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Review – Army Men: World War (PS1)
It’s hard keeping track of all the Army Men releases. For example, the back of the case for Army Men: World War bills it as the follow-up to Army Men 3D. In what way? In terms of […]
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Review – Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD
I’ve got a history with the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series. In my pre-adolescent days, I had the delusion that skateboarding was exactly as high-flying and exciting as it was depicted in those early Playstation […]
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Review – Portal Runner (PS2)
I have not been looking forward playing this game. When Portal Runner first hit the scene in 2001, it was harshly panned. It may attempt to separate itself from the rest of the series by dropping […]
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Review – Army Men (PC)
Typically, when I get into one of my obsessive deep dives into a franchise’s backlog, I take the chronological route, starting from the first and working my way down the chain. However, with the Army […]
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Review – Army Men: Sarge’s Heroes (Dreamcast)
I’m currently gunning for a role as the foremost authority on Army Men games, a role that I’ll likely achieve by merit of the fact that no one in the right mind would actually want […]
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Review – Army Men 3D
In video games, my greatest guilty pleasure is the Army Men series. I love the green plastic figures from which the heroes and villains of that franchise are derived. Those mass produced, platform footed soldiers […]
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Review – Superman (N64)
Recently, when I was making a purchase at a game store, the clerk told me that if I spent $15 more, I’d get a free t-shirt. After a brief search, I brought to her an […]
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Review – Final Fantasy
I never expected to ever finish the original Final Fantasy. I first encountered it during the early days of my retro fixation, and within an hour or so realized that I did not have the […]
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Review – Fallout 2
I admit it, I’m part of the unwashed filth that was first introduced to the Fallout series with Fallout 3, but since I first dug into that game, it had been my intention to visit […]
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Review – Demon’s Souls
As technology advances, many of today’s games have been pushing more and more towards simple interactive storytelling. The need to obtain the same level of respect as Hollywood blockbusters is a carrot that seems to […]