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The buzz at retailers is reaching pinnacle heights, as America is waiting (im)patiently for the return of Ryu and crew. Our local Gamestop claims that all the Collector’s editions have been sold out for weeks, ...

Critics were noticeably divided when F.E.A.R. was ported from the PC to the Xbox 360 in 2006. Many enjoyed the visceral combat and fluid enemy AI, but bemoaned the overused environments and static game mechanics. ...

From early skeet-shooting simulations which were little more than motorized transparencies projected on a screen, to the latest entries in the Time Crisis series- we’ve played our fair share of shooting games. With the exception ...

                                            Ok, Mr. Dragon, I think our microwave popcorn is done, now. As gamers witnessed the proliferation of retro titles on the Virtual Console and Xbox Live, many ...

The iPhone/Touch seemed to come out of nowhere on the gaming front. It’s a device that has a more advanced touch screen than the DS, graphics capabilities that seem to be close to that of ...

A few years ago, if you’d asked me if I liked shmups I would have probably said something to the effect of, “They’re ok. Ikaruga is pretty awesome.” It wasn’t until a little more recently ...

When the original Tenchu: Stealth Assassins was released in 1998, it quickly became my anti-stress drug. While my graduate school classmates would look for relief in the inhalation of tobacco or at the bottom of ...

This week, everything old is new again- from shooting zombies as Special Agent G, to clearing out the thugs that roam the Streets of Rage. Even those adorable (and presumably crazy) Rocos are back, giving ...

Rygar’s journey has been a long, if not consistently eventful, voyage. His expedition began with the eponymous 1986 arcade game, which was made into a compelling NES adventure the following year. In 2002, the Roman ...

Art has been a part of man’s soul for as long as he has existed. Painting, sculpting, chiseling, building, composing, writing… any medium available, any canvas available has been utilized for the sake of art. ...