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The Score so Far

Posted by Jamie Concepcion On August - 15 - 2009

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I would consider the August 25th release of Batman: Arkham Asylum as kicking off the Fall/ Holiday gaming season. Some football/sports game fans might even consider that season to have begun yesterday with the release of Madden 10. Whichever one of those groups you are in, it’s either here or quickly approaching. This is an alphabetical list of the 10 best games that have been released so far in 2009 (Madden 10 excluded) and why we think they’re the best. There’s also a little section at the bottom for games that released in 2009 that you should avoid.

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Franchises Ruined By Their 2009 Movie (so far)

Posted by Andrew Witts On August - 13 - 2009

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I mentioned in my review of G.I Joe (yo check it out) that this Summer movie season has been pretty terrible. With so many big franchise movies being released and flopping all over the place, I figured why not make a best of the worst list. All the below mentioned films are entries into an existing franchise. So without any further a-doo…

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Deals Smeals, Bundles Smundles, Peripherals Smeripherals, OK OK I’ll Stop

Posted by Jamie Concepcion On July - 14 - 2009

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Peripheral based games have been around for a while. They must have started earlier, but the recent trend goes back to the late 90s with Dance Dance Revolution. Guitar Hero and Rock Band are responsible for how many developers are now trying to ‘cash in’ and release their own game bundled with a peripheral.

“Who needs story based games? Pssh, everyone has so much money to throw away nowadays! Let’s throw a space-eating piece of plastic in the box and jack up the price!!”

This is going to be a run-down of some of the bigger games bundled with peripherals and looking at some of the future titles to be released.

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