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“Velocity 2X” Review

author image by Chris Selogy | PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita Reviews | 0 Comments | 02 Sep 2014

Futurlab finally releases a sequel to the highly-acclaimed shooter that takes the original’s signature shooter mechanics and adds platformer segments to those levels to make each level even more frantic than before. What Is It? The original Velocity was an…

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“The Walking Dead – Season 2, Episode 5: No Going Back” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | PlayStation 3 PlayStation Vita Reviews Steam Xbox 360 | 0 Comments | 29 Aug 2014

The previous episode in The Walking Dead – Season left players in the middle of a random gunfight that ended up being the result of Telltale’s apparent issue of giving the player an option, only for that particular action to…

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“Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney” Review

author image by Ben Leslie | Nintendo 3DS Reviews | 0 Comments | 22 Aug 2014

There have been many crossover games over the years.  We’ve seen the worlds in Disney’s adored classic films as well as the beloved characters from Final Fantasy come together in Kingdom Hearts, and we’ve also seen the likes of Capcom’s…

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“The Last of Us: Remastered” Review

author image by Ted Dedon | Articles Platforms PlayStation 4 Reviews | 0 Comments | 12 Aug 2014

When The Last of Us first came onto the scene a couple of years back it was both shocking and alluring. It’s true, we see post-apocalyptic games—especially those dealing with viral outbreaks or zombies—all of the time. It’s also true…

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“Metrico” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | PlayStation Vita Reviews | 0 Comments | 05 Aug 2014

Infographics have always been a key visual aid in print and digital media.  Not only do they create a better statistical understanding for the subjects they’re used in, but they’ve also become sort of an art form due to the…

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Comic Con 2014 First Look: “Halo: The Master Chief Collection”

author image by Alex Quevedo | Articles Comic Con 2014 Previews Xbox One | 0 Comments | 04 Aug 2014

Microsoft owes an incredible amount of the Xbox’s success to the Halo franchise. It’s hard to tell what the state of the system would be like without it, but Halo clicked with so many that it catapulted the Xbox to…

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Checking In with PlayStation Now Beta (PS4) – 8/2/2014

author image by Chris Selogy | PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita Previews Videos | 0 Comments | 04 Aug 2014

With no native backward compatibility for PS3 games in sight for the PS4, Sony decided to take the next best step and invest in Gaikai’s streaming tech to offer an alternate solution to let people play PS3 games on the…

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“1001 Spikes” Review

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Wii U Platforms PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita Reviews Steam Xbox One | 0 Comments | 01 Aug 2014

A big reason why the rise of indie games has been so celebrated is because of how staunchly they tend to represent the hits of old types of gaming often dismissed by today’s larger publishers (many of which, it should…

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Comic Con 2014 First Look: “Metro Redux”

author image by Alex Quevedo | Comic Con 2014 PC PlayStation 4 Previews Xbox One | 0 Comments | 31 Jul 2014

Post-apocalyptic genre isn’t the most uncommon, so making a splash requires a game to do a fair amount of things right. The Metro series was able to do that with Metro 2033 and 2013’s Metro: Last Light. Later this year,…

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“The Swapper” Review

author image by Ted Dedon | Articles Nintendo Wii U Platforms PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita Reviews Steam | 0 Comments | 31 Jul 2014

Every now and then a puzzle game comes out that takes what’s really good about the genre and adds an extra something to it. What makes a puzzle game really good in the first place? In the case of a…

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UPDATE: Top gaming site hit hard by layoffs, SmashPad reacts

author image by Danreb Victorio | Articles | 0 Comments | 30 Jul 2014

A significant number of GameSpot staff writers were let go today in what’s arguably been the biggest news affecting video game journalists in years. The news first broke when GameSpot staffer Carolyn Petit (who formerly wrote for us under our other…

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“Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty” Review

author image by Ted Dedon | Articles Console Handheld Platforms PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita Reviews | 0 Comments | 30 Jul 2014

  Oddworld: Abe’s Odyssey was, when it came out, the kind of game with a unique enough style and setting that it became instantly memorable. From this it situated itself as one of the late 90’s best adventure-platformers. Its basic…

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