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Latest The Last of Us Trailer Shows Why Joel and Ellie are The Last of Us

05/13/2013
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by Ethan Moses in: Previews, Trailers and Scraps

While I never thought that The Last of Us was going to be a wholesome family friendly experience, I may have been a bit naive about the lengths the main characters will have to go to survive. While I believe a “friendship first” approach is the most important strategy for surviving the apocalypse, the recent TV spot for the game makes it pretty clear that Joel and Ellie don’t feel the same way. Looks like I’m going to have to [...]

Cheap and Dirty Gamer: Deadly 30 is 30 Days of Zombies Nights

04/25/2013
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by Ethan Moses in: Editorials

After playing through BioShock Infinite, I had my doubts about whether or not people of vastly different backgrounds could actually come together for the common good of humanity. After playing Deadly 30, I’ve come to the conclusion that people of vastly different backgrounds can come together to accomplish a task, as long as that task involves non-human entities trying to take over the world. You start off this side scrolling action/defense mash-up as a lone WW2 era American GI of [...]

God Mode Reflex Review: As Simple as Exploding a Skeleton Warrior

04/22/2013
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by Ethan Moses in: Reflex, Reviews

I have to admit that I probably wouldn’t have picked up God Mode if a.) Justin Lacey didn’t suggest it and b.) it was more than $9.99. That being said, I’m glad that those two conditions contributed to my latest purchase as God Mode is a pretty good example on how to do a budget game right. Whether that’s a compliment or a dig will depend entirely on what sort of gamer you happen to be. We Were Dead, Now We’re Fighting [...]

Monaco Invites You and Your Co-op Crew on a Heist on April 24th

04/18/2013
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by Justin Lacey in: Previews, Trailers and Scraps

Monaco: What’s Yours is Mine was winning indie game awards way back in 2010. Not bad for a prototype. Monaco will have you build a crew of thieves from a set of 8 character classes to “case the joint” and complete the perfect heist that Hollywood will surely use to make its next great movie. The top-down perspective, narration, special abilities of each character, and teamwork featured in Monaco has me ready to reserve a full game couch session with [...]

Cheap and Dirty Gamer: Dungeon Hearts Requires No Bribes

04/18/2013
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by Ethan Moses in: Editorials

I woke up this morning to find I had some new items in my Steam inventory, which is always an exciting thing. Opening it up, I saw that I had a coupon for a “match 3″ style puzzle/RPG called Dungeon Hearts. I’m not sure how it got there, but for a second I thought that Cube Roots (the developers of the game) had stumbled upon my Cheap and Dirty series and were trying to bribe me in order to get [...]

Tomb Raider Review: Survival of the Fittest

04/15/2013
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by Aaron McNeal in: Rated, Reviews

I’ve always wanted to love Tomb Raider. When I bought my PlayStation, I stocked up on the first three adventures of Miss Lara Croft and her tomb stories. However, I never found myself hooked or willing to overcome the control hurdles I faced amidst the temptation of exploring. It wasn’t until Legend that I completed a Tomb Raider game, but it felt like the opposite of what I wanted from the series. I’m proud to say that Lara Croft and I [...]

Resident Evil 6 Review: Great Friends, Decent Game

04/03/2013
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by Ethan Moses in: Reflex, Reviews

Resident Evil 6 is what I’d call a beautiful mess. While some of the design choices seem to have been decided upon via mechanical descriptions pinned to a dart board, the resulting package never disappoints when it comes to over-the-top action featuring scenarios that only the bravest of heroes could endure. If that isn’t enough, Resident Evil 6 will dig deep into your core and play your heart like a fiddle, plucking at emotional chords and making you grab your [...]

I Confess: Half-Life 2

03/28/2013
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by Justin Lacey in: Editorials

Two of my favorite phrases that I have overused over the years when looking back on Half-Life 2 are, “Boy, that Ravenholm sure was creepy wasn’t it?” and, “How about those Striders? Man.” Those prompts got me through a lot of conversations about the game because anyone I was around just took over after that point. I could just politely nod my head, laugh at the appropriate times, and tune out of his/her story in time to save myself from [...]

Saints Row 4 is Full of Even More Crazy Crap, Arriving in August

03/15/2013
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by Ethan Moses in: Previews, Trailers and Scraps

Deep Silver just took August from a crappy and hot stank factory to my most anticipated month of the year; Saints Row 4 has officially been announced! Fans of the original will be happy to find that all the insanity from Saints Row: The Third is back and then multiplied by a million. Those that didn’t care much for the last game, well you can go jump off a bridge. I don’t really know what else to say about this trailer. [...]

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate Demo Impressions: Heavy Adventure

I really wish I could clear my head when approaching Castlevania games, but I do have a bit of history with the series. Thankfully, I was able to put aside my initial issues with Lords of Shadow and enjoy a great new take on a Castlevania adventure. However, now MercurySteam is taking on the 2D Castlevania games and I had no idea what that would mean for the series. Admittedly, as great as they are, the 2D Castlevania games of [...]