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All reviewsLimbo2010
3 out of 5 starsLimbo is a love/hate experience. It casts a brilliant, haunting atmosphere thick with tension and horror against an empty though thought-provoking narrative of a boy in search of his sister. The trials he faces are threatening, but also cheap and frustrating for basing each one around its gimmicky death animations. It begins with the boy awaking in a dark forest. How he ended up here is left to the imagination.…
Rayman Origins2011
5 out of 5 starsEver since Ubisoft introduced us to the lovably psychotic rabbids, Rayman, who was technically the star of the first couple of Raving Rabbids games, has gone into an unexpected retirement. The limbless wonder was the star of a couple well-renowned platformers during the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 days, but has had a very small presence in console generations since. The action gets appropriately crazy when multiple…
Crysis2007
4 out of 5 starsCrytek's shtick has always been to deliver ground-breaking graphics that push people's PCs to their absolute limits. In late 2007, Crytek's latest first-person shooter, Crysis, arrived on PC and quickly gained infamy for its at-the-time absurd system requirements needed to run the game at maximum settings. It also garnered much praise for its open-ended gameplay, which let players approach any situation however they…
Frozen Synapse2011
5 out of 5 starsYou get game requests a lot if you log onto the right server. The plan's perfect. You've run your units through it a thousand times, checking for any openings your opponent could use to dismantle your attack. There's nothing more to do -- nothing except prime your turn and watch the events unfold. In the seconds between, anxiety starts building. What if you missed something? That rocket launcher might be able to get…
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All articlesOn Ryan Davis' passing
Jul 10, 2013
I never knew Ryan Davis personally. The only sort of interaction I got was several years ago when he read one my questions for On the Spot on-air. Said my name was awesome -- even pronounced it correctly! Was a very cool, flattering, and weird moment. I've come close to meeting him along with the rest of the Giant Bomb crew at these past two E3s (and I did have a brief encounter with Brad and V...
So much for not getting addicted to achievements...
Apr 9, 2010
Darn thing's have me hooked now. So much for getting anything productive done... And before you ask, yes, I am only doing this for the quest. That's how far I've fallen. I know, I'm ashamed, too. Maybe I should start blogging here more to make up for that. Yeah, that's the ticket.
More Bit.Trip News...
Dec 25, 2009
...because there's still three more games on the way, and because I haven't got much else to talk about. So anyway, the fourth game was recently announced . It's called Bit.Trip Runner , which makes me suspect that it'll be some sort of platforming game or something. Especially after what happened at the end of Void : SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content. After the credits roll,...
Activision games to no longer utilize consoles?
Sep 15, 2009
Following the success of the videogame market, there were (and still are) many who developed small electronic game devices that host a variety of simple games that one could walk into a store and buy for a cheap price. The games on these devices paled in comparison to those of consoles, but they obviously still saw some success at retail, otherwise they would have vanished from store shelves so...
Huh...
Sep 9, 2009
You know how the Dreamcast died just after the PlayStation 2 launched, and how there weren't anymore games being made for it? Well, it appears that's changed. As a new Dreamcast game titled, Rush Rush Rally racing, was announced yesterday. You can get the lowdown on the game here if you're interested. As for me, I'm gonna sit here, and try to come to terms with this strange development. I'll le...
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