My whole life I’ve been avoiding MMOs. Not because they’re bad, but being the addiction-prone gamer I am, I figured getting involved in one would be the end of my real world life as I know it. Goodbye sunlight, goodbye relationships, goodbye job and social life. I’ve spent so long listening to people talk about [ Read More ]
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DC Universe: Which One? Another Comic Book MMO comes to life! Will DC Universe Online live up to your expectations? It all depends on your expectations. How high are they? Before I continue, please do not consider this a review because it’s not. It’s just a recollection of my experiences playing this game. These experiences [ Read More ]
Categories: Featured, Game Reviews, Gaming, Playstation 3
When I first heard about Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale, I was instantly intrigued. A cute JRPG where you get to run a shop?! Sounds fun! I was, however, not willing to buy it until Steam had it on sale for $6.80, and then it was impossible to resist. I squirmed impatiently in my chair [ Read More ]
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I love my Playstation 3. Next to my PC, it’s my most used entertainment device. It does everything from DVD’s and Blu Rays, to browsing the web, or streaming the entire contents of my external hard drive straight to my giant LCD TV screen. Even the missus can work it, which goes a long way [ Read More ]
Categories: Game Reviews, Gaming, Playstation 3
The title is solid, despite its shortcomings, which makes it a definite plus in my books. Hours of time will be wasted, you will lose the track of time, and you’ll scratch at your face to find it unshaven, just like you did in previous Civ titles, but you’ll still be asking for one more turn…
Categories: Game Reviews, Gaming
Just Cause 2 is in a league of its own when it comes to scope and fun and it simply knocks those absolutely wonderful features out of the park to the point where it completely takes your mind off the fact that the story is a joke.
Categories: Game Reviews, Gaming
Have you ever had a splinter stuck up one of your fingernails? The mere thought just sends shiver down your spine, right? This is generally what mentioning Mafia II does to me now.
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The problem? The series has never been able to portray such serious concepts and is still unable to because the foundations are still shallow. And really, that’s all the series has always been, and still should be. Instead Rockstar tried to make GTA something it wasn’t, and it simply backfired. Hopefully they’ll get it right next time.
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A complete review of gamings artiest brawler to date If there’s one overlooked developer that deserves acknowledgment in the gaming community, it’s “Vanillaware”. Their previous games on the PS2 – “Odin Sphere” and “GrimGrimoire” – received critical acclaim from the people who played them, with the unique art direction and 2D style in particular garnering [ Read More ]
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It’s not the NGE patch, it’s just a load of new changes that are scaring the crap out of the oldies. Magic 8-ball is still uncertain about the future of LotRO however. And hey, it’s free to try now, so you really don’t have an excuse not to at least freeload your way around the Shire for a bit.
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