Posts Tagged ‘PC’

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin Gives Me The Heebie Jeebies

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

The first game in the F.E.A.R series was easily one of my all time favorite shooters. It did a fantastic job of blending action with suspense and terror. It kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. Each time you turned a corner, you were presented with either a new fight, or a piece of disturbing imagery. Given the quality that oozed from every pore of the first game, I was highly excited to get my hands on F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin. The million dollar question here: Does it live up to the legacy left by the original?

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Operation Anchorage: Taking Alaska Back From The Commies

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

Operation Anchorage is the first of three downloadable expansions on the way for the wildly successful Fallout 3. In it, you are tasked with liberating Alaska from the Chinese in a simulation of one of the Fallout universe’s historic battles. During the simulation, you’ll face a variety of challenges in your efforts to free Alaska from the Chinese invaders. Success will yield a treasure trove of new gear, and failure will yield only death.

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Lord Of The Rings Conquest: So Close Yet So Far Away

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

I’m a pretty big fan of the Star Wars: Battlefront games, as well as the Lord of the Rings books and movies. Needless to say, I was pretty excited about Lord of the Rings Conquest when I first heard about it. Combining the Lord of the Rings world with Star Wars Battlefront style gameplay should have been a recipe for pure win. Pandemic used the right ingredients, they just took the game out of the oven too soon.

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Left 4 Dead Eats Your Brain, Saves Room For Desert (Which Is Also Your Brain)

Monday, November 24th, 2008

When you make the decision to move into a new apartment, or house, what are the first things you think about when inspecting the new residence? School district? Local shopping? How close it is to work? Or do you look…

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Watchmen: The End is Nigh Preview

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Depending on the type of person you are, you are either excited by or dreading the upcoming Watchmen movie. If you are in the latter group then you will probably want to stop reading now. However, if you are the…

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Call of Duty: World At War Storms Your Console, Claims Victory

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Let me throw two important facts about myself out there before I actually dive into this review. First, I loved Call of Duty 4. Second, I suffer from extreme World War II shooter fatigue—we’ve won the war more times than…

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Seeing Red

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

After extensive time with Fallout 3 I could not help but long for the bug-free games of yore. As any PC gamer knows, computer games have always had their share of problems. This has mainly been attributed to the problems…

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Fallout 3 Blows My Mind, Leaves A Mess On The Carpet

Friday, October 31st, 2008

When I first heard Bethesda was taking on Fallout 3, I was terrified. Not because I thought they’d muck it up or anything like that, but because Oblivion took up over 240 hours of my life. It damaged my interpersonal…

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Dead Space: In Space, No One Can Hear You Dismember Your Enemies

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Dead Space has been pushed as a survival horror game with an engaging plot, and unique combat system. Some of those things are true, some of them aren’t. The total package, while enjoyable, isn’t exactly what I was expecting when…

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Age Of Booty Docks In Your Port, Steals Your Rum

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

For those of you who would prefer to read this review entirely in pirate speak, you may do so here.

Age of Booty (formerly Plunder) is a pirate themed RTS developed by Certain Affinity, and published by Capcom. From the start,…

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