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After repeatedly confronting nefarious empires with a band of plucky rebels, vanquishing a countless world-threatening demons, and glimpsing into the tortured past of scores of amnesiacs, role-playing enthusiasts deserve a reprieve. With a plotline centered ...

Despite the abundance of snow, rain, and winds outside, this week’s new releases promises a cathartic dose of escapism. Why not travel to the sun drenched islands of Oahu or Ibiza to tear up the ...

Amidst the sterile cubicles of the 2008 Electronic Entertainment Expo, I had formed a transitory bond with two programmers from (the now defunct) GRIN. After spending the bulk of the appointment mutually gushing over the ...

As both an obsessed island nation and my colleague SeanNOLA will attest, Monster Hunter can  be an overwhelmingly absorbing game. While millions of Japanese gamers have become obsessed with the perpetual cycle of killing, scavenging ...

Whether players prefer to step into the well crafted boots of an Elven archer, chest high waders of a professional bass angler, or trusty cow-kickers of a country-western singer, there’s a form-fitting title awaiting players ...

This week, reformed rabble-rousers DesertEagle and SeanNOLA offer impressions of Two Worlds II, Dead Space 2, and Fluidity. Additionally, the duo discusses Front Mission Evolved‘s abrupt jumps from enjoyable action game to single-hit stress inducer. ...

For years, survival horror games have been a consistently problematic genre. Although titles in the Resident Evil, Silent Hill and even Alone in the Dark franchises have provided players with an unshakable sense of uneasiness, ...

Redemption is a ubiquitous theme in role-playing games; countless titles have chronicled the journey of a misguided young adventurer who transforms mind and body in an effort to vanquish adversity. With the release of their ...

Hoping to rediscover recover the valor exhibited by the initial entries in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon series, DesertEagle examines two divergent titles- Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising and the latest Wii iteration of Ghost Recon. Together ...

Whether players are battling hordes of hostile orcs in Two Worlds II, necromorphs in Dead Space 2 or the countless baddies in Lord of Arcana, this week’s new releases offers an array of atrocious antagonists. ...