“Planetside 2” is the sequel to the immensely-successful “Planetside,” a massively-multiplayer first-person shooter and the bastion of its kind. The past decade…
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“StarDrive’s” ever-unpleasant mid-word capitalization is almost distracting enough to mask its misleading name and genre classification. Almost. It’s a 4X game, the…
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“Star Conflict” can most easily be described as “‘EVE Online’ had an affair with ‘World of Tanks,’ and the baby grew up…
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“Dead Space” shares more with “Resident Evil” than either would be comfortable admitting. The two games are both middingly interesting horror franchises.…
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‘Path of Exile’ enjoyable overall, stands on its own
by Michael Gutsche February 1, 2013“Path of Exile” functions as yet another alternate to the throne of the action role playing game (ARPG), which was until now…
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“Call of Duty” has never been high art, but it’s the pièce de résistance of the stereotypical shooting videogame. It even surpassed…
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‘Halo 4’ is imperfect as a whole, but entertaining
by Michael Gutsche November 9, 2012“Halo 4” is fanfiction. Good fanfiction, but fanfiction nonetheless. Everything about the game reeks of “wouldn’t it be cool if?” propositions without…
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“Silent Hill: Revelation” is a video game-to-movie adaptation that even other video game-to-movie adaptations are ashamed of. This film is a mess,…
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“Dishonored” is the rare sort of game that contains many games within itself. It lashes violently when it is a fast-paced hit-and-run…
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The latest expansion to “World of Warcraft,” Blizzard’s Massively Multiplayer Online behemoth released on Sept. 25, calls for an investigation into the…
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