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  • Overlord

    Mass Effect 2: Overlord Review

    Although not that bad, the Overlord DLC add-on for Mass Effect 2 certainly leaves something to be desired in terms of length, gameplay, and story. It’s, well, just not that good. The game starts with a message indicating that Cerberus has not heard from one...

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  • Nintendo 3DS

    Nintendo 3DS Arriving February in Japan

    Yesterday, as reported by IGN and Gamespot, Nintendo announced at a press conference that its new 3D handheld system, dubbed the 3DS, will be released in Japan on February 26, 2011 for 25,000 yen (approximately $300). Nintendo of America later confirmed that the 3DS will...

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  • Eyepet 4

    Eyepet Review

    Try as I might, I could not resist the adorableness of my Eyepet. I gladly ploughed through the maximum number of challenges I could do each day and kind of looked forward to being able to continue the next day.  Eyepet uses the Playstation Eye video...

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  • Start the Party!

    Start the Party Review

    You can Start the Party. Just wake me when it’s over. While the individual elements making up this party — the mini games — are not that bad, the whole package is. Start the Party consists primarily of nine pretty decent mini games controlled with...

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  • Samus Aran

    Metroid: Other M Review

    After three first-person games set after the original Metroid game (but leading up to the events of Super Metroid), developer Team Ninja takes Metroid back to its 2D roots (to a certain extent) while at the same time elevating storytelling to a new level for...

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  • The Big Ride Across America

    Don’t call it a comeback

    No more excuses. After a nearly two-month journey, I completed my bike ride across the country. I then immediately flew to San Francisco to find an apartment, flew back to New York to get my things out of storage, and then drove back across the...

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