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Star Wars: The Old Republic

The Cosmic Muffet — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:34:15 +0000

a review of Star Wars: The Old Republic
a videogame developed by Bioware
and published by Electronic Arts and LucasArts
for
(Windows PC) http://www.swtor.com/
text by Samuel Kite

3 stars

Bottom line: Star Wars: The Old Republic is “basically, Knights of the Old Republic, except probably 4 separate installments of it, where your buddy can be playing his jedi knight story and you can be playing your smuggler story, and both of you can drop in on each other”

ZiGGURAT

108 — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:02:44 +0000

a review of ZiGGURAT
a videogame developed by Action Button Entertainment
and published by freshuu
for the iOS App Store ($.99)
Download ZiGGURAT right the heck now
text by adam saltsman

4 stars

Bottom line: ZiGGURAT is “French New Wave action videogame fan art.”

Angry Birds

Gorblax — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:01:37 +0000

a review of Angry Birds
a videogame developed by Rovio
and published by Chillingo
for almost as many devices as tetris
download ZiGGURAT instead
text by tim rogers

4 stars

Bottom line: Angry Birds is “The Video Game We Deserve.”

LIT

ario — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:41:14 +0000

a review of LIT
a videogame developed by WayForward Technologies
and published by Nintendo and WayForward Technologies
for the nintendo wii
text by Hamish Todd

3 stars

Bottom line: LIT is “the best teacher you ever had for a subject you didn't like.”

THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM

ario — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:45:58 +0000

a review of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
a videogame developed by Bethesda Game Studios
and published by Bethesda Softworks
for Microsoft Windows, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360
text by Veles Svitlychny

1 star

Bottom line: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is “an empty illusion.”

Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst

The Cosmic Muffet — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:50:18 +0000

a review of Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst
a videogame developed by Microsoft Game Studios
and published by Microsoft Game Studios
for WP7
text by Samuel Kite

2 stars

Bottom line: Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst is “making a fort in your back yard.”

SUPER MARIO 3D LAND

108 — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:47:54 +0000

a review of Super Mario 3D Land
a videogame developed by nintendo and brownie brown
and published by nintendo
for nintendo 3DS
text by tim rogers

4 stars

Bottom line: Super Mario 3D Land is “not a game about looking for parking spaces.”

The Sims Social

108 — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:43:07 +0000

a review of The Sims Social
a videogame developed by Playfish
and published by Electronic Arts
for facebook
text by tim rogers

0.5 star

Bottom line: The Sims Social is “a love letter from a computer virus”

Shadows of the Damned

108 — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:24:30 +0000

a review of shadows of the damned
a videogame developed by grasshopper manufacture
and published by electronic arts
for Sony PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
text by tim rogers

2 stars

Bottom line: shadows of the damned is “a videogame.”

god hand

ario — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 04:34:34 +0000

a review of God Hand
a videogame developed by clover studio
and published by capcom
for the sony playstation 2 computer entertainment system and the sony playstation network
text by Hamish Todd

4 stars

Bottom line: God Hand is “would never lie to you.”