Reviews

ASSASSIN'S CREED BROTHERHOOD and the attack of the frahmisms

Initially known as Assassin’s Creed II with multiplayer, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood manages, at the same time, to deny the chance for newcomers to become emotionally invested while inviting fans to divest from a franchise whose narrative seems destined to pursue

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ASSASSIN'S CREED BROTHERHOOD and the attack of the frahmisms

Initially known as Assassin’s Creed II with multiplayer, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood manages, at the same time, to deny the chance for newcomers to become emotionally invested while inviting fans to divest from a franchise whose narrative seems destined to pursue

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Capsized Review

If I had to use one word to describe Capsized, an indie action platformer, it would be beautiful. Everything in the game is hand drawn, from the pulsating environments and enemies that inhabit them to the illustrated comic panels that

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Capsized Review

If I had to use one word to describe Capsized, an indie action platformer, it would be beautiful. Everything in the game is hand drawn, from the pulsating environments and enemies that inhabit them to the illustrated comic panels that

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Returning to Eorzea: How Has Final Fantasy XIV Evolved In The 9 Months Since Its Release?

    Final Fantasy. The name alone carries a lot of weight. It’s the second best selling RPG franchise in the world after Pokemon and typically viewed as the de facto RPG franchise in gaming. A brand that has turned

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Returning to Eorzea: How Has Final Fantasy XIV Evolved In The 9 Months Since Its Release?

    Final Fantasy. The name alone carries a lot of weight. It’s the second best selling RPG franchise in the world after Pokemon and typically viewed as the de facto RPG franchise in gaming. A brand that has turned

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Jamestown Review

Jamestown in an inde shoot-em-up developed and published by Final Form games for the PC. When I first heard the title Jamestown, I am not sure what I thought, but I can assure you it was not shmup set on

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Jamestown Review

Jamestown in an inde shoot-em-up developed and published by Final Form games for the PC. When I first heard the title Jamestown, I am not sure what I thought, but I can assure you it was not shmup set on

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Space Pirates and Zombies: Impressions Part III

Man, that Space Pirates and Zombies game is something else, right? What? You don’t know what I’m talking about? Sounds like you better read PART 1 and PART 2 of my time with SPAZ then! When last we met, I

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Space Pirates and Zombies: Impressions Part III

Man, that Space Pirates and Zombies game is something else, right? What? You don’t know what I’m talking about? Sounds like you better read PART 1 and PART 2 of my time with SPAZ then! When last we met, I

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Review: Total War: Shogun 2

With their Total War games, British developer Creative Assembly have crafted some of the finest games made in the last decade. They’ve taken us from ancient Rome, medieval Europe, the Age of Enlightenment and now to Japan during the Sengoku-Jidai

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Review: Total War: Shogun 2

With their Total War games, British developer Creative Assembly have crafted some of the finest games made in the last decade. They’ve taken us from ancient Rome, medieval Europe, the Age of Enlightenment and now to Japan during the Sengoku-Jidai

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Review: Frozen Synapse

Frozen Synapse is best described as a top-down turn-based tactical shooter….yeah. Kinda like a mix between Rainbow Six and Counter-Strike. It was produced by a small British indie developer, Mode 7 Games, whose only previous escapade in the video games

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Review: Frozen Synapse

Frozen Synapse is best described as a top-down turn-based tactical shooter….yeah. Kinda like a mix between Rainbow Six and Counter-Strike. It was produced by a small British indie developer, Mode 7 Games, whose only previous escapade in the video games

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The 2D Frontier: A Review of Life in Terraria

It’s hard to talk about Terraria without mentioning Minecraft, so lets get that out of the way right quick shall we? Like Minecraft, Terraria is an open world where the player has the ability to build upon and alter the

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The 2D Frontier: A Review of Life in Terraria

It’s hard to talk about Terraria without mentioning Minecraft, so lets get that out of the way right quick shall we? Like Minecraft, Terraria is an open world where the player has the ability to build upon and alter the

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REVIEW: Enslaved Odyssey to the West

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is a game developed by Ninja Theory, and published by Namco Bandai. It is available for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. It is a less than mediocre game and clearly intended for a ‘casual’

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REVIEW: Enslaved Odyssey to the West

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is a game developed by Ninja Theory, and published by Namco Bandai. It is available for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. It is a less than mediocre game and clearly intended for a ‘casual’

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REVIEW: The Brink of a Genre, Worth Exploring

Brink was developed by Splash Damage and published by Bethesda Softworks for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC. It was directed by Paul Wedgewood, Richard Ham, Olivier Leonardi, Chris Sweetman, Arnout van Meer, Richard Jolly and Stephen Gaffney.

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REVIEW: The Brink of a Genre, Worth Exploring

Brink was developed by Splash Damage and published by Bethesda Softworks for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC. It was directed by Paul Wedgewood, Richard Ham, Olivier Leonardi, Chris Sweetman, Arnout van Meer, Richard Jolly and Stephen Gaffney.

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