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Movie Review: ‘Battleship’

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Nat Almirall

It’s a board-game movie, so I don’t think anyone has their expectations especially high, though the only other board-game movie I can think of off the top of my head is Clue, and it was fantastic. And Connect Four, but … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Grace Suh

War has been said to be 99% tedium interspersed with 1% pure terror. And so it is with pregnancy, childbirth and baby rearing, only thankfully (else who would do it?), in these pursuits there are also intervals of intense joy. … Continue reading →

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Game Review: ‘Minecraft: XBox 360 Edition’ for XBLA

Posted on May 16, 2012 by John Carle

To say Minecraft: XBox 360 Edition is already a success is an understatement. The game literally became profitable within the first hour of sales and boasted 400,000 users in its first 24 hours, breaking all XBLA records including the one … Continue reading →

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Game Review: ‘Awesomenauts’ for XBLA

Posted on May 11, 2012 by John Carle

Whether you call it MOBA or DOTA, the genre that best fits Awesomenauts didn’t exist even a decade ago. Spawning from the Defense of the Ancients mod for Warcraft III, MOBA games are traditionally controlled as a isometric RTS style … Continue reading →

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Game Review: ‘The Walking Dead – Episode 1 – A New Day’ for XBLA

Posted on May 9, 2012 by John Carle

Forget about it being AMC’s top rated series. Forget about Volume 1 being the number one selling graphic novel of April 2012 despite it being published more than eight years ago and seven other volumes filling up the top 10. … Continue reading →

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Monday Picks: ‘The Punisher’

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Douglas Barnett

In salute of this weekend’s debut of Marvel Comic’s The Avengers, it’s time to rediscover another Marvel character who’s had three different film versions and hopefully one of these days, they’ll get it right. Dolph Lundgren stars in the first … Continue reading →

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Game Review: ‘Prototype 2’ for XBox 360

Posted on May 2, 2012 by John Carle

While [Prototype] had an insane world with an incredibly selfish and callous anti-hero protagonist, the title was hindered with some gripping gameplay problems. Many times, the player wasn’t given a fair opportunity in the game world. Rockets would come from … Continue reading →

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Game Review: ‘Trials Evolution’ for XBLA

Posted on April 25, 2012 by John Carle

The original Trials HD came to the XBox 360 in 2009 in what was considered one of the best Summer of Arcade promotions the XBox has done alongside titles like ‘Splosion Man and Shadow Complex. The time trial based off … Continue reading →

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