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Games you may not have played: Ni No Kuni: Wraith of the White Witch

This game starts awesome, and charming but finishes not as awesome, but still pretty charming. Miyazaki did a video game? The game seemed to ship with a lot of US support. So good in fact the games success also had an early hiccup. There was an issue with vendors not honoring all their pre-orders. I [...]

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Games you may have missed- Fire Emblem:Awakening (3DS)

I have been known to talk in great length about the wonders of the Fire Emblem series. The newest incarnation, Awakening, is a respectable entry in this most beloved of Strategy series’. For the record, I was not a fan of the Wii, and Gamecube Fire Emblem iterations; the move to 3D was an awkward [...]

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Dirty Deeds in Dunwall [Dishonored Review]

In the real world your choices are never easily divided into black and white, good and bad, or right and wrong; they’re just different shades of gray. Dishonored, takes this loose concept of morality, and expands upon it more than most games probably ever have creating a totally unique and utterly replayable experience for anyone; [...]

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Gratis Gamer Episode 2: The Reckoning

Here is another entry in our Guest Writer Forrest T.’s Gratis Gamer: now with more vengeance. Check er’ out. Welcome back to Gratis Gamer! Got some money just burning a hole in your pocket? Well, then, get outta here, go to your fancy-pants retail store, and shill out $60 bucks for that latest “Call of Halo: Madden [...]

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Guest Writer Forrest T. brings us Gratis Gamer – Week of 7-16-2012

This is the first in what will be a reoccurring article by Forrest T., Gratis Gamer. Here is Gratis Gamer for the Week of 7-16-2012, please enjoy:   Hello and welcome to the first edition of Gratis Gamer, your one-stop column for the best in free (or decidedly cheap) gaming. Here I will offer up [...]

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Dragon’s Dogma Review

Introduction:   Dragon’s Dogma is a game worth liking, but it does not always make a strong case for doing so. The core gameplay is fantastic, however it gets bogged down by smaller mechanics such as poor quest design, player movement, and narrative confusion. Nevertheless, if you can convince yourself to see past these failures, [...]

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Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Review

Introduction: Ghost Recon is a franchise that has been around for a while. This newest iteration continues with the themes that define the series, with a few subtle changes to the overall gameplay formula. It’s a tighter experience than that of past games. Nevertheless, people who have played either of the GRAW titles, or either [...]

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Asura’s Wrath Review

Full disclosure before I begin: I was not actually able to complete this game. Every time I sat in front of my TV, controller in hand and ready to play, it wouldn’t take long before it got the best of me, and I had to turn it off. I don’t mean to suggest that this [...]

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