May 06
7 & 7 Reviews are short-form reviews that focus on 7 core aspects of a product. 1) Luigi: Plumber, Hero, Ghostbuster – The ever-charming little brother of the most famous plumber in the world returns to the solo spotlight in another spine-tingling adventure through haunted dwellings. Despite being reluctantly forced into hero duty due to the …
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Mar 25
Reboots are all the rage these days in both gaming and film. The latest to receive the treatment: Lara Croft, the world-renowned “tomb raider” whose adventures had fallen from grace before being eclipsed by another gun-toting, ruin-exploring archaeology nerd by the name of Nathan Drake. After bringing Miss Croft back to respectability with Legend, Anniversary, and Underworld, …
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Mar 07
When PlatinumGames and Kojima Productions took the wrapping off the game formerly known as Metal Gear Solid: Rising at last year’s E3, I commented on Twitter that it looked liked everything awesome and negligent about modern Japanese game design. That E3 trailer featured a striking, unique visual art style that was accompanied by fast-paced acrobatic action, …
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Jan 22
ShaqDown is an iOS and Android game featuring auto-run mechanics, mutant zombies, and legendary basketball player Shaquille O’Neal. I’ll allow you a moment to double take and re-read that last sentence, but that’s about as simple as I can lay out the premise for this game. While not the Big Diesel’s first foray into video games, …
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Nov 01
Jurassic Park has long been a revered cultural icon, with Michael Crichton’s novel and the Steven Spielberg film based on it both standing as among the most celebrated productions in their respective media. While several games bearing the Jurassic Park name have been made, none have even approached replicating the memorable characters or exciting plot …
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Sep 27
When you think of your typical iOS game, several words come to mind: casual, gimmicky, shallow, and cheap. When you think of an iOS installment of a “traditional” gaming series, several others also come to mind: cash-in, marketing, throwaway, and aggravating virtual buttons/sticks. So when Ubisoft announced that it was bringing its limbless mascot, Rayman, …
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Sep 19
In the sequel to Starbreeze Studios’ 2007 sleeper The Darkness, mercenary developer Digital Extremes brings back protagonist Jackie Estacado, a young mafia boss who wields and ancient demonic power known as, well, The Darkness. Having decided that The Darkness is far too dangerous, Jackie has spent the interim suppressing its influence while he continues to …
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Mar 15
Electronic Arts has barraged quite a marketing push for BioWare’s trilogy-concluding epic, Mass Effect 3. Among the usual stable of ads, space-travelling copies of the game, an art book (with DLC), action figures (with DLC), and two other iOS apps, Mass Effect: Infiltrator (released the same day as its console sibling) has one thing to say …
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Mar 05
“A Tale of Swords and Souls Eternally Retold.” So goes the mantra for the weapon-based fighting series SoulCalibur, for which publisher Namco and in-house dev team Project Soul recently released a fifth numbered installment. SoulCalibur V aims to modernize the formula with its version of Street Fighter IV‘s “Supers” while also making changes to the …
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