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Scarygirl is a fairly typical blend of side-scrolling 3D fun, with a uniquely psychedelic art design complimented by decently implemented gameplay and traditional platforming charm.  While it may not be a groundbreaking or sensationally must-have experience, Scarygirl does elevate itself above most other subpar adaptations of popular non-video game franchises. That’s right, Scarygirl is actually [...]

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One thing Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning has going for it are the brains behind its creation. While Big Huge Games are no strangers to success, partner  38 Studios is a new company with a lot to prove. This means that thinking outside the box and looking for ways to differentiate itself from the pack  leads [...]

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Sometimes, I forget what a wonderful thing Xbox LIVE Arcade is. When the right kind of content is released, it can be quite an incredible place, a platform for getting your hands on independent content crafted with love, care and a certain amount of hands-on flair that is hard to find in many of the [...]

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You may have reached the ultimate conclusion of Ezio Auditore de Firenze’s adventures in Assassin’s Creed Revelations this holiday, but if you’re still stabbing your enemies with the pointy end in the game’s multiplayer then have I got some news for you. Come January 24th, players will be able to drop 800 MS points to [...]

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  All you MW3 players who bought into the Elite’s premium content plan, it’s time to find out just what your are getting this season and, perhaps more importantly, when.  Activision has  announced that their money-making combat powerhouse Modern Warfare 3 will gain an incredible 9 months of consecutive DLC’s starting January 24th. Here’s the [...]

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Crossovers are a funny thing, capable of bringing together the best and worst that a franchise has to offer. Characters you have grown to love are thrust into the same universe, and suddenly a whole world of brand new possibilities are yours for the taking. What would happen when your favorite heroes teamed up to [...]

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Space. The final frontier. In an age of space marines and alien invasions, it’s sometimes easy to forget the sheer joy involved in exploring the cosmos. I’ve felt recently that I’ve lost touch with my inner space adventurer. It was time to veer off the beaten path of established space faring franchises like Halo, Mass [...]

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Here we are again with yet another storied comic book franchise (looking at you X-men: Destiny) getting the video game treatment. Peter Parker and his alter ego Spider-Man are no strangers to consoles nor the gamers who  play them. In fact, Spider-Man has actually been lucky enough to rise from movie tie-in mediocrity to become [...]

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First Person Shooters. We both love and hate these staples of gaming culture, eager to find new and innovative ways of tackling what some might consider to be a fundamentally simple concept; find your enemy and kill them to death within the confines of your targeting recticle. Id software can be considered the forefathers of [...]

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I’ll be perfectly honest here: I did not expect to like Ace Combat: Assault Horizon all that much. I’ve tried flight simulators in the past, and all that they’ve led to are panicked calls to the control tower and massive, flaming crash epicenters filled with wreckage and my own anguished screams. A good friend of [...]

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