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Charles Battersby

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Charles is a proud contributor to Explosion, as well as the Xbox/ PC Department Lead at Player Affinity, a weekly columnist for Default Prime, a reviewer at The Indie Game Magazine, and a Special Agent at the U.S. Department of Electronic Entertainment.

  • Hotline Miami

    Sometimes Hotline Miami is a frantic action game where one hit spells instant death for the Player and his enemies.  At other times it’s a...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    Sometimes Hotline Miami is a frantic action game where one hit spells instant death for the Player and his enemies.  At other times it’s a stealthy puzzle game whose plot is greatest enigma of all.   It’s also a frustrating, chaotic, nearly incomprehensible gem of an indie game that satisfies both brain and hands. Hotline Miami...
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  • Red Versus Blue Season 10 DVD

    Our little boys have grown up.  Red Versus Blue began as primitive animation with fuzzy voice overs and couldn’t go ten seconds with profanity or...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    Our little boys have grown up.  Red Versus Blue began as primitive animation with fuzzy voice overs and couldn’t go ten seconds with profanity or explosions.  Now that the tenth season has come to a close, we can see that this gang of profane, violent cyborgs have been trying to tell a sweet story about...
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  • Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Preview

    Last week the HD version of Zone of the Enders arrived, and it came with a demo disk for Konami’s upcoming Metal Gear side story,...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    Last week the HD version of Zone of the Enders arrived, and it came with a demo disk for Konami’s upcoming Metal Gear side story, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.  We had our hands on this game before, but the new demo gives a much more in-depth look at this tale of a cyborg ninja and...
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  • Tomb Raider: Reboot or Deboot?

    When the original PlayStation arrived in the mid nineties, it brought GRAPHICS FROM THE THIRD DIMENSION!  Game designers were mostly baffled by this mysterious new...

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    by Charles Battersby
    When the original PlayStation arrived in the mid nineties, it brought GRAPHICS FROM THE THIRD DIMENSION!  Game designers were mostly baffled by this mysterious new dimension, and many of the early PlayStation games used 3D character models that still behaved like they were in 2D worlds.  Then Lara Croft came along…She was an instant icon. ...
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  • Zone of the Enders HD Collection

    The PlayStation 3 launched with backwards compatibility for PlayStation 2 games, but that feature was removed from later models.  This means that many classic PS2...

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    by Charles Battersby
    The PlayStation 3 launched with backwards compatibility for PlayStation 2 games, but that feature was removed from later models.  This means that many classic PS2 exclusive games can only be played by loving hardware nerds who kept their old consoles running through the current console generation.  Because of this, those old games have gotten a...
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  • Serious Sam BFE: Jewel of the Nile DLC

    Plenty of shooters divide their development into two teams; one for the single-player campaign, and one for the multiplayer.  Sometimes this involves using two entirely...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    Plenty of shooters divide their development into two teams; one for the single-player campaign, and one for the multiplayer.  Sometimes this involves using two entirely separate engines as well.  This raises the question as to why developers don’t just release the single and multiplayer components of their games as two entirely separate products.  Devolver Digital...
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  • Serious Sam: BFE XBLA

    There’s nothing serious at all about this franchise!  Serious Sam is a goofy, old school shooter series that mocks the clichés of modern first person...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    There’s nothing serious at all about this franchise!  Serious Sam is a goofy, old school shooter series that mocks the clichés of modern first person shooters.  The third game in the series, Serious Sam BFE came out for PC a year ago, but just made its way onto consoles where it appears as not one,...
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  • Happy Wars

    Free to play games.  A blessing for young gamers with little money?  A curse that undercuts developers who want to sell good games at fair...

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    by Charles Battersby
    Free to play games.  A blessing for young gamers with little money?  A curse that undercuts developers who want to sell good games at fair prices?  However you view them, this new business model has spread virulently through the PC and mobile market over the last few years.  Now it has come to consoles with...
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  • The Walking Dead Episode 4: Around Every Corner

    Telltale’s The Walking Dead games adapt the comic books, but there one very important difference between the comic books and the game: The comics star...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    Telltale’s The Walking Dead games adapt the comic books, but there one very important difference between the comic books and the game: The comics star Rick Grimes.  Rick is a good man who finds himself leading a band of survivors, and he does the best he can to be a wise leader, a cautious defender,...
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  • Drift Mania Championship 2

    Racing games are generally about getting across the finish line as quickly as possible.  With the Drift Mania series, it’s more about style than speed. ...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    Racing games are generally about getting across the finish line as quickly as possible.  With the Drift Mania series, it’s more about style than speed.  “Drifting” is when a driver deliberately loses traction in the rear wheels and slides around corners in a dangerous, yet flashy manner.  This is the central gameplay mechanic behind Drift...
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  • The Simpsons Tapped Out

    The Simpsons Tapped Out debuted earlier this year in a disastrous bug-ridden launch that resulted in it being pulled from the App Store.  It returned...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    The Simpsons Tapped Out debuted earlier this year in a disastrous bug-ridden launch that resulted in it being pulled from the App Store.  It returned recently in a more stable format, and added a new batch of Halloween content too.  We have spent weeks of our precious lives exploring this addictive time-devourer to see if...
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  • Sonic Adventure 2

    Sega was once a major gaming hardware manufacturer, and in those good old days they created an extensive catalog of classic games and franchises for...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    Sega was once a major gaming hardware manufacturer, and in those good old days they created an extensive catalog of classic games and franchises for their consoles.  Recently they’ve done the current generation a service by updating their older hits as downloadable HD titles.  Some of these, like Jet Set Radio, or Nights Into Dreams...
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  • Colour Bind

    If you found this review because you’re colorblind and like video games, then you’re in luck because Colour Bind can be played by color blind...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    If you found this review because you’re colorblind and like video games, then you’re in luck because Colour Bind can be played by color blind gamers.  It’s also a fun game for people who can see colors, and like physics puzzlers.  If you fall into either of those categories, read on.  If you can see...
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  • Hell Yeah – 2nd Opinion

    Hell Yeah: Wrath of the Dead Rabbit is a peculiar game.  The subtitle informs potential buyers that it is the tale of an enraged bunny...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    Hell Yeah: Wrath of the Dead Rabbit is a peculiar game.  The subtitle informs potential buyers that it is the tale of an enraged bunny who embarks on a mission to quench his thirst for vengeance with the blood of his enemies.  The art design is hand-drawn and cartoonish, combining whimsical cutesiness with gore and...
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  • Call of Cthulhu The Wasted Land

    Some H.P. Lovecraft fans might be concerned that Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land is merely a generic iphone screen-tapping game with the Call of...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    Some H.P. Lovecraft fans might be concerned that Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land is merely a generic iphone screen-tapping game with the Call of Cthulhu trademark slapped on it.  Luckily, they can rest assured that The Wasted Land is both authentically Lovecraftian, and a solid tactical RPG.  It arrived for PC and iOS earlier...
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  • The Legend of Fat Ninja

    Angry Birds gave rise to a flock of clones for mobile devices, some overtly lifting the entire mechanics of these grouchy avians, but a few...

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    by Charles Battersby
    Angry Birds gave rise to a flock of clones for mobile devices, some overtly lifting the entire mechanics of these grouchy avians, but a few have taken the basic notion of a physics “Launching” game and put their own spin on it.  The Legend of Fat Ninja is one such game, and it has players...
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