Don’t worry, kids. We dare not defy the god of pinky-swears and by going back on our promise of delivering a full God of War 3 reviewcast. So as soon as the rest of the 4PC ReviewCrew gets to take Kratos’ newest adventure around the block, we will deliver unto you a reviewcast worthy of [...]
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Broke Gamer: Mass Effect 2
March 8th, 2010
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Despite all the talking heads on television telling us that the economy is getting better, the fact that my pockets are lined with nothing but dust and lint would say otherwise. Assuming my fellow geeks are still feeling the same squeeze, I’ve got a sweet deal to make it all better. The video game deal [...]
A Simple Kind of Man
March 5th, 2010
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If you were to show someone whose never seen a video game before a highlight reel of the past few years’ greatest hits and biggest sellers, what types of words would they use to describe what they saw? After witnessing the escapades of Marcus Fenix, Master Chief, Kratos, Soap MacTavish and even The Dark Knight [...]
Seeing Circles
February 26th, 2010
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With the recent release of Heavy Rain and the impending wrath that Kratos’ third installment looks to deliver us, I thought it would be a good time to look at Quick Time Events, or QTEs, since one game is basically all QTEs and the other uses them pretty heavily. Now there are already plenty of [...]
The Control is in the Details
February 19th, 2010
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Lucas Kane woke up in a daze. He had just endured a series of events that would make anyone’s head spin. As he slowly stumbled out of bed, he thought to himself that getting ready for work and going about his day as usual would be the best things for him. Lucas meandered to his [...]
Steve Wiebe is the King of Kong Jr
February 17th, 2010
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If you’re reading this and have yet to see the excellent documentary The King of Kong, stop right now and go watch it. Seriously, right now. Those of you who have seen the movie already know about the rivalry between school teacher, Steve Wiebe, and arcade savant turned hot sauce mogul, Billy Mitchell. While Billy [...]
PS3D This Summer?
February 15th, 2010
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3D certainly is all the rage these days, and according to High Def Digest, the PS3 should be getting a firmware update this summer that will make it compatible with any upcoming 3D content. “3D is a major part of our initiatives in 2010,” said director of hardware marketing, John Koller. This means that we are [...]
New Alan Wake Trailer Debuts at X10
February 11th, 2010
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Not only did we just find out that Alan Wake will be available in North America on May 18 and on May 21 in Europe, but we also have a new trailer! It looks more and more like it has some healthy influence from the grand daddies of them all, Resident Evil and Silent Hill, [...]
10 Things You Need to Know from Microsoft X10
February 11th, 2010
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Major Nelson is reporting live from Microsoft’s X10 event. He just laid ten pieces of gaming goodness on us. From his blog:
Here, in no specific order, are 10 things you need to know coming out of X10 today:
The Halo Reach multiplayer beta will kick off on May 3. You will be able to access the beta via [...]