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Orcs Must Die Review: Orcs Shall Not Pass

12/20/2011
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by Ethan Moses in: Rated, Reviews

Orcs Must Die! Really? Duh, Robot Entertainment, tell me something I don’t know. See, I’ve had quite a bit of experience in dealing with the green skinned freaks and understand that their continued existence is detrimental to the betterment of man, elf and every other good guy fantasy race (except unicorns, f*** unicorns). I’ve killed thousands in games like Dawn of War 2, World of Warcraft and the recently released The Elder Scrolls V. As I’ve stated before, I’m pretty [...]

Capcom Re-Gifts XBLA Digital Collection

12/16/2011
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by JP LaFrance in: Headlines, News

Capcom announced this week that soon you will be able to buy 8 XBLA games in one nice package as an Xbox 360 exclusive. The best part about this great re-gifting is that you have to go to a retail store to buy these downloadable games. That’s right a convenient action pack of 8 downloadable games available at your nearest retailer. The pack will contain: 1942: Joint Strike Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 Final Fight Double Impact Flock! Rocketman: Axis of Evil (and all expansions) [...]

The Downloads Aren’t Done This Year: Trine 2, Joe Danger XBLA, Stranger’s Wrath

12/08/2011
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by Justin Lacey in: Headlines, News

Silly game purchaser, you thought Mega Release Fall had ended and you were safe? Think again: there are more quality games headed to a downloadable service near you before the end of the year yet. Trine 2 the fantasy action multiplayer platformer (FAMP?) is already available on Steam for Mac and PC users. The first game received critical acclaim and made its way to PS3 as well as PC, but the 360 version ran into publishing issues and never made [...]

Renegade Ops Review: The Perfect Game for Kia Drivers

12/06/2011
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by Ethan Moses in: Rated, Reviews

For those of you that don’t interact with me on a regular basis, you may be shocked to learn that despite my desire to emit Stallone levels of machismo, I drive a Kia. While it is a sensible vehicle with great gas mileage, it does little to enhance my manhood which is why I was fortunate to stumble upon a game like Renegade Ops, an explosively fun title featuring vehicles that are the complete opposite of my little red douche-mobile. The [...]

Revisiting the Status of Wrecked: Revenge Revisited

11/07/2011
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by Rob Shaw in: Headlines, News

Since I haven’t written anything for the site in such a long time, I thought it might be good place to start by revisiting the last article I wrote about the upcoming release of Wrecked: Revenge Revisited. At the time I was jacked up with excitement, anticipating a Q2 2011 release. As time moved into Q3 and now beyond and Wrecked has still yet to be released, the excitement gradually faded until the point where I almost don’t even care any more. [...]

I Learned Something Today: Dungeon Defenders

11/04/2011
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by Ethan Moses in: Editorials

Home ownership is a huge component of the “American Dream” but that dream can quickly melt into a nightmare if one sits idly by while society’s worst plan ways to encroach on one’s personal space. Contacting your local home security expert is a great first step, but the safety of you, your family and all the cool crap you’ve collected over the years is dependent on making home defense the most important mission relating to the maintenance of your humble [...]

Bloodforge: First Cut Teaser Trailer is, well, Bloody

10/26/2011
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by Brandon Coppernoll in: Previews, Trailers and Scraps

Little is known exactly what Bloodforge will be about beyond it is set in a Celtic world focused on the Celtic mythos. Speaking of which, I don’t recall a game that is centered on Celtic mythos. The main character, Crom, wields a mean sword with even meaner swordsmanship while wearing a mask that was likely taken in not the most polite of ways. Needless to say, the guy looks mean and plays the part too. What we do know, is [...]

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile Reflex Review with Video Preview

With 4 hours remaining in the A Call To Gamers 24 Hour Charity Gaming Challenge, my final challenge was to play through Ska Studios‘ latest title, The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile, from start to finish. I knew that it was possible to make it through one of the story modes in under 4 hours, but I had no idea how good you had to be in order to achieve a time like that. The challenge for me was based from the history [...]

The Spread of Minecraft Continues on Consoles

10/25/2011
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by Ethan Moses in: Headlines, News

When the Minecraft infection first began, authorities were confident that they had contained the incredibly addicting open world building/mining game to the PCs that it had all but overtaken. Then signs of Minecraft appeared on portable Apple products and eventually grew to proportions so large that an entire convention was set up to host the unfortunate souls that couldn’t escape its grasp. We’ve now received word that consoles, our last bastion of hope for protection against the ever-growing plague are showing signs of infection as well. The Apocalypse of 2012 has begun. [...]

On the DL: War World, Burnout: Crash, Worms: Ultimate Mayhem and SkyDrift

Downloadable titles tend to slip through the cracks when it comes to showing up on typical release date calendars, particularly with Mega Release Fall (Ethan hasn’t actually copyrighted that…yet.) I tried out four recent titles over the last two weeks and, after my play period with them, two are worth your time, one might be and one definitely isn’t. SkyDrift Alright, I’ll admit, it’s almost like this game was tailored for the people who grew up playing games like Turbo [...]