Entries Tagged as 'Reviews'

2 Minute Review:Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (Xbox 360)

July 13th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Gaming, Reviews

DO: Smash mindless peons faces’ as just about any of the Marvel universe’s characters. TYPE: Action RPG PLATFORM: PS3, PS2, DS, Wii, PSP PRICE: (was) $60, now…$27.99 MEAT: (Sorry, for the delay) I posted earlier about picking up this game and, I did. Most of the game is basically repeatedly hitting the same buttons over [...]

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[2 Minute Review] Puzzle Agent

July 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Reviews

Chewing gum is good for you! Now, I know why they didn’t let you chew it in school. DO: Fargo meets Professor Layton meets an incredible illustrator TYPE: puzzle adventure PLATFORM: PC (Steam version reviewed), Mac, and iPhone (coming soon) PRICE: $10 MEAT: You are Nelson Tethers, FBI agent with the U.S. Department of Puzzle [...]

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When It Rains, It Pours [Heavy Rain Review]

March 8th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Gaming, Reviews

Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain for the Playstation 3 is a title that tends to have a polarizing effect on gamers. Love it or hate it, it has generated a lot of discussion. Some deride it as a waste of time–a game that holds your hands with a long cutscene advanced by button presses. Others consider [...]

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2 Minute Review – Guitar Hero: Van Halen

December 11th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Gaming, Reviews

Is it worth a look even for Van Halen fans?

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Requiescat in pace: Assassin’s Creed II

December 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Featured, Gaming, Reviews

In some video games there comes a time where you know that you are going to be in it for the long haul. No other game will be played until this one is done. No TV. No Internet. Nothing.

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2 Minute Review – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

December 4th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Featured, Gaming, Reviews

More modern warfare!

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Flakwolf – Stop getting ripped off.

December 2nd, 2009 · 5 Comments · Reviews

A while back, I was contacted by the owner of Flakwolf, a new site looking to make a name for themselves in the online game trading business. I know there are already a lot of trading sites out there (CAG has a pretty solid system) but I never took the plunge myself into any of [...]

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+800 Microsoft Points

October 14th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Gaming, Reviews

Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade has come and gone. A couple of weeks ago I got a message from LIVE letting my know that 800 points had been credited to my account. This made me look back at the 5200 points I spent to get this rebate.

When I first saw the line up, I was unsure of most of the titles. Getting 800 points back was a nice incentive to take a chance on them. Now, having played all of them, I found that my expectations and my experiences with the games did not match up.

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2 Minute Review – Professor Layton & The Diabolical Box

October 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Featured, Reviews

The Professor and Luke are up to their wacky hijinks again!

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Cheap Game of the Week – Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

October 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Gaming, Reviews

Overview: The title says it all, Guitar Hero + Aerosmith. Pricing: This one has dropped pretty fast. $15 used seems to be the standard and new copies go for $20. The version with the guitar even dropped to $50 or less, which is ridiculously cheap if you don’t already have the controller. Rip-Off Warning: Not [...]

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