"For all of history, mankind has pursued the opportunity to live forever. Perhaps it’s the natural human desire to learn more about the world, or perhaps it’s the spirit of progression as a people, but immortality has become a mythic inspiration for persevering minds throughout mankind’s existence. However, it’s easily the best example of the “be careful what you wish for” scenario. Would living forever truly put a person’s anxieties to rest, or would experiencing eternity be an endless road w..."

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"GamingUnion: "A problem highlighted so often in the first-person shooter genre is the lack of any real story. Too much focus is placed on heart-pounding action and it tends to draw away from the identity of the character, and what they represent or are trying to accomplish may be lost in a hailstorm of bullets. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it's hard to have your title stand out in the crowd when it's not attempting to try anything new. Enter The Darkness, an IP that's always..."

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"Fans of the series as well as fans of retro gaming should not miss this title. Between the original US ROM and the Japanese ROM (which is unlocked after beating the US version), the various modes to play in, as well as the quick online options, The Simpsons Arcade Game is a joyful blast from the past. Available for $9.99 (currently free for PlayStation Plus members) or 800 Microsoft Points, this is a game that is a fun, quick diversion and goes to show why this title was such a hit when arc..."

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"Even with each hero being framed within these stereotypes, the humor and rapport that each character has with one another makes for all of the encounters to be enjoyable without feeling overplayed. The puzzles throughout Trine 2 are the real draw to the game and while some of them may leave you scratching your head for a few minutes, the game never feels cheap or illogical. Playing solo is fun, but playing with friends is truly one of the best co-op experiences available."

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"Knowing that my life was about to undergo a serious recalibration with the birth of my daughter on the horizon I started looking into new sound setups optimized for gaming without waking the baby. I settled on the Turtle Beach PX3 headset."

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"Playstation fans who pre-ordered a Sony Vita had a brief chance to brag about the two fancy joysticks on their portable gaming system, but as of today the 3DS has a new Circle Pad add-on which lets Nintendo’s latest gadget use the twin-stick set-up that has been the gaming industry standard for years. How does this unwieldy accessory live up to gamers’ expectations? We tried it out on Resident Evil Revelations and here’s our review. The good news is that it genuinely does what it claims to..."

LegitimateJournalist via explosion.com »

"The Unreal Development Kit is amongst a number of kits available to the general public so that just about anyone can make their own game using the Unreal 3 engine. This has resulted in lots of indie design teams putting together elaborate games using Epic’s professional caliber engine, but it also means that fledgling designers are now able to try making a game too. One such newcomer to game design is Melissa Lee Shaw who created Grand Invasion: A Full-Scale Assault."

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"Resident Evil The Mercenaries 3D came out shortly after the 3DS launch and was greeted with mediocre critical response. Much of the criticism was over the save system (Which wouldn’t let players delete their game) rather than the actual gameplay itself. With the next Resident Evil game out on the 3DS now, the DoEE examines The Mercenaries to determine if it remains as anything other than a placeholder."

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"GamingUnion: "After Soulcalibur IV released four years ago, fans were left wondering whether there would be another main entry into the franchise. However, following online petitions Namco Bandai and Project Soul caved - Soulcalibur V was the result. In many ways, the game doesn't stray too far from its roots, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. After all, the Soulcalibur franchise has always had a strong reputation for its ability to make weapon-based combat fluid.""

fozzness via gamingunion.net »

"GamingUnion: "For quite some time, the world of massively open, western role-playing game genre has predominantly dominated by two companies - Bethesda and BioWare. The incredible scope and ambition required to compete within this genre discourages all, save for the most well endowed, from trying something different, and that's precisely why Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is such a nice thing to see. Reckoning focuses on one area its counterparts have typically neglected in favour of scope, co..."

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"We quite liked Trine here at Default Prime. An indie game from 2009 by a smaller developer that used a simple premise to shake up fantasy RPG tropes, while offering a fun twist on the platform/puzzler genre. The same developer, Frozenbyte, is back with Trine 2 which sets the same characters on a new adventure using a well-refined version of the original game’s gameplay."

MrChrisNo1 via defaultprime.com »

"Practically a genre unto itself, the Professor Layton games have carved out their own little place in the handheld gaming landscape. The love children of Myst and a book of MENSA brain conundrums, these titles have done well for Level-5 with their unique brand of puzzle-centric adventures. The Last Specter does not reinvent the wheel by any means; it is another Layton game. If you’re already a fan, then know that there are more puzzles and more extra game modes than ever before. If you do..."

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"Sloshing liquid around has lately become as popular a videogame pastime as blasting zombies or downloading Call of Duty DLC. Controlling the slippery physics of H20 (and other stuff) factors into everything from Mercury and Fluidity to Where’s My Water? and Feed Me Oil.

Add Puddle to the growing pool of liquid-based physics puzzlers. It’s one of those GDC student showcase winners that spun its success with the judges into a commercial product. It doesn’t take long to understand why. Puddle..."

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"GamingUnion: "It's not often that you get a game that mixes elements of Risk and Scrabble. But that's exactly what Quarrel is. It's also a game that might make you want to have a real life exchange of words with your Xbox, making it an enticing, addictive and mentally stimulating puzzle game well worth 400 XBLA points.""

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The forty-forth round of Articles of Excellence has seen a return to the games with Gryzor winning it out with his review of Resident Evil 4. Scoring it a decent 3.6/5, he describes it as a title neither great nor terrible, but a a good game that has its moment while both making some headway in the series and forgetting some of the previous elements of the Resident Evil formula.

Dark Arcanine via blogs.neoseeker.com »

"The Simpsons Arcade, along with the 6-Player X-Men and Sunset Riders, is where most of my allowance was spent in my childhood. Those games were also responsible for an insane amount of, "Hey Dad, can I borrow a dollar?" I'd be afraid to know how often I really said that. These games came from a time when arcade cabinets could outshine home consoles so well, if there was a port it was notably inferior. These days, arcade games come home with enhanced graphics or added characters, but in the ol..."

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"In the end, Tekken Hybrid is neither a great movie nor a great game. So what it is? Well, it’s a collection of Tekken stuff dedicated to true Tekken enthusiasts. If you love you some Tekken, dive in head first without regret. $40 (some places already have it discounted to $30) isn’t unreasonable for what Namco Bandai burned onto this hybrid Blu-ray. But for most of us, the only worthwhile piece of this compilation – Tekken Tag Tournament HD – isn’t quite strong enough on its own to carry the ..."

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"The modern fighting-game genre, like an old-school city map, is divided into quadrants. Over in the far corner, you’ve got the Tekken crowd, content with their bizarre-ass battling pandas and limb-specific button combos. The collection of blood-spattered spinal cords over yonder marks the grim border of Mortal Kombat’s turf, a neighborhood where the method in which you respond to the ghostly hiss of “Finish Him!” always seems to matter much more than how you got there. Capcom’s territory is e..."

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NeverDead is an interesting game so far. One part DMC, one part Shadows of the Damned and one part endless escort quest, is the action enough to keep gamers interested or will the frustrating puzzle bits drive gamers away?

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"GamingUnion: "The Resident Evil franchise has been going through a bit of a transition phase as of late. While Resident Evil 4 revitalised an entire genre, almost everything that's followed since has done anything but that. With Resident Evil: Revelations on the Nintendo 3DS, Capcom were hoping to buck that trend, promoting it as a game that returned more the core roots of the franchise and on many levels, it does that. Just don't expect any Revelations.""

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I Heart Geeks is a fairly new puzzle game for the Nintendo DS that touts a puzzle-creation system and the artistic vision of Marc Ecko. With many puzzle games available on the DS already, does it measure up? Read the review in its entirety to find out what GamerNode's Brad Tramel thought.

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"Happy Action Theater ignores many of the contrivances and staples of gaming but embraces creative experimentation that leads to an experience that is pure fun. While it may be geared towards a younger audience, anyone who steps up to play will have a fun time. Any barriers to gaming that still exist with Kinect have been broken down by the team at Double Fine with Happy Action Theater."

Silver Scorpian via xboxedge.com »

"For people who actually play StarCraft, there are a lot of feature on offer that you may also like. For instance, if you are trying for a high APM (actions per minute in SC terms), the keyboard can be set so that as you progress in APM it will automatically change colour to whatever you set the different APM intervals at. Also, say if your base or units were under attack, you can set it so that at these times the keyboard will flash repeatedly as an alert to tell you something went tits up."

ThePlayVault via theplayvault.com »

"I’m sure many people out there are somewhat frightened by the prospect of Minecraft, a game which doesn’t just step backwards in the graphics race but practically get on a motorbike and rides off into the sunset in the direction we had just came. Some people (and I am not trying to offend here) can’t recognize the simplistic and creative beauty of Minecraft and therefore have shied away from the game. However, fear not. A new mod that you can implement into your game has risen from the mod co..."

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"It’s the question every military-industrial complex, from the modern United States to the fictional United Nations Space Command, eventually struggles to answer: What do you do when the fighting finally stops?

Several possible answers serve as the murky backdrop to Halo: Glasslands, the latest book in the long-running series based on the world’s most ubiquitous videogame franchise–and the first to take place in the aftermath of the Covenant War. Basically, those answers all boil down to th..."

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