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Review: PixelJunk Shooter 2
The PixelJunk series is what I consider the pinnacle of gaming on the PlayStation Network. The games, for the most part, are always great to look at, a blast to play and packed to the brim with features. PixelJunk Shooter …
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Review: Explodemon!
Explodemon! is a sidescrolling platformer whose main twist is its unstable protagonist. The game begins with an attack on the planet Nibia by an evil force known as The Vortex. Of the Guardians who are in charge of defending the …
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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: Dragon’s Lair
The next time I hear somebody wailing about the lack of interactivity in modern games, I’m going to direct their attention to Dragon’s Lair, a game with so little interactivity that it displayed the message “Do you want to quit …
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Review: echochrome ii
Echochrome ii hates you. It wants you to fail, and when you do, it mocks you for it. This isn’t a game to play when you want something easy; this is a game you play when you want a real …
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Review: Top Darts
There’s been some discussion on this title, most notably this. Does the “It’s just darts” argument stand up to the oche? Loading up Top Darts you’re greeted to the calibration screen. It isn’t the most precise screen with just three …
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Review: X-Men Arcade
Welcome to die, ladies and gentlemen. Before starting, let me preface this review by writing that the X-Men 6-player arcade machine holds a special place in my heart. More than even the Simpsons arcade cabinet, X-Men had the ability to …
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Review: Tetris
There are a lot of things to be said in a Tetris review preamble: It’s one of the great grandfathers of modern games. It’s so ubiquitous that there is a version of Tetris on nearly every gaming platform (and several …
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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 – Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers
screenshots from the PC version Warning: this review contains terms they may be unfamiliar to those who have no experience with the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game. I have done my best to make this review as accessible as …
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Review: PixelJunk Shooter 2
The PixelJunk series is what I consider the pinnacle of gaming on the PlayStation Network. The games, for the most part, are always great to look at, a blast to play and packed to the brim with features. PixelJunk Shooter …
+
Read More
Posted in - Reviews
Review: Explodemon!
Explodemon! is a sidescrolling platformer whose main twist is its unstable protagonist. The game begins with an attack on the planet Nibia by an evil force known as The Vortex. Of the Guardians who are in charge of defending the …
+
Read More
Posted in - Reviews
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: Dragon’s Lair
The next time I hear somebody wailing about the lack of interactivity in modern games, I’m going to direct their attention to Dragon’s Lair, a game with so little interactivity that it displayed the message “Do you want to quit …
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Review: echochrome ii
Echochrome ii hates you. It wants you to fail, and when you do, it mocks you for it. This isn’t a game to play when you want something easy; this is a game you play when you want a real …
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Review: Top Darts
There’s been some discussion on this title, most notably this. Does the “It’s just darts” argument stand up to the oche? Loading up Top Darts you’re greeted to the calibration screen. It isn’t the most precise screen with just three …
+
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Review: X-Men Arcade
Welcome to die, ladies and gentlemen. Before starting, let me preface this review by writing that the X-Men 6-player arcade machine holds a special place in my heart. More than even the Simpsons arcade cabinet, X-Men had the ability to …
+
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Review: Tetris
There are a lot of things to be said in a Tetris review preamble: It’s one of the great grandfathers of modern games. It’s so ubiquitous that there is a version of Tetris on nearly every gaming platform (and several …
+
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
Posted in - Reviews
Review – Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers
screenshots from the PC version Warning: this review contains terms they may be unfamiliar to those who have no experience with the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game. I have done my best to make this review as accessible as …
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Read More