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Halo Legends – The Legendary Review

March 3, 2010

It’s the product of a grip of Japanese studios, and as expected, the seven episodes vary greatly in presentation. The core elements of the underlying story remain true, and the differing production styles show how many ways a story can be told. If Halo Legends did anything, it served to open the definition of what [...]

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A Soundtrack to Your Escape – Gaming

February 24, 2010

Music and gaming have long been linked to one another. Sure, music can stand apart from gaming, but gaming can’t very well stand apart from music. It’s a fact of life. The genius’s behind Guitar Hero discovered that reality, and earned a king’s ransom for it. Unfortunately, guitar hero sucks. Music isn’t going anywhere fast, [...]

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Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Repeat

February 22, 2010

The next segment of the Command & Conquer franchise is set to release on March 14. It was fun to see the 1999 relic, Tiberian Sun pulled from the museum to be put on the buffing wheel and repackaged as Command & Conquer 3, but this latest one seems like more of the same.

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“Look into my eyes!” – a gamer’s guide to optic stamina

February 17, 2010

You can’t call yourself a gamer ’til you’ve played so long your eyes feel like they’ve got battery acid pouring into them. A gamer’s worst enemy – aside from school, jobs, parents, boy/girlfriends, hunger, and lag – is a set of fatigued eyes. However, there are ways to combat this physiological weakness that separates us [...]

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Diablo III – The epic wait

February 15, 2010

Props to Blizzard for putting out some of the greatest games, but shame on them for taking so long to do it. They are masters of seduction and building anticipation. They lead us fans like a pervert leads kids to his panel van – one piece of candy at a time. We bite their baited [...]

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Napoleon: Total War – stacked higher than the diminutive general himself

February 10, 2010

The Creative Assembly has stamped out the next chapter in its Total War series. This time, it’s Napoleon Bonaparte’s show, and he will be seen no matter how small his shoe size. The game is set to release on February 23, and is exclusive to PC. Ready your grape shot and wet stone because France [...]

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