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Review: Hecho

by Matt on 6:13 pm in Games & Toys

From new game design house Sandstorm Productions, Hecho is a fast-paced card game where player race to construct buildings using cards that represent raw materials.  Hecho, the Spanish word for “made”, is revealing of both the game’s theme, and a larger focus on teaching foreign vocabulary.  All of the cards are intentionally printed in Spanish!  [...]

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A Review of Call of Duty: Black Ops

by Bob on 1:45 pm in Video Games

In reviewing Black Ops, or really any post Modern Warfare CoD game, I think it stands to reason that any review should be broken down into two parts, the campaign, and the multiplayer modes. As any regular player of Call of Duty will tell you, they are two separate games, and in fact you tend to spend 103x more time playing the multiplayer than you do the campaign (with good reason). So today I take a look at the game that crushed the single day sales record for any video game (6.4 million copies) in The Modern Day Pirates review of Call of Duty: Black Ops.

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Review: Rock Band 3

by Matt on 7:52 pm in Video Games

The news is out, and the band is getting back together.   Just when you thought rhythm games where last year’s business, Rock Band 3 came along blew the dust right off of your plastic instruments.  It even brought some friends along for the ride in the form a keyboard and pro guitar!  We spent the [...]

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Review: Costume Quest

by Jessica on 5:50 am in Video Games

If I have one complaint about Double Fine’s newest XBLA release, Costume Quest, it’s that I can’t pack my bags and live there. It’s been awhile since I have been so utterly captivated by a game simply because of its very existence, but Costume Quest has met and exceeded my expectations tenfold. All right, now [...]

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Fictionaire – The Quiz Game with a Whiff of Truth

by Matt on 12:41 pm in Games & Toys

Fictionaire \ Fic●tion●aire \ noun; Person who tricks opponents into choosing the wrong word definition in the dictionary game. A new card game from Days of Wonder that tests the skills of storytelling, trivia knowledge, and bluffing. Read on for the full review:

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