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My name is Albert and I have been gaming since I ever got my hands on a Game Boy Color. You could say I am in love with the gaming industry and pretty much anything involving games. I have written about games briefly for another site and I hope to broaden my horizons through Explosion. I am currently a sophomore majoring in Communications and I take plenty of time to relax on the Xbox 360 mostly, but I'm open to it all!

  • 5 Things That Stood Out at the PS4 Event

    Gamers got a glimpse of the future at Sony’s press conference where their next-gen console, the Playstation 4, was officially announced. Along with its name,...

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    Gamers got a glimpse of the future at Sony’s press conference where their next-gen console, the Playstation 4, was officially announced. Along with its name, we were able to see the Dualshock 4, some interesting new features, and some promising new games for the PS4. While I’m sure there’s still a lot more that Sony...
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  • Temple Run 2

    Temple Run 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to 2011’s highly addictive iOS/Android game Temple Run, developed and published by Imangi Studios. For anyone who...

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    Temple Run 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to 2011’s highly addictive iOS/Android game Temple Run, developed and published by Imangi Studios. For anyone who has yet to play the original, I’ll break it down thusly: In true Indiana Jones fashion the game features around a group of explorers who attempt to steal an ancient...
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  • Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

    George R. Gissing once famously wrote, “It is familiarity with life that makes time speed quickly. When every day is a step in the unknown,...

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    by Albert Hong
    George R. Gissing once famously wrote, “It is familiarity with life that makes time speed quickly. When every day is a step in the unknown, as for children, the days are long with gathering of experience…” With the wonder of childhood at the heart of any Studio Ghibli project, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the...
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  • Akaneiro: Demon Hunters Open Beta Impressions

    American McGee, as you may know already, has been responsible for putting twists on classic tales and stories of childhood, and then translating his vision...

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    by Albert Hong
    American McGee, as you may know already, has been responsible for putting twists on classic tales and stories of childhood, and then translating his vision into video games we can enjoy. Some notable examples of his work as designer and founder of Spicy Horse Games, an independent development studio, would be American McGee’s Grimm and...
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  • 007 Legends

    While I’m pretty sure it wasn’t the developers’ original intention, 007 Legends plays like an intricate love-letter to the golden age of gaming. With graphics...

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    While I’m pretty sure it wasn’t the developers’ original intention, 007 Legends plays like an intricate love-letter to the golden age of gaming. With graphics that wouldn’t feel out of place in 2002’s Brosnan-inspired 007 Nightfire, some woeful combat that survives only on its charm and some trademark humour than would split the sides of...
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  • DmC Devil May Cry

    A marmite franchise is made more palatable in a fresh bid to revitalise the Devil May Cry saga, but is the re-birth of one of...

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    A marmite franchise is made more palatable in a fresh bid to revitalise the Devil May Cry saga, but is the re-birth of one of gamings most iconic demon-hunters really a step in the right direction for both Capcom and Ninja Theory? I’m of the mindset that Devil May Cry was in desperate need of...
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  • 2013: What to Expect

    Hello dear readers and happy new year! It’s no surprise that last year was a healthy one for gaming fans and production companies alike, with...

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    by Albert Hong
    Hello dear readers and happy new year! It’s no surprise that last year was a healthy one for gaming fans and production companies alike, with presumably “standard” titles such as Far Cry 3, The Walking Dead and The Darkness II far outselling everyone’s expectations and rivalling blockbuster titles such as Halo 4, FIFA 13 and...
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  • Skyrim: Dragonborn

    Bethesda have had a tendency in the past to lose focus with their DLC offerings. Whether it be the expansion packs that don’t quite slot...

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    by Albert Hong
    Bethesda have had a tendency in the past to lose focus with their DLC offerings. Whether it be the expansion packs that don’t quite slot in alongside the game they’re meant to be expanding upon or expensive content that offers very little to extend audience gratification – Skyrim has undoubtedly been one of the busiest...
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  • Hitman Absolution

    Where do you start with a series like Hitman? It’s a gratuitous, non-stop thinking man’s franchise that has now moved swiftly with the times courtesy...

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    by Albert Hong
    Where do you start with a series like Hitman? It’s a gratuitous, non-stop thinking man’s franchise that has now moved swiftly with the times courtesy of IO Interactive and Square Enix. While it may have taken over half a decade since Hitman: Blood Money to get anti-hero Agent 47 some fresher contracts to pursue, Absolution...
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  • Rayman Jungle Run

    Whittling down Michel Ancel’s fanciful Rayman Origins onto a portable device was always going to be a tough challenge. The PSVita coped admirably with that...

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    by Albert Hong
    Whittling down Michel Ancel’s fanciful Rayman Origins onto a portable device was always going to be a tough challenge. The PSVita coped admirably with that task, retaining the heart and humour of the original whilst adding enough new ingredients to make it feel like not-such-a-direct-to-handheld-port. However this isn’t the PSVita… and this isn’t Rayman Origins…...
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  • Bring Linearity Back

    Gaming was once about the overall interactive experience. The console was a portal that transported us into the addictive realms of virtual entertainment and compromised...

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    by Albert Hong
    Gaming was once about the overall interactive experience. The console was a portal that transported us into the addictive realms of virtual entertainment and compromised nothing; if you needed to get to point B you’d always know exactly how to make it there, get the t-shirt and then be back in time for tea. Then...
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  • BradyGames Resident Evil 6 “Signature Series” Guide

    Halloween is vast approaching and soon gamers everywhere will be cowering behind their sofas, nervously surviving a seasonal horror treat (or is that, trick?)! Undoubtedly...

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    by Albert Hong
    Halloween is vast approaching and soon gamers everywhere will be cowering behind their sofas, nervously surviving a seasonal horror treat (or is that, trick?)! Undoubtedly one of this years’ biggest horror games will be Resident Evil 6 and no Resi Evil fan would be worth their salt this time of year without a comprehensive gamer...
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  • Resident Evil 6

    Resident Evil 6 is the rare example of a game that oozes obscene amounts of quality from start to finish without ever actually reaching its...

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    by Albert Hong
    Resident Evil 6 is the rare example of a game that oozes obscene amounts of quality from start to finish without ever actually reaching its true potential. It’s like the geeky mathematician at school who excites the faculty with his supreme knowledge of Pythagoras’ theorem but at the same time completely sucks at sports, or...
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  • FIFA 13

    FIFA 13 Just like Emile Heskey’s infamous “shot-that-went-out-for-a-throw-in” shot, the FIFA franchise has always been just fractions off the mark when it comes to hitting...

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    by Albert Hong
    FIFA 13 Just like Emile Heskey’s infamous “shot-that-went-out-for-a-throw-in” shot, the FIFA franchise has always been just fractions off the mark when it comes to hitting its ultimate targets (although not in any financial sense…) When the games’ approach was re-envisioned in FIFA 09 and then again later in FIFA 12, it was met with an...
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  • FIFA 13 Demo

    From the EUROs to the Olympics, it’s safe to say that this summer has been irrevocably important for the world of sport. While many kids...

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    by Albert Hong
    From the EUROs to the Olympics, it’s safe to say that this summer has been irrevocably important for the world of sport. While many kids have opted to drop the controller in order to pick up a pair of shinpads, the FIFA franchise remains a constant source of entertainment all around the world not just...
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  • Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

    Transformers games of recent times have felt like one enormous packet of Rowntrees Fruit Randoms – a mixed bag. While Activison’s “War for Cybertron” more than satisfied...

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    by Albert Hong
    Transformers games of recent times have felt like one enormous packet of Rowntrees Fruit Randoms – a mixed bag. While Activison’s “War for Cybertron” more than satisfied fans of the Transformers franchise, it blasted casual gamers with regular and frustrating bouts of bugs, texture popping and general control issues. With the plot advancing further and emotion growing...
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