• Orc Attack Preview – Now We’re Cookin’ With Gas

    Those pesky humans just can’t leave the poor Orcs alone!  The human-centric fantasy world is a thing of the past.  For quite a while, games...

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    Those pesky humans just can’t leave the poor Orcs alone!  The human-centric fantasy world is a thing of the past.  For quite a while, games like Warcraft have tried to offer a more rounded view of what it’s like to live a world filled with multiple intelligent species, and in the upcoming game Orc Attack...
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  • Sifteo Cubes – Blocks For The 21st Century

    Console makers are scrambling to find new ways to let players interface with games.  They’re making some good attempts; say what you want about the...

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    Console makers are scrambling to find new ways to let players interface with games.  They’re making some good attempts; say what you want about the kind of games available for the Kinect, at least the hardware allows players to control them in a new way.  The same is true for iphone games that rely entirely...
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  • Dieselpunk Dovakiin – Hands on With Dishonored

    When Fallout 3 arrived, many of Bethesda’s fans called it “Oblivion with guns”. Even though one was set in a fantasy world while the other...

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    When Fallout 3 arrived, many of Bethesda’s fans called it “Oblivion with guns”. Even though one was set in a fantasy world while the other was post-apocalyptic, the two games ran on the same engine, had similar mechanics and each let players craft a custom character to explore a vast free-roam world. With Bethesda’s latest...
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  • BattleBlock Theater Preview

    The Behemoth is far from the lumbering monstrosity that the name implies.  The Behemoth is actually the indie developer of the cult hit Alien Hominid,...

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    The Behemoth is far from the lumbering monstrosity that the name implies.  The Behemoth is actually the indie developer of the cult hit Alien Hominid, and the wildly popular downloadable multiplayer beat ‘em up Castle Crashers. Both were sleeper hits, created by a small and ironically-named team.  Their next game, Battle Block Theater uses the...
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  • Sanctum 2 – Hands On Preview

    Tower Defense is among the most heavily-refined genres in gaming.  The concept ain’t broke, don’t need no fixin’ and players have fun with these games...

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    Tower Defense is among the most heavily-refined genres in gaming.  The concept ain’t broke, don’t need no fixin’ and players have fun with these games even though there has been little evolution since Tower Defense began as a Starcraft mod years ago.  But still, developers are always on the lookout for new ways to modify...
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  • Guild Wars 2: Hands On Preview

    The release date for Guild Wars 2 was just announced, the server “Stress Test” was held earlier this week, and this eagerly anticipated sequel to...

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    The release date for Guild Wars 2 was just announced, the server “Stress Test” was held earlier this week, and this eagerly anticipated sequel to ArenaNet’s subscription-free MMO is almost here.  The many fans of the first game are dying to get their hands on it, but what about the rest of the gaming community? ...
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  • Hands-On With Crush 3D

    Some games just cry out for 3-D.  While there have been quite a few 2-D classics ported to the Nintendo 3DS, many of them just...

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    Some games just cry out for 3-D.  While there have been quite a few 2-D classics ported to the Nintendo 3DS, many of them just use the 3-D effects for a bit of added visual flair, but others use this extra dimension as an integral part of the world.  Crush 3-D which just released a...
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  • Hands-On With Doodle Jump Kinect

    Before Angry Birds came along, Doodle Jump was that game your friends were always playing on their phone. In its mobile incarnation it’s a vertical...

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    Before Angry Birds came along, Doodle Jump was that game your friends were always playing on their phone. In its mobile incarnation it’s a vertical platformer where players guide a cute critter upwards through a series of platforms while avoiding enemies and trying to not miss any jumps. As a “Autojumper” it would probably be...
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  • Hands-On With Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

    “Revengenace” isn’t a word, but that didn’t stop Konami from using it as a subtitle for the latest installment in the Metal Gear franchise.  Having...

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    “Revengenace” isn’t a word, but that didn’t stop Konami from using it as a subtitle for the latest installment in the Metal Gear franchise.  Having been a long-time fan of the series, I had still lost track of the increasingly incomprehensible story.  I was vaguely aware that somewhere along the line, Raiden, the prettyboy who...
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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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    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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