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Being Enslaved

I firmly believe that I am falling in love with cinematic games. Graphics have never been better, Guillermo del Toro is hard at work on a trilogy, and although Alan Wake wasn’t as successful as it should have been, I believe it was a great example of a game genre that I have started calling [...]

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Face Raiders – Quite Possibly the Creepiest Game Ever

So I picked up my 3DS last Sunday like a lot of other people. But unlike a lot of other people, I don’t pick up any games. Why? Well, none of them really appealed to me. (Because… A. I suck at anything involving flying B. Want to pick up the new Lego Stars Wars for [...]

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Far From Final Fantasy Part 4 – The First Final Fantasy Spinoff…and the Beginning of the Mana Series (Final Fantasy Adventure)

Hello fellow geeks and welcome to the next installment of the Far From Final Fantasy series. In this installment, I’m going to cover a game that is not only important to Final Fantasy, but to the company of Square as well: Final Fantasy Adventure.

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The Politics of Dragon Age 2

One of the highlights of a video game industry that has become more adult gamer focused has been the inclusion of more sophisticated, adult themed topics in plot, character development, and the virtual world. BioWare, the company behind titles like Mass Effect and Dragon Age, have made strong character driven stories in their games that [...]

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How 2 Minutes at the PAX Nintendo Booth Cost Me $250. (Plus Tax.)

I was fortunate enough to attend PAX East in Boston this past weekend, and besides seeing a lot of people rocking construction cone hats and scoring a bunch of free video game themed t-shirts, I had the opportunity to check out some cool gaming stuff that will be coming to a shelf/network near you in [...]

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