7 & 7 Review: Luigi’s Mansion 2: Dark Moon
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…
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Review Shooter: Tomb Raider
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…
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Review Shooter: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
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…
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Review Shooter: ShaqDown
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,…
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Review Shooter: Jurassic Park: The Game
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…
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Video Game: Name That Tune Vol 1
Video game music is such a vital part of the gaming experience, but often times goes unrecognized in the industry. We wanted to celebrate the role of video game music,…
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Review Shooter: Rayman Jungle Run
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,…
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Review Shooter: The Darkness II
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…
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Review Shooter– Mass Effect: Infiltrator
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…
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Review Shooter: SoulCalibur V
"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…