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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Demo Impressions: A Familiar Challenger Appears
The role playing game genre has never been more popular than it is right now. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has sold 10 million copies. Mass Effect 3 is coming out in March. Those two series are arguably the two most popular RPG franchises ever made. It’s going to be hard to find a place [...]
Star Wars: The Old Republic Beta Preview: I Found a Bioware RPG
Now I know how Anakin felt, torn between love and duty. Will I follow in his footsteps down the dark path, or will I stand firm in my convictions? Surely I will not falter, as Natalie Portman is not carrying my babies or listening to me bitch about sand. You see, I swore to myself [...]
PAX Hands-on: Chasing Aurora
One thing that took me by surprise at PAX was the sheer volume of people constantly moving in my field of vision – my eyes literally got tired and my sense of equilibrium felt a little off, so it was nice to find respites from the visual onslaught. While perusing the games on the Indie [...]
PAX Hands-on: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
It’s been over 7 years since the release of Counter-Strike: Source, and while people have been begging for Half-Life 3, we are instead presented with the next addition to the family, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive aka CS:GO. Before PAX, I had mixed emotions about CS:GO. I haven’t touched a Counter-Strike game in years, and Source never [...]
PAX Hands-on: SSX
The game is still months away from release, but my stomach is already queasy from the wild ride the new SSX has taken me on. After a rocky first impression back when the game was subtitled Deadly Descents, SSX has recovered by rediscovering its roots. As I turned the corner and noticed the SSX kiosk [...]
PAX Hands-on: Vessel
You would think that outside of the PAX 10, it would be difficult to find quality indie games who managed to get space on the show floor. It turns out that the first indie game that turned our attention away from the major publishers wasn’t even in the PAX 10, although it easily could/should have [...]
PAX Hands-on: A Flipping Good Time
Indie developers have an aura all their own, and that’s what draws gamers to check out The PAX 10 showcase of independent games. If those games weren’t inspiring enough, there’s another side to the PAX 10 where I enjoyed a great new 2D platformer and wished the developers luck with it in the future…only to [...]
Demo review: Catherine (Xbox 360)
The demo for Catherine was released on Xbox 360 for Gold members, and I took some time to play it and get some thoughts on it. The truth is, I teetered on whether or not this game would be a purchase. After playing the demo, I have an answer.
Project Zomboid Preview: The Zombie Elitist Game of Choice
Survival horror games were a staple back in the mid- to-late nineties; the fear and tension produced as a result of being ill-equipped in a worst-case scenario creating a game play experience that stuck with a person well into their dreams… or nightmares. Those golden days of horror have since gone away with over-the-top action [...]
El Shaddai: The Ascension of the Metatron Demo Impressions
If you think of games that focused on stories in the bible or are religion based, you might think of games like The Bible Game or Super Noah’s Ark 3D. However, El Shaddai: The Ascension of the Metatron is going to change your perspective on games based on religious stories. The Book of Enoch, on [...]
The Right Opinions on the Gears of War 3 Multiplayer Beta
For the past month, the Cursed have sawed through the juicy Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta. With the beta officially closed and the blood dried, we check in with Andrew, the Justins, and JP to see what Gears 3 is doing right and what needs a bit of work before the full release this [...]
If Ya Smell What the WWE All-Stars Demo is Cooking
As you might have heard by now, I am what you call a wrestling fan. It’s not something I’m extremely proud to admit because of the stigma that comes along with being a fan of a “fake” sport. But like I described myself in this week’s podcast, I’m a riddle wrapped in an enigma. That [...]
