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Muramasa Rebirth Review
Last year, the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Art of Video Games exhibit demonstrated the evolution of our industry- showcasing eighty…
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CastleStorm Review
Splicing several prevailing mechanics into a single game is hardly a new concept for the industry. Early coin-ops such as…
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Soul Sacrifice Review
Serendipitously, the gameplay of the SCEA-published Soul Sacrifice can be read as a metaphor for the PS Vita. Mirroring the…
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Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge Review
Although it’s not unusual for a game to receive a post-release improvement, entries in the Ninja Gaiden franchise have habitually…
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Review
Literary critic Samuel Taylor Coleridge once proposed that if authors impart “human interest and a semblance of truth” into an…
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Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 Review
Since the eighties, numerous developers have attempted to offer interactive interpretations of the seminal manga/anime Fist of the North Star.…
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Code of Princess Review
Although gaming often targets a broad demographic of ages, occasionally a generational gap is perceptible. Case in point: while at…
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Way of the Samurai 4 Review
The concept of bushidō is often crassly articulated in gaming. Action-based titles such as Samurai Shodown and Brave Fencer Musashi-…
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Darksiders II Review
In the game industry, it’s an abnormality for an untested development team to deliver an inaugural hit, and an irrefutable…
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Dust: An Elysian Tail Review
What is the concept? Whereas both Castlevania: Lords of Shadows and Metroid: Other M offered serviceable adaptions of their respective…
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