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  • Sports Champions Title

    Sports Champions Review

    Sports Champions is positioned as the showpiece for Sony’s new motion controller for the PS3, Move. And a successful showpiece it is, albeit not perfect. Sports Champions is sold either individually for $39.99 or in a bundle with a Move controller and the Playstation Eye...

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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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  • 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 Misadventures of Mr. P.B. Winterbottom Review

    The Misadventures of Mr. P.B. Winterbottom Review

    Are you ready to gather pies in pursuit of the elusive Chronoberry Pie?  You should be, especially if you’re a fan of recent puzzle fantastics, Braid and Portal.  Although the story is essentially nonsensical, the game play is not.  The Misadventures of Mr. P.B. Winterbottom...

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  • Mass Effect 2: Kasumi – Stolen Memory Review

    Mass Effect 2: Kasumi – Stolen Memory Review

    Kasumi – Stolen Memory is the first paid DLC for Mass Effect 2. Is it worth the dough?  Kasumi Goto is a master thief who has contracted with Cerberus to assist with Shepard’s mission in exchange for Shepard’s assistance in stealing something very important to...

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  • Mass Effect 2 Firewalker DLC Impressions: A lesson on how not to incorporate vehicles into Mass Effect 3

    Mass Effect 2 Firewalker DLC Impressions: A lesson on how not to incorporate vehicles into Mass Effect 3

    Yesterday, Bioware made available the Firewalker Mission pack DLC for free to Cerberus Network members.  Is this content worth your time, especially if you already finished the main game?  It’s certainly not necessary.  If you are wanting to extend the Mass Effect 2 experience you’ve...

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  • Heavy Rain Chronicles – Chapter 1: The Taxidermist Review

    Heavy Rain Chronicles – Chapter 1: The Taxidermist Review

    The first DLC for Heavy rain is short, yet spicy.  The DLC for Heavy Rain has been dubbed the Heavy Rain Chronicles.  The first chapter, The Taxidermist, has already been made available for free to those who preordered the game.  According to Sony, those who...

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  • Heavy Rain Review

    Heavy Rain Review

    If you’re a fan of Seven or other serial killer thrillers, you will love Heavy Rain.  In Heavy Rain, eight children’s deaths have been attributed to the Origami Killer so far, each found with an origami figure in their hands.  You play from the perspective...

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