Why The Tomb Raider Franchise Isn't Beyond Saving

After the disappointing sales of Tomb Raider Underworld, the Crystal Dynamics team realized that Lara Croft was in trouble. They took a hard look at the video game landscape and came to the conclusion that they needed to re-work and

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Why The Tomb Raider Franchise Isn't Beyond Saving

After the disappointing sales of Tomb Raider Underworld, the Crystal Dynamics team realized that Lara Croft was in trouble. They took a hard look at the video game landscape and came to the conclusion that they needed to re-work and

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NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits Review

Warning: This review contains detailed narrative spoilers but only moderate mechanical spoilers. NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits (formerly known as Icarian: Kindred Spirits) is a 2.5D platformer that, appropriately enough, tells the story of Nyx (Greek goddess of the night) as she

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NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits Review

Warning: This review contains detailed narrative spoilers but only moderate mechanical spoilers. NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits (formerly known as Icarian: Kindred Spirits) is a 2.5D platformer that, appropriately enough, tells the story of Nyx (Greek goddess of the night) as she

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Gamestop Giving Arkham City Online Pass to Used Buyers

In a move that seems like one hell of a bitch-slap towards Warner Bros., Gamestop is apparently going to give out a code to unlock Catwoman’s levels in Arkham City. Normally Catwoman would only be unlocked by buyers of a

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Gamestop Giving Arkham City Online Pass to Used Buyers

In a move that seems like one hell of a bitch-slap towards Warner Bros., Gamestop is apparently going to give out a code to unlock Catwoman’s levels in Arkham City. Normally Catwoman would only be unlocked by buyers of a

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Atmosphere is Not Enough: A Limbo and Another World Critique

(*Spoilers for Another World and Limbo*) I finished Another World and Limbo in single sittings on back to back days and I find it remarkable how similar they are and how one gets what it’s doing so right and the

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Atmosphere is Not Enough: A Limbo and Another World Critique

(*Spoilers for Another World and Limbo*) I finished Another World and Limbo in single sittings on back to back days and I find it remarkable how similar they are and how one gets what it’s doing so right and the

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Sequels That Should Have Been: Freelancer 2

I’ve always wanted to be an astronaut. Despite the work being far more mundane than shown to the public. Hell, you can’t even be sure of actually going into space even if you’re accepted in the program! There’s just something

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Sequels That Should Have Been: Freelancer 2

I’ve always wanted to be an astronaut. Despite the work being far more mundane than shown to the public. Hell, you can’t even be sure of actually going into space even if you’re accepted in the program! There’s just something

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Arkham City Wants You To Think Vertically

Batman: Arkham City has big things in store for fans of the Dark Knight. Rocksteady has taken a page from blockbusters like Spiderman and Infamous by creating an environment where Batman will be able to effortlessly move across the rooftops

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Arkham City Wants You To Think Vertically

Batman: Arkham City has big things in store for fans of the Dark Knight. Rocksteady has taken a page from blockbusters like Spiderman and Infamous by creating an environment where Batman will be able to effortlessly move across the rooftops

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Infinity Blade Hits Arcades This Month

Arcades remain in my heart as something to freaking do on a boring weekday night, so the announcement of Infinity Blade hitting arcades is music to my ear holes. The arcade version of fantastic mobile game running on the iOS

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Infinity Blade Hits Arcades This Month

Arcades remain in my heart as something to freaking do on a boring weekday night, so the announcement of Infinity Blade hitting arcades is music to my ear holes. The arcade version of fantastic mobile game running on the iOS

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Grand Theft Auto III Coming to Mobile Platforms This Fall

Grand Theft Auto III turns ten this month, so its fitting that Rockstar release the game on the only big platforms its yet to inhabit (aside from anything Nintendo, of course): the iOS and Android. GTA III marked the developer’s

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Grand Theft Auto III Coming to Mobile Platforms This Fall

Grand Theft Auto III turns ten this month, so its fitting that Rockstar release the game on the only big platforms its yet to inhabit (aside from anything Nintendo, of course): the iOS and Android. GTA III marked the developer’s

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Raymond Carver vs. the Mortality of Man – A Year of Interviews With Jeffrey Auburn, #3

  APRIL It’s more accurate to say I fell towards Jeffrey—not walking so much as tumbling, passed like a gallstone through the body of the festival crowd. My sense of direction clings to a half-sighting of The Man Himself somewhere

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Raymond Carver vs. the Mortality of Man – A Year of Interviews With Jeffrey Auburn, #3

  APRIL It’s more accurate to say I fell towards Jeffrey—not walking so much as tumbling, passed like a gallstone through the body of the festival crowd. My sense of direction clings to a half-sighting of The Man Himself somewhere

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Beta Announced for Tribes: Ascend

Have you signed up for the Tribes: Ascend Beta? If you go to to their homepage you can ensure a spot in the action when it comes out on November 4th. If you preorder a copy of the game you’ll

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Beta Announced for Tribes: Ascend

Have you signed up for the Tribes: Ascend Beta? If you go to to their homepage you can ensure a spot in the action when it comes out on November 4th. If you preorder a copy of the game you’ll

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