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One of the irrefutable highlights of the 2005 of the Electronic Entertainment Expo was the original Dead Rising. The game was an ideal showcase of the capabilities of the soon to be released Microsoft 360, ...

One of the more prevalent complaints among both enthusiasts and journalists is ‘game fatigue’. The ailment can be prompted by either a barrage of overly-similar annual iterations or an onslaught of nearly indistinguishable titles within ...

While the Castlevania series has always been rooted in the mythology of Bram Stoker’s late nineteenth century masterpiece- Dracula, a quote from another Victorian-era novel accurately summarizes the franchise’s splintered trajectory. Dicken’s renown antithesis, “It ...

When publisher 2K Sports initially announced the integration of Michael Jordan into NBA 2K11, some concerns were raised. As a peerless megastar with ten scoring titles in the NBA, players were thrilled at the prospect ...

Initially, “evolved” is unlikely descriptor for a game which has transformed from a cerebral, turn-taking role-playing game into a reflex-based third-person shooter.  Yet upon closer scrutiny, the listless pace of the three stateside entries in ...

When gaming historians direct their gaze at 2010, the year just might be considered the zenith of the music game. Activision’s output- consisting of four Guitar Hero titles (Metallica, Van Halen, Smash Hits, Five), a ...

We all have wild images in our heads of corporate board meetings, where soulless men in suits with no imagination spit out underdeveloped ideas to corner a market of “hip kids.” I like think that ...

Between NBA Elite 11‘s temporary retreat against the NBA 2K franchise, and 2K’s own NHL series bowing to the superiority of NHL 11, there’s been a number of recent shake-ups in the world of sports ...

Between sailing the high seas in the 1987 original, the 2004 remake, and the more recent Xbox and PSP iterations, I assumed my days as a privateer had long past. After slavishly devoting workweeks to ...

One of the more remarkable enigmas in the Wii library was the case of Carnival Games. Despite receiving a nearly universal lashing by reviewers, the title went on to sell more than six million copies, ...