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  • Quo vadis, Forza Motorsport 3?

    Quo vadis, Forza Motorsport 3?

    Posted on October 28, 2009 | No Comments
    How much you enjoy Forza Motorsport 3 entirely depends on the time you have to invest in it. If you’re able to put in the man-hours you’ll find a racing sim that’s a deep as you want it to be, and just as rewarding. If you’re only able to play a few minutes here and [...]

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  • Review: Guitar Hero 5 (Xbox 360)

    Review: Guitar Hero 5 (Xbox 360)

    Posted on September 18, 2009 | No Comments
    After finally adding some drummy goodness with Guitar Hero World Tour and then issuing the video game equivalent of a greatest hits album, the newest installment of Activision’s wildly popular Guitar Hero series has hit the market. Many may look at Guitar Hero 5 the same way people look at popular sports games like EA’s Madden series: the core game hasn’t changed that much at all but there are some new features here and there, plus 85 new songs to play and a slightly redesigned guitar controller. Diehard fans of the series will likely go out and buy Guitar Hero 5 without much convincing, while people who are slowly (or quickly) growing weary of the near-endless crop of music games aren’t likely to find much here to change their minds. So let’s focus on those of us (myself included) in the middle – people who like music games enough to keep playing them but need some good reasons to keep shelling out $60 to $100 every other month (or so it seems).

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  • App Roundup: four apps that try to make a good game better

    App Roundup: four apps that try to make a good game better

    Posted on July 10, 2009 | No Comments
    When you can’t think of your own original game, steal someone else’s and make it better (or don’t). That’s the motto of this week’s app roundup, where we feature four games that attempt to improve on an existing classic. App #1: The iPhone is just perfect for racing games, and so many have been made for [...]

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  • Review: Guitar Hero Smash Hits (Xbox 360)

    Review: Guitar Hero Smash Hits (Xbox 360)

    Posted on June 30, 2009 | No Comments
    I’m no marketing wizard, but Guitar Hero Smash Hits could have been called Guitar Hero: Songs From The First Guitar Hero Games Before The Drums and Microphone Existed But Now You Can Play the Good Songs from Those Games on the Drums and Sing Too. Again, I’m no marketing wizard. And Guitar Hero Smash Hits isn’t [...]

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