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Review: Dragon's Dogma
It's raining outside as I write this review. My usual view is obscured by rolling dark clouds, and the moisture in the air adds a slight film to the inside of my lungs. It smells and tastes like a dangerous sky that crept in, almost unknowingly, to envelop the usual bright greens and sunlit hues ...
Published by Joseph Christ on June 12, 2012
Review: Journey
Wandering across the desert alone, I find my first partner. We discover hidden secrets; things used to improve ourselves behind a water fall or perched high on a collapsed outcropping of ruins. If my partner finds something, they let out a call, showing me where to go; I reciprocate the gesture. ...
Published by Ben Alford on May 25, 2012
Review: The Witcher 2 Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition (Xbox 360)
Plenty of innovation in the gaming industry comes from Japan and North America.  While these developers continue to push boundaries and reshape the landscape of our beloved medium, more often than not it seems that our European colleagues are forced to take a back seat thanks to incredibly large ...
Published by Chris Davis on May 17, 2012
Review: Awesomenauts
Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas - MOBA - have been a thing since the "Aeon of Strife" custom map infected the StarCraft community back in 1998.  Since then, nearly every Real-Time Strategy game packaged with a map editor has seen its share of MOBA maps.  This evolution of the RTS genre shed the ...
Published by Jeffrey Demelo on May 7, 2012
Review: Trials Evolution
The physical feel of video games is an elusive topic. Called a great feeling that can't be described, or the reason one plays but can't quite explain. It is largely extralinguistic yet it is believed to be one of the core reasons a person plays. The slipping of a basketball off of the fingertips ...
Published by Ben Alford on May 5, 2012
Review: Silent Hill Downpour
Despite a history of being universally criticized for its shallow mechanics, Silent Hill is a series that has remarkably long legs. Introduced in 1999 as one of the first noteworthy survival-horror titles, it still stands tall as a flagship title among a sea of mediocrity. Even 13 years and sever...
Published by Nick Henderson on March 28, 2012
Review: Sine Mora
Breathing fresh life into an old genre is never easy, especially when your source material has been around since the earliest days of the Atari 2600. Over the past 30 years the side scrolling shooter has been transformed and fashioned-over in innumerable ways, granted a plethora of new skins and ...
Published by Joseph Christ on March 21, 2012
Review: Blades of Time
Blades of Time is a hack-and-slash action adventure title developed by Gaijin Entertainment following the adventures of a female heroine, Ayumi. While Blades of Time is considered the “spiritual successor” to the much ridiculed game X-Blades, the similarities begin and end with the main character...
Published by Bob Webb on March 20, 2012