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Fallout 3 Point Lookout Micro-Review: Axe Murder
If each Fallout 3 expansion is an attempt to expand Bethesda’s game into new genres, then this week’s Point Lookout is an axe stab at survival horror. Scared? Where does a sprawling game that’s already sprawled across three downloadable expansions set partially in Alaska, Pittsburgh and an Air Force base go in a fourth? To…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 25, 2009 -
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Let’s Tap Review: Rhythm Limbo
When former Sonic Team lead Yuji Naka left Sega to form the semi-independent Prope, he said the studio would focus on “original entertainment.” Prope’s first major release, Let’s Tap, is certainly original, packing five multiplayer focused mini-games into one title. Mini-games? Original?! Yes, because Sega’s Let’s Tap plays unlike anything else on the Wii, as…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 24, 2009 -
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Eduardo The Samurai Toaster Micro-Review
If anything, Semnat Studios‘ Eduardo the Samurai Toaster for WiiWare deserves a spot in the head-turning game title hall of fame. Formed in 2005 by Daniel Coleman and Robert DeMaria, Semnat Studios is a tiny little development company that started off crafting smaller PC projects, one of which eventually grew into Eduardo the Samurai Toaster,…
By Mike Fahey Published June 23, 2009 -
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Ghostbusters: The Video Game Review: Survival Comedy
Ghostbusters: The Video Game comes to us bearing a twin-blockbuster burden: Both as a game, and also as the first true representative of a beloved franchise to come along in 20 years. The presence of Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, the film’s original writers and two of its leading actors, lent weight to the game…
By Owen Good Published June 18, 2009 -
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Swords & Soldiers Micro-Review: Violence Included
WiiWare had been hurting for games about killing. But the originators of de Blob have released a cartoon-violent battle between Vikings, Aztecs and ninja monkeys to more than compensate. As an interruption from a WiiWare line-up of bonsai barbering, beanbag-tossing and goo-fueled bridge-building we now can download Ronimo Games’ Swords & Soldiers, a side-scrolling real-time…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 17, 2009 -
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Prototype Review: Alex Mercer SMASH!
Anti-hero Alex Mercer takes more than a few cues from The Incredible Hulk as he stalks the streets of New York City in Activision’s free-roaming action adventure, Prototype. Developed by Radical Entertainment, the team behind The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, Prototype follows much the same formula as that Marvel Comics inspired title. Both feature super-powered…
By Mike Fahey Published June 16, 2009 -
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Red Faction: Guerrilla Review: Bustin Makes Me Feel Good
Red Faction has been delivering first-person-shooter flavored environmental destruction since 2001, tasking players with revolution both on Mars and on Earth. With Red Faction: Guerrilla, players return to Mars to once more stir up trouble in an open-world game promising unheralded destruction from a third-person perspective. Can a third take on the same general concepts…
By Brian Crecente Published June 15, 2009 -
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Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again Micro-Review: App Alternative
One of the first full games released for download on the DSi, Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again isn’t the slight diversion it first appears to be. One could look at Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again as a fun third iteration of Nintendo’s take on the Lemmings series. But you could also…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 12, 2009 -
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Zenonia Micro-Review: Unexpectedly Epic
Korean developer Gamevil seeks to pack an epic experience into a tiny space with Zenonia, an action roleplaying game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Zenonia follows a young man named Regret as he searches for answers to the mystery surrounding his birth after the sudden death of the man who raised him. Players start…
By Mike Fahey Published June 11, 2009 -
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Star Defense Micro-Review: Tower Defense in Spaaaace
Star Defense is Ngmoco’s take on tower defense games. Yes, that means yet another tower defense game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Even with its impressive track record of top-notch titles, can Ngmoco breath enough new into the genre to make Star Defense a title worth buying? Loved 3D Worlds: Moving the traditional tower…
By Brian Crecente Published June 8, 2009 -
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The Sims 3 Review: Delayed Gratification
After a more than three month delay—and more than four years on from the release of The Sims 2—The Sims 3 is finally here. So let’s get down to reviewing it. There are two types of Sims player: the Second-Life types who enjoy crafting and sharing stuff online and the God-types who look for new…
By AJ Glasser Published June 5, 2009 -
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Pictobits Review: For The Love of Pixels
On one of the same platforms where Nintendo courts grandma gamers comes yet another quietly-released title infused with a hipster passion for old-school video game culture. Pictobits is the fifth release of Nintendo’s Art Style series. The aplty-named artsy series is a surprise, one that Nintendo’s outreach to mainstream gamers-to-be never acknowledges. Spawned from a…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 1, 2009 -
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Terminator Salvation iPhone Micro-Review: Rise of the Apple Machine
Fewer machines are better poised to enslave humanity than the ubiquitous iPhone. That doesn’t make Apple’s gadget the ideal device for a Terminator game, though it does suggest a good platform for crude movie tie-ins. Terminator Salvation for the iPhone is another video game spin-off of the fourth Terminator movie, released earlier this month as…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 29, 2009 -
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Terminator Salvation Review: I Hate Robots
Set in 2016 in a decimated Los Angeles, Terminator Salvation the video game is meant to connect the leap between Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Terminator Salvation the movie. The third-person shooter has gamers taking on Skynet and its army of robots as they fight to save a group of soldiers lost behind…
By Brian Crecente Published May 28, 2009 -
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Bionic Commando Review: Grabbing Hands Grab All They Can
Capcom and GRIN spring Nathan “RAD” Spencer from prison, dust off his shiny metal arm, and turn him loose against the forces of evil in Bionic Commando, the sequel to the original NES classic. Much has changed since Nathan Spencer first took on imperialist Nazi forces on a mission to rescue Super Joe. Ten years…
By Mike Fahey Published May 27, 2009 -
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Rock Band Unplugged Review: It’s The Frequency, Kenneth
MTV Games‘ Rock Band series shrinks down and drops the plastic instruments for the PlayStation Portable release Rock Band Unplugged, which turns the band video game series into a break out solo effort. There’s no singing or plastic drum controller to smack in Rock Band Unplugged, as players use the PSP’s default controls to beat…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 26, 2009 -
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inFamous Review: It’s Electric
InFamous is supposed to be super-hero gaming done right. It’s also the PlayStation 3 debut of one of the PlayStation 2’s most ambitious development studios. Nothing could go wrong, right? A PlayStation 3 exclusive from development studio Sucker Punch, InFamous charges that something besides the ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound or…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 25, 2009 -
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Tiger Woods PGA Tour iPhone Micro-Review: Fore!
EA Sports‘ Tiger Woods PGA Tour is nearly unchallenged in its genre on the PC and console. But can a game that plumbs the depth of golf translate well to a mobile platform? At $9.99 USD, Tiger Woods PGA Tour’s outing on the iPhone doesn’t just need to prove itself as a golf game, it…
By Brian Crecente Published May 21, 2009 -
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Star Trek D-A-C Micro-Review
Riding the warp trail of the smash hit J.J. Abrams movie comes Star Trek D-A-C, a top-down space shooter for Xbox Live Arcade. Lacking the time to create a full-fledged movie tie-in for the new Star Trek film, Naked Sky Entertainment instead decided to create a quick and dirty online shooter set in the Star…
By Mike Fahey Published May 20, 2009 -
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Punch-Out!! Review: Call It A Comeback
Nintendo revitalizes Punch-Out!! after a 15-year-long break with the Wii re-imagining of the NES original. Little Mac and Doc Louis return, as does the original Punch-Out!! cast, for a decidedly old-school, but carefully updated homage. Punch-Out!! for the Wii pits Bronx-born pugilistic protagonist Little Mac and his trainer Doc Louis against a bizarre cast of…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 19, 2009