Tag: videogames
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Hall of Fame Review – Conker’s Bad Fur Day (2001)
By Marshall Garvey Developer: Rareware Publisher: Rareware Release date: March 5, 2001 Platform: Nintendo 64 Rated: M for Mature Genre: Action, platforming Format: Single and multiplayer After its founding in 1985, the British game developer Rareware quickly made its name as a partner to Nintendo. Over the next few years, the company would produce over…
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Backlog Files Review – Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep
For every gamer, there is a pile of games we swear we get to. They get put on our shelves, only to sit there for a duration of time until we notice them again. These are known as games in the backlog or on the backburner. While waiting for new releases, we’ve decided we’ll play…
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Like a Bull in a China Shop
Can games based on movies be good? What could be done to improve them? By Christopher Medrano & Terry Randolph Recently, Chris has had the pleasure of playing a string of horrible games; Fast and the Furious and RIPD (which you can read here). Not surprisingly, these two games are based off of movies recently in…
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Childhood Gaming Traumas: The ReDeads from “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time”
By Marshall Garvey Being born in 1989, I wasn’t introduced to the Zelda franchise until the blockbuster release of Ocarina of Time in 1998. Even when it came out, I had no personal interest in playing it, and only did so upon the insistence of my uncle Tim. With an N64 for Christmas that year…