Monthly Archives: February 2012

OP-ED: Netflix’s Failures Highlight Steam’s Strength

Netflix subscribers will find their movie selection gutted tomorrow, as the service removes thousands of movies and TV shows due to the end of its contract with the premium cable movie network Starz, which, while providing only around 5% of … Continue reading

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SSX Review: The Former King of the Mountain Returns

The past year has found gaming in the midst of a PlayStation 2 renaissance that, while a bit premature, has been embraced with open arms. With copious amounts of HD Collections, PSN remakes, and franchise reboots like Twisted Metal, gamers … Continue reading

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Our Mass Effect Voice Casting Wish List

Feature Share it: Tweet Our Mass Effect Voice Casting Wish List All the Hollywood stars BioWare forgot to cast in their latest game. By: Bob Mackey February 28, 2012 Yes, BioWare got your letters. Due to unprecedented demand, Mass Effect … Continue reading

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Apple Set to Announce iPad 3 Next Week

Without confirming any of the specifics, Apple today sent out invites for an event where it will be making an iPad announcement of some sort. The heavily-rumored iPad 3 is expected to be revealed during the March 7 event in … Continue reading

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OP-ED: It Takes More Than Hollywood Talent to Tell a Story in Games

I can only imagine that providing your voice for a video game is akin to acting in a silent film. This may seem like a stretch considering that the film requires pure pantomime whereas a video game asks the opposite … Continue reading

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Mass Effect 2 By the Numbers

For our week of Mass Effect 2 analyses, I thought it might be interesting to look at data on how people played the game — what percentage of players imported save files from the first game, the ratio of those … Continue reading

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Binary Domain Review: What Happens When You Add Robots to Gears of War

One could dismiss Binary Domain as a “Gears of War clone with robots” and call it a day. But while some games find themselves locked in development for years with vast ambitions, other titles function on a smaller scale and … Continue reading

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Devil Survivor 2 Review: As Addictive as It is Formulaic

Three teenagers — a mutable boy with headphones, a nervous and slightly nerdy boy, and a busty girl they barely know — are hanging out in Tokyo Shibuya’s ward one day. Suddenly, disaster strikes! A massive earthquake rips the city … Continue reading

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Can Americans Still Make SimCity?

EA may announce a new SimCity game at the Game Developers Conference next month according to rumors spurred by the publisher’s announcement of a live-streamed event on March 6, where they promise a new Maxis game will be revealed. A … Continue reading

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Pokemon Black and White Version 2 Headed Westward More Quickly Than Usual

Following the surprising news that the latest handheld Pokémon RPGs will be a pair of DS titles known as Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2, Nintendo of America has already gone ahead and announced a loose release … Continue reading

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