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Review: Dead Rising 2 (PC)
The first Dead Rising seemed like a surprise hit for the team over at Capcom. It featured a host of “features” that infuriated gamers all around. Whether it was the artificial time limits for quests, …
Review: Fallout New Vegas (Xbox 360)
When Fallout 3 was announced, there was a sizeable amount of Internet uproar over the title. There were complaints about the move to first person, moving the game to a new location and most importantly, …
Second Opinion Review: Sonic 4 – Episode 1
Stephen posted his review of Sonic 4.1, and now I’m here with the Annoying Sidekick review!
For years, we’ve been screaming for Sega to produce a new Sonic game just like the Genesis classics. And they …
Review: Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes Del Ring (Xbox 360)
For most people, there exposure to Lucha Libre, or Mexican wrestling, most likely has come between viewings of the Shamwow and Slap-Chop informercials while channel surfing. It looks rather hokey and weird with all of …
Review: Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution DLC (Xbox 360)
Many in the gaming community were a bit surprised when Gearbox Software announced that a new DLC pack would be coming to Borderlands, not because people were done playing Borderlands, but because Gearbox had made …
Review: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (PC)
It seems that every few years, Lara Croft goes under the knife for a complete rebuild. This year it seems no different. After Tomb Raider: Legend refreshed the waning franchise; it again started to go …
Review: Raging Rodents (iPad)
There’s a lot of fun to be had in TouchTilt Game’s debut game, Rodent Rage. The premise? Why it’s quite simple, dear reader! Laboratory rats have escaped their confines and are dead set on raising …
Review: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (Xbox 360)
It is always difficult to take an old epic tale and convert it into something new and original while keeping the themes from the original story. It becomes more of an issue when that tale …
Review: Bumps (iPhone)
Bumps is a physics-based puzzle game by Utopian Games for the iPhone and iTouch platforms. Apparently, the story behind Bumps entails aliens, abductions, and the googley-eyed spheres known as bumps. The plot is definitely a …
Review: Worms 2: Armageddon (PSN)
The average Worms game is filled with tedious waiting screens, embarrassing examples of blind firing, eyerollingly out-of-date pop culture references… and that one perfect moment when you send a rocket across a football field and …
Review: Civilization V (PC)
So here I sit, another night well past midnight, and all I can think about is how I could have played my last game of Civilization V better. Sure, I could be sleeping, or eating …
Review: Metroid Other M (Wii)
What is it?
Metroid Other M is the latest entry in the Metroid series, taking place after Super Metroid and before Metroid Fusion. It tells the story of the Metroid universe, from Samus Aran’s perspective, in …
Review: Pizza Boy (iPhone)
ACNE Play’s latest game, Pizza Boy, is now serving up bite-sized, retro-style gaming on the iPhone. Does Pizza Boy manage to deliver a satisfying slice of mobile gaming? Does it manage to avoid being too …
Review: The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest (Wii)
What is it?
The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest is s new game from HEADSTRONG Games and Warner Bros, a licensed game with the franchise backing of the now classic film trilogy of a decade …
First Thirty: Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest (Wii)
This is the launch trailer for Lords of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest, which came out today. I’ve been working on my review copy of the Wii version for about an hour and a half now. …
Review: Dementium II (DS)
As my First Thirty write-up will attest, I’d been waiting for this game for months. The marketing – a slick production of tantalizing horror with just a dash of dark humour – seemed crafted especially …
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