Game Reviews
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Wii Fit Published Date: Jun 12, 2008There’s something counterintuitive, even vaguely off-putting, about a videogame that’s earnestly intended to improve your health. Videogames, as we all know and have heard, are pernicious, sedentary, monotonous activities that promote obesity, strain vision, and engender repetitive-stress injury...
Genre: Sports Platform: Wii
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Haze Published Date: Jun 9, 2008How the suits at Sony’s marketing department must be scratching their beleaguered heads, as the platform-exclusive Haze landed a few weeks ago and has already been sliding towards the bargain bin. It’s a situation that needs close examination, because Haze isn’t just a disappointment becaus...
Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PlayStation 3
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstor Published Date: Jun 9, 2008The Warhammer 40,000 universe stands as one of the most popular imaginary destinations for geeks around the world. Games Workshop’s tabletop gaming franchise has proven to be extremely popular for the last two decades, even though every miniature you paint probably delays the loss of your virginit...
Genre: Real-Time Strategy Platform: PC
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The World Ends With You Published Date: Jun 3, 2008From the Square Enix and Jupiter teams, whose creations include Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, comes the innovative action-RPG The World Ends With You, which is one of the most multifaceted, stylish and engaging games I have played on any games system. This is definitely not just a rehash of t...
Genre: RPG Platform: Nintendo DS
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ATV: Thunder Ridge Riders / Monster Truc Published Date: Jun 3, 2008The signs were bad from the beginning for ATV Thunder Ridge Riders & Monster Trucks Mayhem, when the translation on the back cover was incorrect (for “cart” read “card”, and for that matter “great” should have read as “horrendous”). Even the fact that two games are packaged for the p...
Genre: Racing Platform: Nintendo DS
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Condemned 2: Bloodshot Published Date: Jun 1, 2008I didn’t play the original Condemned: Criminal Origins the first time around and I’m not sure why, perhaps because it was neither insanely brilliant or wincefully poor, and hence didn’t draw attention to itself as it snuck out into the market. But following the original’s well received appl...
Genre: First person horror Platform: Xbox 360
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Okami Published Date: May 23, 2008Okami, released originally for PS2 in 2006, was never a hit. Critics and selective gaming circles lauded it, sure, but legions of children and hardcore shoot-‘em-up gamers seemed only passingly affected by the game’s charming visuals, barebones gameplay, and mythological backstory. As a result, ...
Genre: Adventure Platform: Wii
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Flat Out: Head On Published Date: May 22, 2008Pedal to the metal rednecks! It’s psychotic, no holds barred racing with a touch of Dukes of Hazzard and a special twist that would keep even the most sadistic mind occupied. Flatout – Head On (F:HO) is the PSP version of Flatout – Ultimate Carnage, and although being remarkably similar to the...
Genre: Racing Platform: Sony PSP
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Command and Conquer: Kane's Wrath Published Date: May 20, 2008The world is a ruined, bombed-out wasteland, with the scraps being fought over by militant religious extremists and a dogmatic, militaristic world power. Our choice of fuel, with which to power our modern lifestyles, has spelled the doom of our world, and raised the prospect of invasion. A madman in...
Genre: Real-Time Strategy Platform: PC
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Dark Sector Published Date: May 19, 2008In Dark Sector, you play Hayden Tenno, a Special Forces operative sent into a former Soviet state to blow up a compound where biological weapons are being created. He becomes infected, and as the virus spreads throughout his body, he develops more and more amazing abilities. And just as I’ve gloss...
Genre: Third-Person Action Adventure Platform: Xbox 360
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