Blackguards

Monday, February 10, 2014
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The Good: Innovative gameplay design results in experience like no other. The Bad: UI could use some cleanup. Tutorial leaves one often flatfooted, requiring trial and error to…

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GhostControl Inc.

Monday, February 10, 2014
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GhostControl Inc. is a turn-based tactical strategy game from German-based Bumblebee Games. It’s sort of a cross of Ghostbusters and X-Com: UFO Defense, only it’s not as funny…

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Might & Magic X: Legacy

Monday, February 3, 2014
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The Good: Faithfully recaptures spirit and gameplay of old-style D&D adventuring. The Bad: And equally faithfully includes all the bits from back then that sucked. The Ugly: Really…

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Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

Tuesday, January 28, 2014
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Last year’s Tomb Raider reboot was an outstanding game. It took a few cues from Uncharted to help modernize the franchise, which was fitting since Uncharted took more…

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Broken Age: Act 1

Friday, January 24, 2014
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Broken Age: Act 1 is a new point-and-click adventure from Tim Schafer and Double Fine Productions. If the name Tim Schafer sounds familiar it’s because he’s had a…

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The Banner Saga

Thursday, January 16, 2014
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The Good: Lovely graphics and music. Interesting mix of RPG and turn-based strategy elements. The Bad: That turns out kind of thin on both the RPG and strategy…

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Violett

Monday, December 30, 2013
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Violett is a point-and-click adventure from Forever Entertainment. In it you control a young girl named Violett, who manages to get herself shrunk down to the size of…

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NBA Live 14

Thursday, December 19, 2013
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The last EA Sports basketball game to ship to consoles was NBA Live 2010. That was a pretty good basketball game, but unfortunately the last one to be…

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Madden NFL 25 Next-Gen

Thursday, December 19, 2013
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Madden NFL 25 on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 is a tremendous game of virtual football. The gameplay was sharper than ever, the presentation was fresher than…

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Tearaway

Wednesday, December 18, 2013
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Media Molecule burst onto the scene back in 2008 with the charmingly adorable Little Big Planet. The idea was to provide the gaming public with the tools the…

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