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Reviews
From the Mouths of Babes, Withering Criticism
Tron: Legacy has been, at best, a critical disappointment. At worst, well, “a Dora the Explorer movie would be more interesting.” Who said that? The eight-year-old daughter of noted video game academic Ian Bogost. Bogost, whose “Cow Clicker” Facebook application this year masterfully blended his talent for games criticism and design, today received a four-paragraph…
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ReviewsReview: The World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm MMO Mouse Caters Shamelessly
While millions of World of Warcraft players do just fine with your standard two-button mouse, SteelSeries reckons they could do better with the extra twelve provided by the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm MMO Gaming Mouse. Are they right? Specs Price: US$99.99 Platform: Mac, PC What’s in the box: Mouse, Instructions (Driver software is downloaded via…
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ReviewsReview: World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Shatters Expectations
Nothing ruins a perfectly good fantasy world like an enormous angry dragon tearing through the surface of the planet, destroying everything in its path. How does Blizzard’s ridiculously popular online role-playing game fare in the face of this Cataclysm? That whole dragon-ripping-through-the-planet scenario is exactly what happened prior to the release of Cataclysm, the third…
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ReviewsReview: X-Men Reopens A Classic Six-Pack
Konami’s X-Men couldn’t have arrived at a more nostalgic time for me. Released my freshman year, I stayed on campus until they kicked everyone out for Christmas break, and went flat broke playing X-Men at the Electric Company Mall in Raleigh. The classic brawler returned this week to Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network,…
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ReviewsReview: PS3 Wireless Headset Kills Two Birds With a Half-Ounce Stone
At E3, I lost my phone’s Jawbone headset. For multiplayer on my PS3, I’ve used a bulky, cheap, wired set that looks like I stole it from Mike Ditka. In either case, anything would be an improvement. Specs Price: US$49.99 Platform: PS3 What’s in the box: Headset, USB cradle, instructions. Killing two birds with one…
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ReviewsReview: Tron: Evolution’s Glow Quickly Fades
Between Disney’s 1982 classic Tron and its flash 2010 sequel lies Tron: Evolution, the video game that seeks to bridge the gap between the two films. This is one shaky bridge. Tron: Evolution puts players in the digital shoes of Anon (short for Anonymous), a faceless system monitor that gets caught up in the struggle…
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ReviewsReview: SteelSeries Shift Is A Mighty Morphin’ Power Keyboard
SteelSeries takes a good idea and makes it even better with the SteelSeries Shift, a gaming keyboard with many different faces. Specs Price: $89.99 Platform: PC What’s in the box: Keyboard, standard keyset, instructions. The Basics Back in 2003 a company named Ideazon released the Zboard, a keyboard that allowed players to swap in and…
By Mike Fahey
