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Star Wars: The Old Republic; Initial Thoughts

SWTOR: Initial Thoughts- A quick disclaimer that I have only played about 5 levels of Star Wars: The Old Republic, and this is more a pre-review than a review, but so far I am enjoying the game and have much to already comment on.   The Good: There is a staleness to the current MMO [...]

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NEED FOR SPEED: THE RUNdown

Need for Speed: The Run SKU: Xbox 360 Reviewed by: Patrick Garcia     Story There’s nothing new here you haven’t already seen before.  You play as Jack, a guy who’s wanted by the mob and now has to win this transcontinental race to pay what he owes.  The game starts off with it seeming [...]

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What’s so great about Skyrim?

The Good: In the history of RPG video games, there has been a concerted effort to represent, through gameplay, what someone might be picturing in their head when they read a fantasy novel, such as “Lord of the Rings” or “A Game of Thrones”; or possibly what one might envision as they play a pen [...]

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Super Mario 3D Land Review

Mario is back and better than ever in an adventure that mixes the best of the old and new. Super Mario 3D land is a must own title for the 3DS and takes full advantage of all of the 3DS’s features, making it the one title that fully showcases what the handheld is truly capable [...]

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Payday: The Heist: The Review

  Game  Payday: The Heist Developer  Overkill Publisher  Sony Platform(s)  PS3, PC Review Score  7.0   It’s Payday, but Overkill Software may have docked your check a bit… Payday: The Heist is a shooter that combines 4-player cooperative gameplay with heist-themed objectives and challenges.  You can play as one of four masked gunmen alongside AI or team up with [...]

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Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception and the Dreamers of the Day

(Note: There are a few plot spoilers in this article which could effect certain story reveals in the Uncharted games.) “All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are [...]

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Arkham City Review

Game  Batman: Arkham City Developer  Rocksteady Publisher  Eidos Platform(s)  XBox 360, PS3 (PC and Wii U versions to come) Rating  9.5   Reviewed by Patrick Garcia   For those not interested in reading a lengthy review just to get to the bottom line, know this:  Arkham City is awesome.   After having already released what [...]

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RAGE review

  An amazing FPS with solid vehicular gameplay and a slight and solid curve toward RPG.   After having just finished the game and having spent 20 plus hours with the game overall , I look back in retrospect at what RAGE is and I can’t say that that it is the sci-fi/post apocalyptic epic [...]

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