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Archive for May, 2010

Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures to make Mass Effect film

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Electronic Arts announced today that the team behind Watchmen and The Dark Knight – Legendary Pictures – in association with Warner Bros. have obtained film rights to Mass Effect. We usually aren’t fans of video game to film adaptations, but Legendary Pictures has had a pretty good track record with these kinds of things. The games, [...]

Phoenix Wright serves justice on iDevices

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OBJECTION! If you have yet to experience the rush of verbal clashing that is Phoenix Wright, you’ll have another chance to examine it today.  Capcom has released the first in a series of Phoenix Wright games for iDevices. At just $4.99, this is the cheapest way to get in on all the courtroom action. Unlike [...]

Music Monday: The Megas Get Equipped

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As jazz bands have standards, the types of songs many musicians rearrange and make their own, the video game inspired music world also has their standard video games which everyone covers. It seems one of the most often rearranged, remixed and recreated soundtrack is the NES classic Mega Man 2. That is surely not to [...]

Review: Rocket Knight

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Many publishers have been perusing their catalogs to see what can be resurrected and reintroduced to any platform in this current generation. While some revived games are excellent HD remakes or merely an endearing, unstable homage to the original manifestation, it is difficult to discredit the demand from the gaming population for the return of [...]

Gamechangers contest challenges kids at level design

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Digital Media and Learning are putting together an exciting gaming competition for kids 18 and under to get their visionary minds flowing. The Gamechangers competition is a chance for young adults to show off their skills as innovative game designers. By using the tools given in the creative games Little Big Planet or Spore, kids [...]

First Encounter: Backbreaker

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First Encounter is a series of first impression pieces we write based on the game’s demo alone. First impressions mean a lot in today’s industry, and a well-made demo often either makes or breaks a new game sale. Read on for our impressions of the Backbreaker demo on the Xbox 360. I have been looking [...]

First Encounter: Iron Man 2

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First Encounter is a series of first impression pieces we write based on the game’s demo alone. First impressions mean a lot in today’s industry, and a well-made demo often either makes or breaks a new game sale. Read on  for our impressions of the Iron Man 2 demo on the Xbox 360. A majority [...]

Review: Things on Wheels

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Back in the days of the NES, racing games really came into their own and began to truly stand out as an interestingly viable genre for gamers and non-gamers alike. The whimsicality of titles like Micro Machines and RC Pro A.M. inspired interest and continued to draw potential players in with competition that was able [...]

Alpha Protocol brings the lols with new Mike music vid

Oh, Alpha Protocol. As you get closer and closer to your real, for-sure-this-time launch date, you keep squirming your way into our hearts. We didn’t expect it, but it’s happening, and after seeing this new “music video” we’ve decided to stop putting up a fight and just let you in. Maybe it’s because we just [...]

Post-Processed: Final Fight: Double Impact

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Final Fight: Double Impact delivers two great games for one low price: Final Fight and Magic Sword. Despite their old age, both games hold up surprisingly well – I was most surprised by how much I still enjoyed Magic Sword – and the presentation is some of the best I have ever seen in a [...]