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Review: Red Dead Redemption (360, PS3)

Red Dead Redemption is the newest sandbox-style game from Rockstar (makers of the GTA series) that now takes place in the Old West. When you think about it, the antics involved in GTA are well suited for life in the old west — and this game does a great job of combining the familiar GTA gameplay with a totally new western look and feel...

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Review: Final Fight — Double Impact (360)

Like a lot of throwback console downloads, this one has you basically jamming down one button over and over until you knock out each enemy — but trust me, back then that was a ton of fun.

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Words as bullets: Hate speech corrodes online games

It’s not just cyberbullets that are exchanged during firefights on the XBox Live version of “Call of Duty.” Many gamers also exchange hate speech over their headsets as they stalk each other across the virtual battlefields...

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Night of the Living Nerds: Super Nerd Night gives the geeks among us a chance to socialize and compete

It's time to throw down and separate the nerds from the n00bs — and if you have to ask, you are one — PWN! FTW! OMG! LOLZ! And so on and so forth...

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Review: MotoGP 09/10 (360)

Simulation racing games have to straddle a fine line. They have to be authentic enough appease to their core audience yet the gameplay has to be accessible enough to appeal to a wider audience...

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Extended preview: UFC:Undisputed 2010

UFC: Undisputed 2010 is due out May 25th, but I got a sneak peak of it this weekend. I can tell you that all signs point to UFC 2010 as being the best UFC game yet...

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Review: God of War III (PS3)

Despite the fact that it relies on classic gaming clichés, the God of War series proves that a game doesn’t need an open world or branching dialogue to create a great gaming experience...

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Review: Heavy Rain (PS3)

Heavy Rain innovates in a way that few games have ever succeeded. While it is by no means perfect, it can definitely be included as evidence of games as an art form. It is less a video game than an interactive choose-your-own-adventure book for adults, relying on empathy and emotion over adrenaline and cheap scares...

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Review: Battlefield Bad Company 2 (PS3)

Instead of making a high-budget clone of Modern Warfare 2 (which would have diluted the Battlefield series), BC2 takes what has always made this series great and enhances it with the best traits of contemporary shooters...

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Review: BioShock 2 (360)

As a standalone game, BioShock 2 is above average, but, as a sequel to one of the best first-person shooters of all time, it is underwhelming...

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Review: Dante’s Inferno (360)

Dante’s Inferno looks and plays well, and fans of God of War will likely enjoy a different take on familiar gameplay. Others will find this to be little more than a game of endurance and patience...

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Review: Mass Effect 2 (360)

ME 2 was the first game in a long time that I just couldn’t put down. Unlike any game I’ve ever played before, the suicide mission made me sweat at the thought of losing a character I had built up for over 50 hours and two full games...

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Review: Darksiders (360)

Darksiders has its moments of brilliance. But they are lost in a sea of muddled mechanics and unfocused game design. As the first effort from Vigil Games, a lot can be forgiven. As a $60 title competing with the big boys, it’s just an average title...

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Review: Dark Void (360)

If you’ve played the demos or read about Dark Void and think it might be up your alley, my advice would be to either rent it on a snowy weekend or wait for it to come down in price substantially...

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Review: Army of Two: 40th Day (PS3)

For all its relative shortcomings, 40th Day's extraction mode will reign supreme when it goes public. If you're looking for a solid cooperative experience, this is just what you have been waiting for...

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