Category: Reviews
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Guest Review – Earth Defense Force 5 (Part I)
By Gabriel Gutierrez (Editor’s Note: This is a freelance contribution from local game developer Gabriel Gutierrez of Nascent Games, who you all remember from one of our best interviews in 2016. In the first of a multi-part series, he recounts how a cherished game veritably saved his life.) Earth Defense Force 5 (Import): A blissfully cathartic…
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Getting back into Indie game development??
Hello everyone! It has sure been a while since I made a game. Like February while, What have I been doing since February? Well, just enjoying what my new city has to offer of course. You know, go to meetup events (including independent game developer meetup events), exploring the town, and I have been working…
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Spielberg Month Review – The Adventures of Tintin (Xbox 360)
By Marshall Garvey There’s nothing quite like a good adventure to get the blood pumping. Outside of pre-1999 George Lucas and early-to-mid 2000’s Peter Jackson, no filmmaker has taken us for greater adventures than Steven Spielberg. Obviously, the Indiana Jones franchise is the primary example that comes to mind. Yet in a way, a majority of…
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LTG Movie Review – Ready Player One (2018)
By Marshall Garvey Throughout his career, Steven Spielberg has had a knack not only for directing and producing great films, but great films perfectly suited for a specific time. E.T. and Poltergeist depicted polar opposite visions of suburban life at the outset of the Reagan 80’s. Saving Private Ryan fanned reverence for WWII servicemen the same year Tom Brokaw…
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Batman: Enemy Within: Episode 3: Fractured Mask
Release Date: November 21, 2017 Developer: TellTale Games Publisher: TellTale Games Genre: Interactive Storytelling Rating: M for Mature Platform: PS4, Xbox One (reviewed), Android, iPhone, PC Sometimes, the stories we wish to tell end up being the ones not told; rather they evolve and change as the words ink the paper. Numerous factors play into…
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Hold on Loosely – Guardians of the Galaxy Review
Release Date: Episode 2: Under Pressure – June 6, 2017 Episode 3: More Than a Feeling – August 22, 2017 Episode 4: Who Needs You? – October 10, 2017 Episode 5: Don’t Stop Believing – November 7, 2017 Developer: TellTale Games Publisher: TellTale Games Genre: Third Person Perspective, Platformer, Action-Adventure System: Xbox One (Reviewed), Playstation…
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Hall of Fame Review – VA-11 Hall-A
VA-11 Hall-A Release Date: June 21st, 2016 Developer: Sukbegan Games Publisher: Ysbryd Games Rating: M for Mature Genre: Social Simulator, Visual Novel Platforms: PC, OSX, Linux I always know I’m writing about a good game when I have trouble starting. Trying to process the experience of a really well-crafted game can be daunting, even when it’s not as weird…
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Blades and Guns – ELEX Impressions
*This review is long delayed, but nontheless I am grateful to THQ Nordic and Piranha-Bytes studio for a review copy. Once I have time, and after some patching, I hope to provide a full, indepth review in the not too distant future* Release Date: October 17th, 2017 Rated: M for Mature Developer: Piranha-Bytes. Producer: THQ Nordic Genre: Role Playing…
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Jackbox Party Pack 4 Review
Release Date: October 17th, 2017 Rated: T for Teen Developer: Jackbox Games, Inc. Producer: Jackbox Games, Inc. Genre: Mini Games Platform: Xbox One (played and reviewed), Playstation 4, PC, Android TV and Apple TV (4th Generation or Later) There is something to be said about the allure and entertainment that party games provide. On a basic level, the array…
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Batman: The Enemy Within: Episode 2 – The Pact Review
Release Date: October 3rd, 2017 Rated: M for Mature Developer: TellTale Games Producer: TellTale Games Genre: Point and Click, Narrative Focus Platform: Xbox One (played and reviewed), Playstation 4, PC Inevitably, every series ends up having an episode cramming in tons of exposition to set up the hooks necessary for the narrative. It is easy arguing that the pilot…