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Microsoft Combat Evolved

Now that Sony has officially pulled back the curtain on PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, they become the second platform holder to create their own brand of mascot brawler. With Nintendo already finding tremendous success...

Nerdcore: I Fight Dragons

Nerdcore: I Fight Dragons

Video games are what really allows many of us “nerds” to blow off steam either by owning people in “Call of Duty,” helping Link save Zelda, or using a batarang to knock out one...

Sonic Saturdays Character Spotlight: Knuckles The Echidna part 1

Welcome to Sonic Saturdays! This is the part of the site Spotlighting everything about the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise. For today we’re putting a spot-light on Sonic’s Friendly Nemesis, Knuckles The Echidna. Knuckles was created as...

Review Shooter: The Avengers

Review Shooter: The Avengers

In 2008, Marvel Studio’s released Iron Man. This was to be the first feature film financed and produced by Marvel Entertainment. Marvel characters weren’t new to the big screen (Spider-man and X-men were two...

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and James Bond

It seems all but official that Sony will be revealing PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale this week, and a lot has been written about the potential rosters. Characters from Sony’s past and present and even...

Ask a Dork: Silent Protagonists

“Are silent protagonists still relevant in gaming today?” -Question courtesy of Phil Dean The simple answer would be “Yes”, but I should probably explain my reasoning. Silent Protagonists continue to dominate a variety of...

Review Shooter: Mass Effect Homeworlds 1

Writer: Mac Walters Artist: Eduardo Francisco Review by Tim Taylor   Dark Horse is releasing a Mass Effect four issue limited series called Homeworlds. Each issue is an one-shot dedicated to a single character in the...