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“Let’s admit it: last year we were incredibly spoiled when it came to good writing in games.
Ken Levine and his team at 2K came along and blew us away by using objectivist philosophy to craft a true work of “interactive fiction” with Bioshock at a point where we were still wondering if it was even [...]
March 29th, 2008 : Reviews, The Globe and Mail
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“This week I watched as Mario, without mercy, beat Princess Peach around the head, body, and legs with a baseball bat until she could barely grip onto the edge of a dangerous precipice in the Mushroom Kingdom. The second she started to climb her way back up, without a moment’s hesitation, he whacked her so [...]
March 15th, 2008 : Reviews, The Globe and Mail
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“Let it never be said that the world of downloadable content is boring! Since October’s launch of import games on the Wii’s Virtual Console service it feels like the landscape has been constantly shifting: in November Sony opened an online PlayStation Store for PSP owners who don’t own a PS3 (er, most of them) and [...]
December 8th, 2007 : Reviews, The Globe and Mail
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“It’s a strange complaint to begin a review with, but why oh why do character creators never include an option for sideburns? Mass Effect has the most fully featured face creation tool we’ve seen since the Xbox 360’s last (western) RPG of note, Oblivion, but as usual you’re stuck with a limited range of base [...]
November 26th, 2007 : Reviews, The Globe and Mail
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“Without a doubt, October held the most significant development in downloadable content yet, with Nintendo choosing to release titles previously un-released in North America on the Virtual Console. Although they’ve only taken small steps so far, releasing only a few titles, such moves bode well and we can keep hope alive that Nintendo will release [...]
November 12th, 2007 : Columns, Reviews, The Globe and Mail
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“It’s difficult for current releases to stand out in the face of overwhelming juggernaut that is the upcoming launch of Super Mario Galaxy, and one title likely to be forgotten is Capcom’s new original adventure title Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros ‘ Treasure. Despite Capcom’s pedigree for quickly grasping new systems strengths and developing [...]
November 8th, 2007 : Reviews, The Globe and Mail
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“I can only guess that the reason that Rockstar Games so happily censored their own title for release is that, unlike the original Manhunt, the artistic intent behind Manhunt 2 just isn’t strong enough to justify it. If the original Manhunt attempted to be the video game equivalent of a George A. Romero film, with [...]
November 3rd, 2007 : Reviews, The Globe and Mail
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“Despite its repetitive aspects, the title truly is a joy to play from beginning to end. Chibi-Robo: Park Patrol joins its predecessor by being one of its system’s best games: brilliantly realized, wonderfully playable and, now, critically acclaimed. Don’t let it be ignored by consumers.”
Straight up this is probably the sweetest game I’ve played all [...]
October 18th, 2007 : Reviews, The Globe and Mail
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“Beyond Halo, there was one other story of interest this month: the US and Canadian dollar reaching parity. This was big news to some Halo 3 buyers, as it turns out that many gamers chose to shop on eBay (average Halo 3 price: $50) rather than in local stores (average Halo 3 price: $70) and [...]
October 6th, 2007 : Columns, Reviews, The Globe and Mail
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“There’s more to downloadable content than just the Wii, Xbox 360 and (much maligned) Playstation 3’s download services. Valve’s PC-based Steam system has already released many excellent and reasonably priced classic and original titles, including recently the brilliant turn-based strategy title X-COM: Terror From the Deep for only $4.95 US.”
Including reviews of the id Super [...]
September 6th, 2007 : Reviews, The Globe and Mail
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