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Gears of War 2 Review

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2008-12-02 13:53:00 by Mike in Graduate Games Blog: Free Game Demos, Reviews, Gaming Features and more
 
...Games and touted as "Bigger, Badder, and more Badass," Gears of War 2 delivers with the same addictive gameplay and spectacular graphics, but its blemishes are more visible this time around Gameplay: 9.5/10 The gameplay really hasn't changed that much since the first time around. You move in and out of cover with the A-button, aim with the...
 
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Rock Band 2 Review

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2008-11-11 14:52:00 by Mike in Graduate Games Blog: Free Game Demos, Reviews, Gaming Features and more
...game as well. All in all, it's a safe sequel that improves on the essential flaws, but I'm expecting more innovation and nuance for the next go around Graphics: 9/10 You have to have quite the dicerning eye to differentiate RB1 from RB2 in-game. The most notable graphics changes/additions are some new venues and new filters. The characters...
 
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LittleBigPlanet Review

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2008-11-07 21:30:00 by Mike in Graduate Games Blog: Free Game Demos, Reviews, Gaming Features and more
...game, I'm not sure how well it delivers in the "Play" Category Gameplay: 8/10 My biggest problem with Little Big Planet is the gameplay itself. Platformers are great games, but one of the most important thing in a platformer is you ability to jump and move effectively. In LBP, jumping can be "floaty" and take a significant amount of time to...
 
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Saints Row 2 Review

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2008-11-04 19:06:00 by Mike in Graduate Games Blog: Free Game Demos, Reviews, Gaming Features and more
...game with a literal bang. New gamers shoudn't worry because SR2's story is entirely self-contained (all you need to know is that your gang, the Saints, has been eradicated and that you're pissed about it). SR may have started as a GTA: San Andreas clone, but it is quite a different game than GTA4 Gameplay: 9.5/10 Saints Row is just plain...
 
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Blog Updated

2008-11-02 03:29:00 by mike in Graduate Games Blog: Free Game Demos, Reviews, Gaming Features and more
 
The blog has a new look and a new focus. All of our indie game reviews have been moved to the IndieGameMag - Check out this great new site and magazine now This blog will still feature great next gen game reviews, retro gaming articles, top 5 gaming lists, and hopefully a lot more developer news/updates
 
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Top 5 Scary Halloween Games 2008

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2008-10-27 15:23:00 by Mike in Graduate Games Blog: Free Game Demos, Reviews, Gaming Features and more
...games that I played over the past year 5. Psychonauts Not really scary, but for some reason when i think halloween this game comes to mind. The levels are based on people's nightmares & minds which can be creepy...weird is probably the best description for the game though 4. Dead Space Just came out, but it's pretty freaky and...
 
Tags: incredible game, game, pretty freaky, recent scarydark games, pretty, 1-player campaign, genetic loonies, dead space, dark
 
 
 
 
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The Force: Unleashed Review

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2008-10-24 20:45:00 by Mike in Graduate Games Blog: Free Game Demos, Reviews, Gaming Features and more
...game from Lucas Arts and takes place between Episodes III and IV. The game uses the Euphoria Engine along with the standard Havok Physics. The game sets you in the shoes of Darth Vader's secret apprentice and has you traipsing across the galaxy in standard 3rd player action fare, despite all the hype of unleashed force powers, the euphoria...
 
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Announcing: The Indie Game Magazine

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2008-10-22 13:00:00 by Mike in Graduate Games Blog: Free Game Demos, Reviews, Gaming Features and more
...Games' Blog is too big for its own good. After having some fellow bloggers critique and evaluate our video game blog, we have decided to refocus the blog on Current (next gen) Video Game Reviews Developer News/Updates Retro Gaming Gaming Top 5 Lists Indie Game Reviews are all being moved to http://www.indiegamemag.com/ . The Independent Game...
 
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Kudos 2 Review

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2008-10-20 13:13:00 by Mike in Graduate Games Blog: Free Game Demos, Reviews, Gaming Features and more
...Games life simulator game, Kudos. The game puts you in control of making your character's everyday decisions from their 20th birthday to their 30th. If you are familiar with Kudos, then you definitely know what to expect in the sequel. Not much has changed since the first one except a significantly enhanced style and presentation Gameplay:...
 
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World of Goo Review

2008-10-13 13:49:00 by Mike in Graduate Games Blog: Free Game Demos, Reviews, Gaming Features and more
 
...game from Indie Game Studio, 2D Boy. Founded by Kyle Gabler and Ron Carmel, 2D Boy's goal (according to their website) is to "make games that everyone can play, with gameplay nobody has seen before." Well, they have certainly met this goal with World of Goo. World of Goo is hard to pigeon hole into one game genre, but I guess if I had to...