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    Five Things We Want from Halo: Reach

    Fans have been tripping over one another to ask questions about the upcoming game Halo: Reach. Bungie have revealed many things about the new title, but at E3 2010 Joe Tung, Executive Producer at Bungie, stated that “[...] there are quite a few more surprises.”...

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    RPGs, for the Casual Gamer?

    Role Playing Games are in depth games, requiring players to literally act and immerse themselves within a new world. In contrast, casual gamers are by definition, casual, fleeting, they do not spend the time to get to know a world and discover its many secrets....

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    Five Top Tips for Gaming on a Budget

    After being a student for the past 6 years of my life I’ve had to work out clever ways of getting both the most out of my money and the most out of my gaming. Well, I worked out a few useful tips which I...

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    The Best SNES RPGs… That Aren’t Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy

    Some of the greatest RPGs of all time have graced the SNES. Titles such as Chrono Trigger and several games in the Final Fantasy are exclusive to Nintendo’s 16-bit machine. With a plethora of these high-profile titles, it’s easy to overlook some of the other...

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    Finding the Scott Pilgrim in You

    The biggest mistake anyone could make in regards to Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is to think it is “just another Michael Cera movie”. We can all thank director Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead) for using his unique brand of humor...

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    The Three Iconic Video Game Bands of my Life

    Growing up, music was always a big part of my life. My parents were very passionate about rock music, and it shows. As you flip through one of my mother’s photo albums, you notice the pages are filled with various rock stars posing backstage, most...

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    Hype: More Important Than Reviews Ever Were

    The relevancy of game reviews and the methods by which they are made has become a big issue during this current generation of consoles. I’m sure a lot of readers on this site remember the fiasco surrounding the sudden sacking of Jeff Gerstmann from Gamespot...

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    A Waterfront Chat With The Lagiacrus

    After weeks of exchanging letters with the Royal Ludroth that serves as the Lagiacrus’s PR agent, I finally landed what I felt like would be the interview that would make my journalistic career. It is needless to say that I was apprehensive about interviewing the...

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    Starcraft II Multiplayer Overview

    I wrote in my previous Starcraft II related article that trying to play one of the world’s most infamously competitive games online scared the living daylights out of me. Sure, I have loads of fun playing RTS co-operatively with my nerd friends against the AI...

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    A Letter to Yu Suzuki About Shenmue

    Dear Yu Suzuki, or anyone at SEGA with a heart, There is a horrible injustice going on in the world of video games as we speak. In this world, promises are being broken. Men who once were honorable have thrown their word away and turned...

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