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I think every gamer has a short list of games or franchises that they’re curious about, but have never played for whatever reason. Monster Rancher is one of those franchises for me. Since I first ...

From sheep springing to life in one’s dreams (Catherine), tribal shamans jellifying tsunamis (From Dust) to little blue creatures shaking their asses to Katy Perry (The Smurfs: Dance Party) there’s an abundance of surrealism in ...

For years, the Resident Evil franchise seemed content to remain in the refuge of the survival horror genre. Sensing stagnancy (and circumventing a contractual obligation with Nintendo for numbered series entries), Capcom began taking its ...

What is the concept? Revisiting the ingenious mechanic  which propelled 2009’s ‘Splosion Man to critical and commercial success, Twisted Pixel’s latest game requires players to cultivate Olympic-level triple-jumping skills. Each of the fifty levels which ...

The plight of the movie tie-in game is a tragically familiar one. Typically given an abbreviated development cycle, culminating in a product forced to coincide with a film’s release, the corresponding interactive adaptation can often ...

What is the concept? XL is a loyal reimagining of First Star Software’s, Boulder Dash– a title which proliferated across  nearly every popular computer and console platform during the mid-eighties. At its core, players guide ...

DesertEagle’s Take: For some, the legless, peculiar-looking athletes  of MLB Bobblehead Pros might convey a woefully middling interpretation of America’s pastime. Yet, fans of The Konami’s long-running PowerPro series (known in Japan as Jikkyō Powerful ...

Pity the cash strapped PC gamer. Without the resources for a new bleeding-edge,  polygon pushing graphics card, titles like Crysis 2, Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead, and Metro 2033 can linger just outside the reach of ...

Despite a 140-year crater between  franchise entries, Reverend Ray McCall’s stilted fire-and-brimstone chatter still permeates through Call of Juarez: The Cartel. With dialog which includes zingers such as, “And I saw a pale horse, and ...

This week DesertEagle and BlueSwim swat at bugs in the B-movie inspired Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon, and swing at balls with MLB Bobblehead Pros. Additionally, we visit the barren wastelands of Resident Evil: The ...