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The Sims 3: Island Paradise Review
What is the concept? After surviving those unruly teenaged years, the stresses of college, and the pressures of holiday planning,…
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Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut Review
A quick scan of any video game message board is likely to demonstrate the polemic nature of our industry. Quite…
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The Sims 3: University Life Expansion Review
While the existence of a third-generation Sim includes most of the crucial milestones of an actual life, Maxis’ virtual beings…
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Crysis 3 Review
From Doom’s demon decimating BFG 9000 to Call of Duty: Black Ops II’s demoralizing PDW-57 submachine gun, first-person shooters have…
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Far Cry 3 Review
In 2008’s The Dark Knight, Alfred offers up an astute analysis of the Joker’s motivations to Bruce Wayne- “Some men…
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Hitman Absolution Review
The game industry’s holiday period is similar to Hollywood’s summer blockbuster season- both are bursting with visceral, big-budget thrill rides…
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The Sims 3: Seasons Review
Considered the apogee of the late baroque period, Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons is now ubiquitous. Reduced to a hackneyed…
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Assassin’s Creed III Review
In the weeks leading up to Assassin’s Creed III’s release, there was little doubt of Ubisoft Montréal ‘s mammoth ambitions.…
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Dishonored Review
Save for Pierce Brosnan’s farcical depiction of a melancholic, middle-aged hit-man in The Matador, media routinely romanticizes the assassin. From…
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Retro City Rampage Review
The game industry is no stranger to the oxymoron. From the endurance of the Final Fantasy franchise, the amount of…
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