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A Valley Without Wind – Review (PC)
A Valley Without Wind, the new game from Arcen Games, is an action platformer that allows players to customize their experience. The game is surprisingly grand in scope, so expect to spend many hours playing.
Naval War: Arctic Circle – Review (PC)
The year is 2030. The need for resources has stirred up old conflicts and ignited new ones when Russian and NATO forces fight in the Arctic Circle region of the North Atlantic. Russian and NATO naval forces combat over a large area that goes from Scandinavia to North America in the new game from Turbo [...]
Defenders of Ardania – Review (XBLA)
Tower defense games have been around for many years. After so long, one wonders if the format can be improved. With ‘Defenders of Ardania,’ Paradox Interactive and Most Wanted Entertainment attempt to progress the tower defense format forward by adding offense.
Mass Effect 3 – Review (Xbox 360)
Note: I do not own a Kinect, so the Kinect features on not discussed. Also, my Shepard is female, which is why I used “she” and “her.”
Might & Magic Heroes VI – Review (PC)
Turn based strategy games are the primary reason that I became a PC gamer in the early 90′s. I spent entire summers cutting my teeth on games franchises such as Civilization, Master of Orion and Heroes of Might and Magic, so it pleases me to no end, that turn based strategy games can still exist [...]
X-Men: Destiny – Review (XBox 360)
X-Men: Destiny is a game of tremendous unrealized potential. If you’re an X-Men fan you’ve probably wondered at some time in your life what you would do if you suddenly developed mutant powers and were thus caught in the conflict between homo sapiens and homo superior.
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken – Review (PSN)
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken is a rare bird: a spirited, modern actualization of the cinematic platformer sub-genre popularized in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s by games like Prince of Persia, Flashback, and Another World.
Air Conflicts: Secret Wars – Review (PC)
Ever since I played Top Gun for the NES, I have been enamored by combat flight sims, which seems crazy for someone who has both a fear of heights and an irrational fear of flying.
Rotastic – Review (XBLA)
On the surface, Rotastic may share a few similarities to some of it’s Xbox Live Arcade brethren, but the simple control scheme soon gives way to clever mechanics that set it apart in the puzzle genre. Combining the charmingly gory art style of Castle Crashers, with the one button play style of Splosion Man, Rotastic [...]
Hector: Badge of Carnage – Review (PC, Mac, iOS)
At first glance, Irish developer Straandlooper’s episodic adventure Hector: Badge of Carnage might be mistaken for a game from the mid-to-late ‘90s.
