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I've been apart of the gaming community since my introduction to Metal Gear Solid in 1998. Mixing my love for gaming and the paranormal, I created the persona The Gamer's Ghost - a gamer from the afterlife with an affinity for horror. I can be found on Xbox LIVE and the Playstation Network on Uncharted 3 and Gears of War servers - and I am probably the only person left on the Ghostbusters: The Video Game servers.

  • Top 5 Wackiest Games of the Last Decade

    Maniacal rabbits, an oddly shaped prince, a vengeance-fueled beast. On the surface these things may not have much in common, but when you look deep...

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    Maniacal rabbits, an oddly shaped prince, a vengeance-fueled beast. On the surface these things may not have much in common, but when you look deep into their odd little lives, you’ll find one major similarity – they are a major part of some of the industry’s oddest creations. While more realistic or serious titles like...
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  • What Franchise Should Get the Lego Treatment Next?

    I wouldn’t call my affinity for Travellers’ Tales’ series of movie-based Lego games anything more than mild appreciation. Regardless, I still hold a level of...

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    I wouldn’t call my affinity for Travellers’ Tales’ series of movie-based Lego games anything more than mild appreciation. Regardless, I still hold a level of respect towards the developer for its ability to transition silver screen masterpieces to mild-mannered, quirky video games. With successes like the three different iterations of the Star Wars franchise, Lego...
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  • What Do You Want in Terminal Reality’s Walking Dead?

    I would be lying if I said my excitement level for the newly announced The Walking Dead game by Terminal Reality started off at a...

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    I would be lying if I said my excitement level for the newly announced The Walking Dead game by Terminal Reality started off at a high. While I find myself enthralled by the franchise, I feel that Telltale Games’ episodic adventure provided the perfect experience to match the staple tension that oozes from both the...
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  • The Conversation Corner: Your Guilty Pleasure Game

    Everybody has that one title that they hide behind all of the blockbuster hits so their friends don’t know they have any interest in it....

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    Everybody has that one title that they hide behind all of the blockbuster hits so their friends don’t know they have any interest in it. Critics may have destroyed it and the overall sales may have said all-too-much about the game’s quality, but there is still something about it that hits your soft spot. Every...
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  • Top 3 Bad Film Adaptations

    Releasing on September 14th of this year is the 5th installment of Paul W. S. Anderson’s Resident Evil film series. While received by mixed critical...

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    Releasing on September 14th of this year is the 5th installment of Paul W. S. Anderson’s Resident Evil film series. While received by mixed critical reviews and a mixed audience, the series has pulled in enough of a fan base to earn the latest entry in the saga $26.6 million on its opening weekend. Though...
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  • Three games that deserve movies adaptations over Need for Speed

    Coming off the recent news that DreamWorks Studios acquired the film rights to the Electronic Arts’ long running Need for Speed series, I couldn’t help...

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    Coming off the recent news that DreamWorks Studios acquired the film rights to the Electronic Arts’ long running Need for Speed series, I couldn’t help but question the decision made by the well-respected movie studio. During the joint announcement, a rep for both companies stated that “[t]he film adaptation will be a fast-paced, high-octane film...
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  • Why Metal Gear Solid 5 Should Not Happen

    To say I am a Metal Gear fan would be an understatement. Since my introduction to the series in 1998, I have credited Metal Gear...

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    To say I am a Metal Gear fan would be an understatement. Since my introduction to the series in 1998, I have credited Metal Gear Solid as being the game that dragged me into the abyss that is the life of a gamer. I followed the series even when I had no clue whether or...
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  • The Key to Good Horror

    Every gamer has their own concept of horror. Where one may jump at the sight of a ghastly image, another may scoff at the infantile...

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    Every gamer has their own concept of horror. Where one may jump at the sight of a ghastly image, another may scoff at the infantile attempts at fright. The most common horror element is the “jump scare”, but does it fall under the most accurate description of horror? At its core, horror extends far beyond...
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  • Can a Franchise Be Burnt Out?

    According to Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, developers should take heed when it comes to franchise releases on a yearly basis. “I don’t aim to annualize...

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    According to Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, developers should take heed when it comes to franchise releases on a yearly basis. “I don’t aim to annualize our non-sports titles because I think you run the risk of burning out the consumer,” Zelnick explained. With developers behind franchises like Call of Duty, Assassin’s Creed, and Need for...
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  • Lollipop Chainsaw

    Sometimes you have to pick up your controller knowing full well that you’re not about to dive into the next Devil May Cry. As my...

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    Sometimes you have to pick up your controller knowing full well that you’re not about to dive into the next Devil May Cry. As my system booted up, despite knowing the developer’s reputation I expected little from Grasshopper Manufacture’s perverse introduction to the zombie-slaying cheerleader, Juliet Starling, which it created in collaboration with film director,...
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  • Can Violence Be Good for the Industry?

    Recently, Naughty Dog showcased a brutal display of survival in its title The Last of Us. The lengthy segment of gameplay showed off the game’s...

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    Recently, Naughty Dog showcased a brutal display of survival in its title The Last of Us. The lengthy segment of gameplay showed off the game’s brutal hand-to-hand combat as well as gunfights that resulted in more realistic reactions to actually being shot. While it can be said that the industry has seen far more violent...
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  • Top 5 Nightmare-Inducing Villains

    Flesh-hungry zombies, ghostly entities, and creatures from worlds beyond our limits have haunted the gaming industry since the release of the original survival horror title,...

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    Flesh-hungry zombies, ghostly entities, and creatures from worlds beyond our limits have haunted the gaming industry since the release of the original survival horror title, Haunted House (Atari, 1982). While these digital creations should logically have no impact on our frame of mind, somehow they continuously creep their way and embed themselves into our subconscious,...
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  • Drop-In Co-Op Gripe

    Anybody that has had their game crashed by the random drop-in of a Co-Op partner knows the frustration that can come from a random individual...

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    Anybody that has had their game crashed by the random drop-in of a Co-Op partner knows the frustration that can come from a random individual appearing in a world that you initially felt control over. Sometimes, things go off without a hitch and the added player is well aware of who’s in control of the...
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  • Possession Adds New Depth to Beyond: Two Souls Gameplay

    In both Indigo Prophecy and Heavy Rain, Quantic Dream succeeded in creating a narrative-based experience with gameplay that was somehow both simplistic yet in depth....

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    In both Indigo Prophecy and Heavy Rain, Quantic Dream succeeded in creating a narrative-based experience with gameplay that was somehow both simplistic yet in depth. With two critically acclaimed titles under his belt, founder David Cage and his dedicated team at the small developer were bound to press on and continue working on their formulas,...
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  • Christmas in July: Gamer’s Edition

    In just about six months, children and children-at-heart throughout the country will be compiling their extensive list of wants and desires for that shifty fat...

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    In just about six months, children and children-at-heart throughout the country will be compiling their extensive list of wants and desires for that shifty fat man with the seemingly endless supply of money. The true holiday season may take place in December, but in July of 1933, a crackpot group of individuals at Camp Keystone...
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  • The Peripheral Wars: Gamer vs The Lack of Support

    In 2006, Nintendo introduced a system based entirely on motion gaming. The Nintendo Wii was able to achieve sales goals that would beat out its...

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    In 2006, Nintendo introduced a system based entirely on motion gaming. The Nintendo Wii was able to achieve sales goals that would beat out its much stronger competitors, the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. What owners of the motion-based system would soon find out is that not every genre would translate well into the realm...
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