Author: Matt Yeager
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Review: Hotline Miami (Sony PlayStation 3)
Hotline Miami Genre: People Pulverizing Puzzle Developer: Devolver Digital Publisher: Abstraction Games Release Date: 6/25/2013 Which mask called out the most to me today, I thought as I sat in my car outside of the building which matched the address that was left on my answering machine. The frog one, I decided, and then I…
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Review: NCAA Football 14 (Microsoft Xbox 360)
NCAA Football 14 Genre: American Football Developer: EA Tiburon Publisher: EA Games Release Date: 7/9/2013 Full disclosure time: I only started watching football a few years ago so I could have something to talk about and do with my grandpa. I found out that I liked it, but my football experience begins and ends with…
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Review: Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Call of Juarez Gunslinger Genre: Gun slinging Developer: Techland Publisher: Ubisoft Release Date: 05/22/2013 As a fan of Western movies and books it surprises me that there aren’t more Western video games. The setting of lawlessness and the number of both real and fictional stories to draw inspiration from just seems like something more developers…
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Review: Motorbike (Sony PlayStation 3)
Motorbike Genre: Attempted Video Game Sim Developer: baKno Games Publisher: baKno Games Release Date: 6/25/2013 With all the games I’ve played in the last couple of years I’ve played only a couple I’d say were terrible. There have been games that look bad, but were conceptually interesting, or looked good but were bland, or had…
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Video Games and Storytelling, The Real Next-Generation of Gaming
During part of Microsoft’s Xbox reveal and during the E3 conference the speakers promised that new hardware would provide the opportunity to tell richer, deeper stories. The problem is video game publishers and developers haven’t been able to show that they know how to write compelling stories with all of the tools they currently have.…
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Review: Big Bass Arcade: No Limit (Nintendo 3DS)
Big Bass Arcade: No Limit Genre: Special Fishlympics Developer: Big John Games Publisher: Big John Games (eShop) Release Date: 6/13/2013 I wasn’t expecting the 3DS to be my go-to system for fishing games, but here I am reviewing another 3DS fishing game. Even though I like fishing games, I have not played the previous ones…
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Post E3 Thoughts: Get Off Of My Lawn
Post E3 Thoughts: Get Off Of My Lawn There are times that I’ve started to feel old lately. Last week I yawned and pulled a muscle, something I don’t remember ever doing when I was in my teens and twenties. At least I don’t remember ever injuring myself while in the act of yawning before.…
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Review: Crazy Construction (Nintendo 3DS)
Crazy Construction Genre: Puzzle Developer: G-Style Publisher: G-Style Release Date: 04/25/2013 It makes sense that puzzle games are in abundance on Nintendo’s 3DS eShop. They’re shorter games with typically good replay value that are perfect for playing on a portable system, especially as a diversion when traveling. So when our website received a review copy…
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Review: Poker Night 2 (Xbox 360)
Poker Night 2 Genre: Poker/Card Game Developer: Telltale Games Publisher: Telltale Games Release Date:4/24/13 Poker Night 2 is an odd game to try and review. On one hand it’s a poker game. Every game is played tournament style, meaning you start off with four players, all with the same starting amount of money, with the…
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Review: Super Little Acorns Turbo 3D (Nintendo 3DS)
Super Little Acorns Turbo 3D Genre: Nut Grabbing Developer: Team Pesky Publisher: Pixel Toys Release Date: 4/18/13 Mr. Nibbles has a problem. Other woodland creatures have stolen his stash of acorns, and he needs to get those acorns back otherwise his family will starve. Instead of grabbing a shotgun and going all Fallen Down on…
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Review: Sacred Citadel (Playstation 3)
Sacred Citadel Genre: Beat ’em Up Developer: SouthEnd Interactive Publisher: Deep Silver Release Date: 4/16/2013 If you aren’t familiar with the series, Sacred is a series of hack and slash action RPGs reminiscent of Diablo. Sacred Citadel is a spin off title meant to bridge the gap between Sacred 2 and a yet to be…
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Review: The Croods: Prehistoric Party (Nintendo 3DS)
The Croods: Prehistoric Party Genre: Pointless Movie Tie-In Developer: Torus Games Publisher: D3 Publishing Release Date: 03/19/2013 The Croods is a recent animated movie about a prehistoric family that, according to IMDB, is about the family losing their cave and having to go on an adventure to find a new cave or something. I like…
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Review: Bit.Trip Presents Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien (Xbox 360)
Bit.Trip Presents Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien Genre: Rhythm Running Developer: Gaijin Games Publisher: Aksys Games Release Date: 2/27/13 For the sake of brevity, I’m going to just refer to this game as Runner2 for this review. That’s one hell of a name. I was familiar with the name of the previous game, Bit.Trip…
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Review: Super Black Bass 3D (Nintendo 3DS)
Super Black Bass 3D Genre: Underwater Fighting Developer: Starfish-SD Publisher: Rising Star Release Date: 4/2/13 I really don’t like fish. I don’t like the flavor or touching them, I don’t even like seeing them in an aquarium. I’m fine with underwater things staying in the water. So what’s really odd is that I love fishing…
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Review: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 – Masters Edition (Playstation 3)
If you’re a fan of golf, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 is for you.
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Review: A Valley Without Wind 1 and 2 (PC)
A Valley Without Wind 1 and 2 Genre: Everything and the kitchen sink Developer: Arcen Games Publisher: Steam Release Date: 02/18/2013 (#2) and 04/24/2012 (Numero Uno) Recently A Valley Without Wind 2 was released, and along with it the original title for free with purchase of the sequel (and in an even more generous move…
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Review: Bloody Vampire (Nintendo 3DS)
Bloody Vampire Genre: Bloody Backtracking Developer: SilverStar Publisher: Agetec Inc. Release Date: 1/31/13 There are a lot of games out there that try and provide the experience of games that we enjoyed playing in the past, games that are meant to either trigger nostalgic feelings in those of us that are old enough, and made…
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Review: Urban Trial Freestyle (Sony PlayStation 3)
Urban Trial Freestyle Genre: Crotchrocket Competition Developer: Tate Interactive Publisher: Tate Multimedia Release Date: 02/19/2013 I have to admit that I went into Urban Trial Freestyle with preconceptions about what the game was. I’m a big fan of Trials for the Xbox, watching the pre-release videos made me assume that was the kind of game…
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Review: Riding Stables 3D (Nintendo 3DS)
Riding Stables 3D Genre: Portable Child Distractor Developer: TREVA Entertainment Publisher: TREVA Entertainment Release Date: 12/20/2012 I feel bad for the PR rep that has to send out inquiries to a bunch of older, mostly male, video game reviewers to review a game that is not really the intended audience for their product. Riding Stables…
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Review: Serious Sam Double D XXL (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Serious Sam Double D XXL review Genre: Firearm Art Developer: MommysBestGames Publisher: Mastertronic Release Date: 2/20/13 I honestly don’t know how to start this review. I’m not sure how to capture in words just how ridiculous Serious Sam Double D XXL is, and as someone who considers themselves a writer (there’s an ad for my…