Category: PC Games
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Review: Adventures in the Lost Castle (PC)
Adventures in the Lost Castle is set to pit gamers on one crazy quest… but is it up to the task? Mel provides a look at this new indie game.
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Review: Back the Future: Episode 1 “About Time” (PC)
Back the Future returns from the past courtesy of Telltale Games. Do they do the original films justice?
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Review: Bejeweled 3 (PC)
Popcap releases another entry into their insanely addicting Bejeweled series, so what’s in store for players this time around? Mel has just the answer for you.
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Review: The Guild 2: Renaissance (PC)
The Guild 2: Renaissance Developer: 4Head Studios Publisher: Dreamcatcher Genre: Sim Release Date: 10/19/2010 I have never played a single installment in The Guild franchise until The Guild 2: Renaissance. Being completely fresh to the experience proved to make this one of the most difficult games I have ever had to play. Was this difficulty…
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Review: RUSH (PC)
The makers of Toki Tori release yet another puzzling adventure on the world. Can they keep their hot streak going?
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Review: Poker Night at the Inventory (PC)
Telltale manages to pull an all star gaming cast for a high stakes game of poker. Do you have ten grand to buy in?
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Review: Arcania: Gothic 4 (PC)
Arcania, brave new reboot for the Gothic series, or simplistic dud?
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Review: Antiques Roadshow (PC)
It’s a video game based on Antiques Roadshow. What more needs to be said?
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Review: Mystery Case Files: 13th Skull (PC)
Mystery Case Files: 13th Skull – Collector’s Edition Developer: Big Fish Games Publisher: Big Fish Games Genre: Adventure Release Date: 11/25/2010 Although you wouldn’t necessarily put it in the same category as Pokemon, Halo, and Grand Theft Auto, the Mystery Case Files series is one of the most successful video game franchises out there. The…
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Review: Grotesque Tactics (PC)
When a game manages to come along this late in the year and not only be the worst PC game of the year, but the worst game PERIOD, that’s something special. But not in a good way.
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Review: Jekyll and Hyde (PC)
The story of Jekyll and Hyde is timeless, and platform games have been done to death. They couldn’t possibly screw this up… could they?
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Review: Darkstar – The Interactive Movie: Captain’s Box (PC)
The cast and crew of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 in a panormaic adventure game that consists primarily of Full Motion Video. Yes, this is a new release and not something from 1995. Come check it out.
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Review: Metal Brigade Tactics (PC)
Dave Olvera is Diehard GameFAN’s resident go-to guy for under the radar obscure PC games. Was MBT a game better left undisturbed or a diamond in the rough?
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Review: Final Fantasy XIV Online (PC)
Sean Madson, the biggest Square Enix fan on the site, dives into MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV. The results are… not what anyone could anticipate.
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Review: VVVVVV (Windows/Mac)
Though he missed the initial release in January, Chris Bowen wasn’t about to miss a cheap, yet fun, indie game a second time. Is VVVVVV worth the positive press it’s received elsewhere?
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Review: House M.D. (PC)
A tie-in game to the television show of the same name, House M.D. tries to mirror the medical mystery formula from the show, but is it enough to really get fans of the show into the game, or will it need to be resuscitated?
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Review: The Silver Lining, Episodes 1 & 2 (PC)
After some legal snafus preventing its release, the first two episodes of the fanmade continuation of the King’s Quest series have been released. How did they turn out?
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Review: Ship Simulator Extremes (PC)
Ship Simulator Extremes, even though we could argue about its extremeness, is a ship simulator at its core, but is it a good one? If it is a good one, does it translate well into other qualities that make a game fun? Is it the kind of thing that can be enjoyed by a broad…
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Review: Recettear (PC)
Recettear Developer: EasyGameStation Publisher: Carpe Fulgar Genre: Simulation/Action RPG Release Date: 09/10/2010 Let’s face it: RPG item shops are generally just a place for adventurers to dump the junk they find on slime #248, sell the kobold infants they stole from the warren and buy a few upgrades. Have you ever wondered how the other…
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Unboxing of Final Fantasy XIV: Collector’s Edition
Very rarely, if ever, do I purchase collector’s editions of any games. Since almost every major game release has one, most of them end up in the bargain bin a few months later and that hardly justifies the premium you have to fork over to get an extra DVD or some unlockable content. However, I…