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Review: Dynasty Warriors 7
I’ve been a fan of Dynasty Warriors since a buddy and I first pursued Lu Bu on DW2 back in the day. Dynasty Warriors is notorious for having a very tried and true formula that hasn’t evolved very much since …
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Review: Swarm
Swarm’s menu screen should tell you everything you need to know about the game. It is gleefully sadistic in how it forces you to murder hundreds of blue critters, and it ensures that you take joy in every aspect of …
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Review: HOARD (PSP)
Dragons are cool. It is an unassailable fact of existence. Knowing this, Vancouver-based Big Sandwich Games could have easily phoned in any generic dragon game and hoped for a quick buck. Instead they gave us HOARD, an action arcade-strategy (“stratecade”) …
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Review: Qlione Evolve
Most games are formed on a solid idea, one that can last throughout the course of an entire game without becoming tired. Qlione starts off with an interesting idea, but faceplants at the first hurdle without even wanting to. The …
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Review: WackyLands Boss
Please note that these screenshots are for the iOS version of WackyLands Boss Folks around here may be getting the impression that I am easily won over by charm. My 2010 Game of the Year was Costume Quest, after all, …
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Review: Bionic Commando Rearmed 2
As you’ll hear on Episode 22 of the podcast, I had some negative preconceptions of this game before really delving into it. Most of my problems had to do with the included DRM discussed in this news post. I …
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Review – Tales From Space: About A Blob
“You play as a sort of gelatinous blob. You can eat anything smaller than you, and when you do, you grow, so you can eat bigger things.” This is how I described Tales From Space: About A Blob to my …
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Review: Spare Parts
Spare Parts… is uneven. That’s honestly the best way of describing it. For every moment of fun, there’s an equal part frustration thrown in to the mix. For every time you and your co-op buddy hi-five each other for health, …
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Review: I Must Run!
GameLion seems to have a knack for making great minis. Their previous titles, Boom Beats in particular, had a great knack for making simple gameplay addictive and fun, and I Must Run shows us that the developer has no signs …
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Review – Eat Them
Ah. So this is how you mess up a game in which you play a giant, hulking monster. Eat Them certainly sounds a treat on paper, a game in which you play a hulking monstrosity of your own creation, and …
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Review: Dynasty Warriors 7
I’ve been a fan of Dynasty Warriors since a buddy and I first pursued Lu Bu on DW2 back in the day. Dynasty Warriors is notorious for having a very tried and true formula that hasn’t evolved very much since …
+
Read More

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Review: Swarm
Swarm’s menu screen should tell you everything you need to know about the game. It is gleefully sadistic in how it forces you to murder hundreds of blue critters, and it ensures that you take joy in every aspect of …
+
Read More

Posted in - Reviews
Review: HOARD (PSP)
Dragons are cool. It is an unassailable fact of existence. Knowing this, Vancouver-based Big Sandwich Games could have easily phoned in any generic dragon game and hoped for a quick buck. Instead they gave us HOARD, an action arcade-strategy (“stratecade”) …
+
Read More

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Review: Qlione Evolve
Most games are formed on a solid idea, one that can last throughout the course of an entire game without becoming tired. Qlione starts off with an interesting idea, but faceplants at the first hurdle without even wanting to. The …
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Review: WackyLands Boss
Please note that these screenshots are for the iOS version of WackyLands Boss Folks around here may be getting the impression that I am easily won over by charm. My 2010 Game of the Year was Costume Quest, after all, …
+
Read More

Posted in - Reviews
Review: Bionic Commando Rearmed 2
As you’ll hear on Episode 22 of the podcast, I had some negative preconceptions of this game before really delving into it. Most of my problems had to do with the included DRM discussed in this news post. I …
+
Read More

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Review – Tales From Space: About A Blob
“You play as a sort of gelatinous blob. You can eat anything smaller than you, and when you do, you grow, so you can eat bigger things.” This is how I described Tales From Space: About A Blob to my …
+
Read More

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Review: Spare Parts
Spare Parts… is uneven. That’s honestly the best way of describing it. For every moment of fun, there’s an equal part frustration thrown in to the mix. For every time you and your co-op buddy hi-five each other for health, …
+
Read More

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Review: I Must Run!
GameLion seems to have a knack for making great minis. Their previous titles, Boom Beats in particular, had a great knack for making simple gameplay addictive and fun, and I Must Run shows us that the developer has no signs …
+
Read More

Posted in - Reviews
Review – Eat Them
Ah. So this is how you mess up a game in which you play a giant, hulking monster. Eat Them certainly sounds a treat on paper, a game in which you play a hulking monstrosity of your own creation, and …
+
Read More