Weekend Note: Not Gears, PS3 Edition

I sure have been writing about Gears a whole lot lately. I don’t even play that game anymore, because after playing Bad Company 2, I realized how…bad it was. Still, with all the new information coming out I can’t help

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Weekend Note: Not Gears, PS3 Edition

I sure have been writing about Gears a whole lot lately. I don’t even play that game anymore, because after playing Bad Company 2, I realized how…bad it was. Still, with all the new information coming out I can’t help

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Gears of War 3 Screenshots and Art

Gameinformer has released a bevy of screenshot from Epic’s upcoming crunchy shooter, Gears of War 3. We’ve picked out the most interesting, cool and crazy screenshots here for your viewing pleasure, along with commentary to boot. Hit the jump to

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Gears of War 3 Screenshots and Art

Gameinformer has released a bevy of screenshot from Epic’s upcoming crunchy shooter, Gears of War 3. We’ve picked out the most interesting, cool and crazy screenshots here for your viewing pleasure, along with commentary to boot. Hit the jump to

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Assault Class Guide, Attacking on Port Valdez

This post is part of an ongoing series of highly detailed strategy guides for Battlefield Bad Company 2 here at Nightmare Mode. This post assumes that you have read the first 10 basic tips, because a lot of the strategies

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Assault Class Guide, Attacking on Port Valdez

This post is part of an ongoing series of highly detailed strategy guides for Battlefield Bad Company 2 here at Nightmare Mode. This post assumes that you have read the first 10 basic tips, because a lot of the strategies

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How to Fix the JRPG

Anyone who has played Final Fantasy XIII probably recognizes it as Square Enix’s attempt to fix what is largely a stale, dying genre. Sure, there have been bright spots, but for the most part the genre is going the way

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How to Fix the JRPG

Anyone who has played Final Fantasy XIII probably recognizes it as Square Enix’s attempt to fix what is largely a stale, dying genre. Sure, there have been bright spots, but for the most part the genre is going the way

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Taste Testing: Imulsion Energy Drink

Drink, drank. Today I became a man. By which I mean today I had an ‘Imulsion,’ an energy drink based off that yellow stuff in Gears that makes baddies extra….bad. Yes, if you did not perceive it yet, something is

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Taste Testing: Imulsion Energy Drink

Drink, drank. Today I became a man. By which I mean today I had an ‘Imulsion,’ an energy drink based off that yellow stuff in Gears that makes baddies extra….bad. Yes, if you did not perceive it yet, something is

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Super Mario Bros. X is Super Mario Mario Crossover

I’ll admit, when I saw this post on Joystiq, I was skeptical. Mario “ripoffs” like this usually have slightly off controls, imitative gameplay, and just generally suck. Then I watched the video. Watch the video. Keep going. Anything else I

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Super Mario Bros. X is Super Mario Mario Crossover

I’ll admit, when I saw this post on Joystiq, I was skeptical. Mario “ripoffs” like this usually have slightly off controls, imitative gameplay, and just generally suck. Then I watched the video. Watch the video. Keep going. Anything else I

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Upcoming Games: June

You realize it’s almost June, right? Summer will soon be here, which means game releases will slow to a crawl in the weird belief that the target market of most games, students, don’t want to play video games when they

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Upcoming Games: June

You realize it’s almost June, right? Summer will soon be here, which means game releases will slow to a crawl in the weird belief that the target market of most games, students, don’t want to play video games when they

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Sunday Gaming Club: Home Grown Post for Home Grown Cats

I am, apparently, a sick motherfucker. Like, I’ve been sick for two weeks with a collection of maladies, some viral, others retarded. For example, that mosquito who bit me where the head meets the neck? I hope he died. I’ve

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Sunday Gaming Club: Home Grown Post for Home Grown Cats

I am, apparently, a sick motherfucker. Like, I’ve been sick for two weeks with a collection of maladies, some viral, others retarded. For example, that mosquito who bit me where the head meets the neck? I hope he died. I’ve

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Weekend Note: Not Alan Wake Edition

So, I traded in my copy of Alan Wake to a locally owned video game store. Using the credits in-store plus some money out of pocket, I bought Resonance of Fate, Indigo Prophecy and Lunar Silver Star Story Complete (

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Weekend Note: Not Alan Wake Edition

So, I traded in my copy of Alan Wake to a locally owned video game store. Using the credits in-store plus some money out of pocket, I bought Resonance of Fate, Indigo Prophecy and Lunar Silver Star Story Complete (

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DEADLY PREMONITION – Review

DEADLY PREMONITION is a videogame developed by Access Games, published by Ignition Entertainment (USA) and by Marvelous Entertainment (Japan) for the Playstation 3 (Japan only) and Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 version was played for this review. It was directed

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DEADLY PREMONITION – Review

DEADLY PREMONITION is a videogame developed by Access Games, published by Ignition Entertainment (USA) and by Marvelous Entertainment (Japan) for the Playstation 3 (Japan only) and Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 version was played for this review. It was directed

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