Albert Hong, Author at Explosion

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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!

Street Fighter IV: Volt
Whilst small errors here and there detract from the overall fluid fighting experience, Street Fighter IV: Volt has a lot of great features going for it that...

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by Albert Hong 12 years ago10 years ago

Whilst small errors here and there detract from the overall fluid fighting experience, Street Fighter IV: Volt has a lot of great features going for it that more than justify its rather hefty price tag. I remember owning a Street Fighter title on the Gameboy Advance when I was younger – and one thing I immediately appreciated...

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Will Children’s Gaming Take the Final Leap in 2013?
For all its faults over the years, children’s gaming has undoubtedly been the largest source of entertainment and pleasure for gamers of all ages. No...

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by Albert Hong 12 years ago12 years ago

For all its faults over the years, children’s gaming has undoubtedly been the largest source of entertainment and pleasure for gamers of all ages. No other genre has tapped into as many audiences, attracted as many players and satisfied as many customers as it has – and I’m not just talking about the stereotypical Platforming games...

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Are XBLA Prices too Pricey?
I’m afraid it’s time for me to get on my soap box like a midget in a cupboard full of Fairy Liquid containers and tell...

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by Albert Hong 12 years ago12 years ago

I’m afraid it’s time for me to get on my soap box like a midget in a cupboard full of Fairy Liquid containers and tell you all about the issue I’m facing regarding the increasing cost of downloadable content. If you can cast your minds as far back as 2009 then you may have noticed...

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Slender
What do you get if you cross memorable “urban legends”, disturbing source material and a truly haunting, oppressive presentational style? MTV’s ‘Geordie Shore’ – but...

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by Albert Hong 12 years ago10 years ago

What do you get if you cross memorable “urban legends”, disturbing source material and a truly haunting, oppressive presentational style? MTV’s ‘Geordie Shore’ – but also (more importantly) an exclusive, contemporary PC survival-horror game called ‘Slender’! From start to finish, Slender is the kind of game that unearths that long-lost sensation inside of you (assuming...

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London 2012: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games
Let’s face it; Beijing 2008 wasn’t actually that bad. While it hardly rivalled the quality of games that were being produced at the time (2008...

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by Albert Hong 12 years ago11 years ago

Let’s face it; Beijing 2008 wasn’t actually that bad. While it hardly rivalled the quality of games that were being produced at the time (2008 being a year which brought us GTA IV, LittleBIG Planet and Fallout 3), it did possess some truly addictive gameplay elements thanks – on the whole – to its solid...

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Split
Touchy Interactive see Split! as an evolutionary title set to raise the bar for future “touch-based tactical puzzle games”. What they push in creativity they...

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by Albert Hong 12 years ago11 years ago

Touchy Interactive see Split! as an evolutionary title set to raise the bar for future “touch-based tactical puzzle games”. What they push in creativity they sadly (and simultaneously) lack in overall coherence – but that’s not to say their modestly priced debut title (available on iPhone/iPad for £0.59/£1.29) isn’t worth checking out for fans of...

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LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Sometimes I like to stop and think about the irony of aging (a line I don’t commonly associate with being an opener for one of...

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by Albert Hong 12 years ago11 years ago

Sometimes I like to stop and think about the irony of aging (a line I don’t commonly associate with being an opener for one of my reviews) and this is a thought which pops into my brain most often when I’m revisiting a videogame I used to really enjoy from the past. Since LEGO Star...

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Lollipop Chainsaw: Second Opinion
If there’s one thing which Lollipop Chainsaw proves in abundance, it’s that games can still dazzle and charm with the most midas of touches. That’s...

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by Albert Hong 12 years ago12 years ago

If there’s one thing which Lollipop Chainsaw proves in abundance, it’s that games can still dazzle and charm with the most midas of touches. That’s not to say this is a game about subtlety and nuances – there’s no way in hell that’d be the case; the central protagonist flings euphemisms, jiggles her assets and...

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Top 5 Sexiest Videogame Women
Let’s face it, we all love gaming and i’m pretty sure the vast majority of us love sexy ladies. So with that in mind, what...

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by Albert Hong 12 years ago11 years ago

Let’s face it, we all love gaming and i’m pretty sure the vast majority of us love sexy ladies. So with that in mind, what better way could be spent on this cold June evening than by warming our cockles next to some fine videogame talent? Enjoy, but remember – please for the love of...

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Babel Rising
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep,...

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by Albert Hong 12 years ago11 years ago

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said “Let there be light” and there was li – oh wait shit, no, they’re at it again!...

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A Dragon’s Dogma Assessment
Dragon’s Dogma is a game that’s wowed critics worldwide, sold well and most importantly given Capcom a competitive slice of the contemporary RPG cake to...

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by Albert Hong 12 years ago12 years ago

Dragon’s Dogma is a game that’s wowed critics worldwide, sold well and most importantly given Capcom a competitive slice of the contemporary RPG cake to gorge on. But what is it about Dragon’s Dogma which makes it such an appealing title at this moment in time, faced with such stiff competition such as Max Payne...

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Max Payne 3 “Signature Series” Strategy Guide Review
It’s not often I enjoy a game so much that I feel excited to read through a few hundred pages in a strategy guide in...

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by Albert Hong 12 years ago12 years ago

It’s not often I enjoy a game so much that I feel excited to read through a few hundred pages in a strategy guide in order to suspend my disbelief that bit further, however Max Payne 3 is one of those rare examples that actually warrants such a hefty and well written guide to support...

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A Dead Space Retrospective
Today, new screens of Dead Space 3 surfaced on the internet (which are conveniently placed throughout this article for you to gawp at). As this...

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by Albert Hong 12 years ago12 years ago

Today, new screens of Dead Space 3 surfaced on the internet (which are conveniently placed throughout this article for you to gawp at). As this is undoubtedly going to be one of the biggest games at E3, I decided to take a step back and reevaluate exactly what made the previous two Dead Space titles...

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Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 2
Perhaps I’m the wrong type of person to review a game like Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 2. See, I remember Sonic’s 16bit heyday on...

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by Albert Hong 12 years ago10 years ago

Perhaps I’m the wrong type of person to review a game like Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 2. See, I remember Sonic’s 16bit heyday on the SEGA Megadrive – a heyday that seems to have lasted roughly 21 years, seven console generations and is still going strong to this day. There’s no doubting that the...

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Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is like no game I’ve ever played before. While I’ve always regarded the franchise as the clumsy little brother constantly playing catch-up to...

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by Albert Hong 12 years ago11 years ago

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is like no game I’ve ever played before. While I’ve always regarded the franchise as the clumsy little brother constantly playing catch-up to many of the industry giants, I’m happy to announce that Future Soldier’s lofty ambitions are fully-realized this time around, providing unique thrills, spills and kills in an effort to ensure...

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Inversion Preview
The sun beat down on a premature summer’s afternoon last Friday as I avoided the suspect yet intimidating life-size figures of some of Tekken’s most...

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by Albert Hong 12 years ago12 years ago

The sun beat down on a premature summer’s afternoon last Friday as I avoided the suspect yet intimidating life-size figures of some of Tekken’s most notable representatives. These iconic characters (fixed in battle pose) were guarding the entrance to a lavish gaming lounge in Namco Bandai’s head offices in London – a lounge bordered by...

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