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  • Review: Sine Mora

    Review: Sine Mora

    Enemy fighters, towering leviathan robots and incessant rainbow bursts of deadly projectiles aren’t your biggest enemies in Sine Mora, the high-class shmup from the head-trip kids at Grasshopper Manufacture and Digital Reality. Not even close. No, public enemy one is the white digital timer at...

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  • Review: Anomaly Warzone Earth

    Review: Anomaly Warzone Earth

    Tower defense games. They’re everywhere these days, streaming onto every machine capable of playing a video game in waves just like those faced in the games themselves. I love ‘em, but they are getting a little stale at this point. It’s time for something different,...

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  • Review: MLB 12: The Show (Vita)

    Review: MLB 12: The Show (Vita)

    Freshly mown grass. Fragrant, blossoming flowers. Hot dogs sizzling away on the grill. The first opened box of Cracker Jack. Oh yes, spring is in the air. Ahhh…do you smell it? With the coming of spring, baseball is back. Today marks the true Opening Day...

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  • Review: FIFA Street

    Review: FIFA Street

    There was a time when the concept of “arcade sports” meant wild, crazy and (often literally) on fire. NFL players jumped off alley walls wearing more bling than Flavor Flav. Second basemen, engulfed in searing flames, cold-cocked runners as they tried to stretch for a...

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  • Review: MotorStorm RC

    Review: MotorStorm RC

    The original MotorStorm was one of the PlayStation 3 launch window titles back in late 2006 into early 2007 (depending on which part of the world you hail from).  Since then the MotorStorm series has spawned three additional titles, each with wildly different themed environments....

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  • Review: Wizorb

    Review: Wizorb

    There is a difference between ripping an idea off and taking something and making it your own.  One need not look far in the video game business to see examples of developers, primarily in the mobile market, preying on and playing off the success of...

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  • Review: ModNation Racers: Road Trip

    Review: ModNation Racers: Road Trip

    Mario Kart 7 shipped with 32 tracks. The Vita’s absolutely execrable Ben 10: Galactic Racing sports a paltry 12. On launch day, ModNation Racers: Road Trip had 50,000. And counting. Yes, it’s tempting to just break out a resounding “AND NOW HOW MUCH WOULD YOU...

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  • Review: Nexuiz

    Review: Nexuiz

    It’s time to party like it’s 1999 in Nexuiz, a multiplayer shooter that manages to accomplish what its designers apparently set out to do: Recreate the same kind of deathmatch vibe that Unreal Tournament gave us when it rocket-jumped onto PCs back at the tail...

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  • Review: Journey

    Review: Journey

    I want to start my review for Journey backwards.  That is to say I 100% recommend this title as an experience that should not be missed.  Thatgamecompany’s latest title is a lovingly crafted game that weaves touching music, stunning visuals, mystery, exploration and a unique...

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  • Review: Furmins

    Review: Furmins

    Most gamers will recognize the development team Housemarque for awesome games like Super Stardust HD, Dead Nation, Outland and their latest PlayStation Vita launch title Super Stardust Delta.  Since these titles are console focused and I have played and enjoyed Super Stardust HD and Dead...

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