Author: A.J. Hess
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Review: Crysis 2 (Microsoft Xbox 360)
So the franchise that once used to be the benchmark for whether your computer was hardcore has come to the consoles. Find out how it held up here.
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Review: Dungeons (PC)
Dungeons Publisher: Kalypso Media Developer: Realmforge Studios Genre: Strategy Release Date: February 10, 2011 If you are tired of putting on your armor, shining up your shield, and riding off to rid the world of evil, Realmforge Studios and Kalypso Media have developed an alternative for you. Dungeons turns the heroic fantasy setting around and…
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Five Things Bioware Should Steal From…Bioware
What could Bioware do to make their signature franchises better? Borrow from each other, of course!
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Review: NFL Sports Active Training Camp (WII)
Is this virtual training camp worthy of the NFL logo, or is it more suited to the XFL?
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Diehard GameFAN Hall of Shame: The Uncanny X-Men
The X-Men franchise is pretty hard to screw up in a video game, yet LJN managed to do it. Spectacularly. is The Uncanny X-Men bad enough for our Hall of Shame?
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Review: Namco Museum MegaMix (Wii)
If Namco’s good for anything, it’s rehashing their games from the 80s. A.J. Hess tells us if this one’s any good.
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Review: Gummy Bears Mini Golf (Wii)
Everybody loves mini-golf! Everybody loves gummi bears! But what do they taste like together?
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Review: Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Xbox 360)
The next Assassin’s Creed is out with more tweaks and changes, but how much to they improve the game really? AJ has a surprising response.
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Review: Zhu Zhu Pets Featuring the Wild Bunch (Wii)
Can the most popular toy of 2009 make the shift in to a quality video game just in time for the 2010 holiday season?
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Review: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Starkiller’s back for another single handed massacre of the Empire, but is his second go-round as entertaining as before? Find out here.
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Die Hard Game Fan Hall of Fame Nomination: Resident Evil 4
Every week, we will present a new game to be nominated for the Diehard GameFAN Hall of Fame and Hall of Shame. These nominations will occur every Monday and Friday, respectively. Our standards are just like the Baseball Hall of Fame: every game will be voted on by members of the staff, and any game…
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Review: Halo: Reach (Xbox 360)
Halo: Reach Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Developer: Bungie Genre: First Person Shooter Release Date: 09/14/2010 Microsoft has a lot riding on Halo: Reach. Halo Wars was a solid – if incomplete – RTS, but Halo 3 and Halo: ODST really haven’t done anything new since the second game in the series. ODST in particular had…
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The Legendary Unboxing of Halo: Reach
Every once in a while, a game comes along that the rules go out the window for. The Halo series has long been known for obsessive fans, midnight launch parties, and over-the-top collector editions. As Bungie makes its farewell to the Halo franchise, they have packed an amazing number of goodies into the Halo: Reach…
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Review: Kane and Lynch: Dog Days (Microsoft Xbox 360)
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Review: Toy Story 3 (360)
Toy Story 3 Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios Developer: Avalanche Software Genre: Platformer Release Date: 06/15/2010 The Toy Story movie trilogy has been praised as one of the best group of films ever made, so it’s only natural that each movie would have some form of video game tie-in. Toy Story 3 has arrived, and distinguishes…
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Killing for Kindness: Epic teams up with Child’s Play
In a move that is nearly as over-the-top as the man behind the studio, Epic Games has created an online poll to decide the fate of one of the characters in the upcoming Gears of War 3. Epic has partnered with Child’s Play, the gamer charity created by the guys at Penny Arcade, to give…
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Review: Pirates Plundarrr (WII)
Pirates Plundarrr Publisher: Majesco Developer: Boomzap Genre: Action Release Date: 06/15/2010 What a strange journey pirates have had in the media in the last fifteen yarrrrs. A few decades ago, pirates had become laughable, a bad idea that no one wanted to see. Films like Cutthroat Island cemented that opinion. Then, slowly, they started making…
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Review: Attack of the Movies 3D (360)
Attack of the Movies 3D Publisher: Majesco Developer: Panic Button Genre: Shooter Release Date: 05/18/2010 The 3D craze in theaters is now making its way to videogames. We’ve had the promise of three-dimensional graphics for decades now, but Majesco is boasting that it has released the first truly 3D shooter. Is this worth playing, or…
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Review: Alan Wake (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Alan Wake Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Developer: Remedy Entertainment Genre: Survival Horror Release Date: 05/18/2010 We have reached the point in this console generation’s life cycle where developers are no longer satisfied with telling the story of hard, strong men doing brave, bold things. Instead, we’ve reached the point where story is king, and just…
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Review: Iron Man 2 (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Iron Man 2 Publisher: Sega Studios San Diego Developer: Sega Genre: Action Release Date: 05/04/2010 Summer. Marvel. Movie tie-in. If anyone is still reading, you should know by now that I’m talking about Iron Man 2. The first game was so bad that it gave bleeding ulcers to a full two-thirds of the people who…