I’ve been wanting to do a music segment for a while now, and the first game that came to mind for music is Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. The mp3 is nearly 13 minutes long, whereas I was shooting for 10-12 minutes, but given the number of songs I squeezed in, I’d say I did […]

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I went to get a haircut recently, and when I walked in the barber, who runs a one-man haircut shop, had one of the Grand Theft Auto games up on his TV. Turns out that he has a PS2, and when I heard that he’d gone all the way through both God of War games, […]

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I just finished reading the G4 Staff’s Top E3 Highlights, and I thought I’d offer my own five favorite items from E3 2009. I’ll hit these in no particular order. Firstly, The Last Guardian. I’ve got to agree that the trailer looks amazing, but I have to agree with Penny Arcade’s take on how the story will end. […]

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Greg wrote about how MadWorld disappointed him, so I figured I’d offer an altenate take.  If you haven’t read his take on the game, please do so.  I’ll wait.  Oh, spoilers will be included so if you don’t want to have things ruined, now is your chance to leave. Ok then.  So here we go.  […]

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Actually, this is some kind of Arkanoid/Breakout clone, but it plays just like Arkanoid. And it’s as addictive as ever. Play Arkanoid

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Keepers is a weekly segment in which I discuss games I’ve played that I’ve seen fit to keep after playing. I generally sell a game that I’ve finished, so the only reason I keep one is because I plan to replay the game some day. Classifying a game as a “keeper” is generally a badge […]

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In a recent comment, Brandon asked “MadWorld disappointing?  How is that even possible?” So I figured I’d take this time to explain how I managed to be disappointed. It wasn’t really as difficult as you might think. Since I’m primarily making a point here, this article will be more of a complaint about the game […]

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I’ve been thinking recently about the integration of minigames into so many of the games we play. Some are good, some are really good, and some are just plain bad. Compare for example the game of Yong in Dark Earth to the horrible conversation minigame in Oblivion. Yong was an Othello variant, and it was […]

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It’s not a problem that you often see in the Spring. Sure, when it’s November, we’re flooded with games. But the first quarter or two of the year are generally devoid of game releases. Right now, in addition to the games you can see I’m playing over in my gamercard at the left, I’ve got […]

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I just finished reading the Joystiq hand-on preview of Scribblenauts. This game sounds downright amazing. The premise is that you face different levels with different problems to solve – get this man a drink, get past this shark, escape from a zombie apololypse. You know, read-world problems. But in order to do this, you write […]

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