wii. First introduced at Capcom’s 2008 Captivate event, a ho-hum reception cause Bionic Games to go back to the drawing board, changing what was a cartoony action-adventure puzzler into a darker, somewhat grittier cooperative beat-em up. What could have been a…

By Mike Fahey Published October 5, 2009

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NHL 2K10 Review: Thin-Ice Capades

The National Hockey League dropped the puck on a new season Thursday night, turning sports fans’ thoughts to ice – and to hard hitting, fast-paced one-timer-from-the-slot action, qualities that 2K’s NHL title can certainly supply on a console. NHL 2K10 sees the franchise at somewhat of a crossroads. It’s in its 10th year overall, scrapping…

By Owen Good Published October 3, 2009

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MySims Agents Review: Sherlock Holmes Didn’t Have To Deal With This $#@%

Sure, England’s famous fictional detective had a cocaine addiction, but Sherlock Holmes never had to put up with his cell phone going off every fifteen seconds. The detectives in MySims Agents perhaps aren’t in the same class as Holmes. For one thing, they never solve murders and don’t get into martial arts smack down fights…

By AJ Glasser Published October 3, 2009

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FIFA 10 Review: 30-Yard Screamer

Last year, EA Sports’ FIFA finally managed to surpass long-time nemesis Pro Evo and emerge as the number one football game in the world, both critically and commercially. Let’s see what it’s managed to do in the 12 months since. Superficially, it appears it’s done very little, especially when compared to the drastic overhaul that’s…

By Luke Plunkett Published October 2, 2009