If there’s one thing I can say surely about my favorite kind of games, it’s that I love a good adventure. I love being placed in a mysterious world with a not-so-clear sense of purpose or design. There’s something unique…
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Game of Thrones: A Nest of Vipers left me confused and angry. Confused as to why I made certain decisions in the previous episodes and angry at myself for not going in a certain direction. The latest installment in the…
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Tom Clancy’s The Division is a game that has been a long time coming. Originally announced at E3 in 2013, gamers are just now seeing the newest title in the Tom Clancy series get closer to its 2016 release. At the…
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We haven’t really seen much in the way of Mascot based platformers in the past few years. Sure we’ve had a steady dose of Mario and Sonic over the years with varying degrees of quality, but you just don’t see…
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July 17th, 2015 is a day that will be remembered fondly for many gamers all around the world. Shenmue 3 is officially going to be made. I just got my 42nd update from Kickstarter. At $6,333,295 it’s official. We Saved…
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The last few years of San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) has seen the rise in offsite events popping up left and right. Personally, I feel that the even increasingly difficulty to get tickets is a major factor in this, as…
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This year, the Xbox One will finally see the release of a proper Halo title for the console with Halo 5: Guardians. San Diego Comic Con offered us the opportunity to get our hands on a new multiplayer mode: Warzone.
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Rhythm and music-based games were insanely popular for a time, but tanked pretty hard after 2008. 2015 is looking to bring back the genre to some degree with Activision’s Guitar Hero Live, which we got to spend some time rocking out…
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2015 will likely end up being The Year of Star Wars. The Force Awakens is all but guaranteed to destroy box office records, but while it’s been over 10 years since the last Star Wars film was released, it’s also…
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One interesting new title featured at Nintendo’s Gaming Lounge during San Diego Comic-Con was LBX Little Battlers Experience. Developed by Level-5, the people responsible for the superb Ni no Kuni and Professor Layton games, the build we played was actually…
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San Diego Comic-Con marked the first time Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash was made playable to the public, and not surprisingly, not many knew the series or what it was about. From what we played at Nintendo’s Gaming Lounge, that’s about to…
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Street Fighter V was announced months prior to E3, and a handful of publications couldn’t get any hands-on time with the title due to the massive lines there were. Thankfully the game was featured at San Diego Comic-Con, and while…
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