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TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled Micro Review: “We’re Really Hip”
People say you can’t put a price on nostalgia, but that’s exactly what Ubisoft seems to be doing with its remake of Super Nintendo/Arcade classic, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time. The year was 1991 and the second Ninja Turtles movie was already out of theaters and still a ways away from a VHS…
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G.I. Joe Review: Now We Know
They’ll fight for freedom, wherever there’s trouble, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is there, riding the wave of live-action movie hype to a console near you. G.I. Joe is the code name for America’s daring, highly trained special mission force. Its purpose, to defend human freedom against Cobra, a ruthless terrorist organization determined to…
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Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Micro-Review: It’s Gonna Take You For A…Yeah
Another classic 2D Capcom fighter is reborn, with the release of Marvel VS. Capcom 2 for Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. Rather than give Marvel VS. Capcom 2 the full high definition makeover they did Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Capcom took a much simpler route in bringing the classic clash…
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Fallout 3 Mothership Zeta Micro-Review: The Final Frontier
Bethesda has released the final planned downloadable content for Fallout 3 on the Xbox 360 and PC, beaming players aboard a strange alien vessel in Mothership Zeta. We’ve been to Alaska in the past, Pittsburgh in the present, and we’ve even taken a field trip to Point Lookout State Park, so really, is there anywhere…
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NCAA Football 10 Review: Be True to Your School
EA Sports appeals to your school pride and sportsmanship with this year’s version of NCAA Football, encouraging you to play the game right and giving you the tools to make its complex tasks more simple. But what motivates college sports fans about these games is the fantasy of it all – being a heavily recruited…
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Madballs in…Babo:Invasion Micro-Review: Drives You Mad, Busts Your Balls
Madballs in…Babo:Invasion is an action shooter for Xbox Live Arcade very loosely based on the deliberately disgusting toy line of the 1980s. The Madballs round out the cast of Babo Invasion, forming two factions of rowdy, rolling balls that somehow wield firearms despite having no arms. Sadly, unlike those somewhat popular squishy balls of the…
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Review: Almost Half-Good
It’s a movie tie-in game for a film based on a blockbuster book series, so really, what did you expect of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince besides visual fan service? Originality? The Harry Potter movie games are pretty much interchangeable. Harry runs around Hogwarts in some abbreviated version of the film’s plot with a…
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Streets of Rage Micro Review: Ragin’ Hard
Porting a console classic to modern times is a no-brainer when it’s an impulse buy where half the purchase decision is fueled by nostalgia. But is Sega’s Streets of Rage worth it on the iPhone? Loved All the Rage: This is a straight-up emulation of the Genesis original, so of course everything you love and…
By Owen Good -
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Bit Boy Micro-Review: Stuck In The Past
Maneuver your way from the early days of 4-bit games to the majestic 128-bit era in Bit Boy, Bplus’ latest WiiWare offering. Bit Boy’s friends have been scattered throughout video game history, and it’s up to him to travel through the various eras in order to find them. A simple collect-the-dots game, Bit Boy’s hook…
By Mike Fahey