Articles by: Matt Perkins
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Total Shtako | Defiance Review0
by / on April 17, 2013 at 9:00 am / in PC, PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360

Total Shtako | Defiance Review

The Syfy Channel has been attempting to merge the realms of television and video games for the past few years. Their first attempt was with the Red Faction series, releasing the network original movie Red Faction: Origins in 2011. Origins was intended to bridge the gap between Guerrilla and its sequel Armageddon, both of which were mediocre critically and financially. This […]

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Unable To Connect | SimCity Review0
by / on March 14, 2013 at 9:00 am / in PC, Reviews

Unable To Connect | SimCity Review

EA has done the unthinkable: they’ve made Diablo 3‘s Error 37 seem like a completely minor inconvenience. When SimCity launched at midnight EST on March 5th, 2013, they initiated one of the biggest launch catastrophes in the history of video games. With only four servers and a comically bizarre queuing system, their online infrastructure buckled under the weight of gamers […]

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Take Your Vitamins And Say Your Prayers | The Showdown Effect Review3
by / on March 5, 2013 at 9:00 am / in PC, Reviews

Take Your Vitamins And Say Your Prayers | The Showdown Effect Review

How does a man reclaim his family? How does he return to the present-day future? How does he avenge his fallen partner? But more importantly, why does this Asian schoolgirl want to kill you? Answers to these questions, and all of life’s most philosophical quandaries in The Showdown Effect. The Showdown Effect is a new side-scrolling action game from Arrowhead […]

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Walk The Straightened Arrow | Path of Exile Review2
by / on February 22, 2013 at 9:00 am / in PC, Reviews

Walk The Straightened Arrow | Path of Exile Review

A lot of people were disappointed in Diablo 3 and its end game progression system. It’s been nearly a year since its release, and unlike its predecessor Diablo 2, not many people are still playing it. In fact, it’s rather likely that more people play 2 than 3, even though the former is around 13 years old. Thankfully, Grinding Gear […]

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Shot Through The Heart | Strike Suit Zero Review0
by / on February 7, 2013 at 9:00 am / in PC, Reviews

Shot Through The Heart | Strike Suit Zero Review

Another day, another Kickstarter. This time it’s Born Ready Games and their first foray into the space combat genre with single-player-fighter-turns-into-mech game: Strike Suit Zero. Raising $174,804 with the goal of $100,000 and achieving the stretch goal of mod tools, Strike Suit Zero is another shining example of what crowd funding can do for small time developers. Strike Suit Zero—or SSZ—is […]

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Kickstarting By Greenlight | Forge Review2
by / on January 8, 2013 at 9:00 am / in PC, Reviews

Kickstarting By Greenlight | Forge Review

Dark Vale Games’ first foray into the wild, Forge, is proof positive  that failing your Kickstarter isn’t the end of the road. It’s also proof that Steam’s Project Greenlight needs better oversight. Forge is very much in a beta state, yet the store page makes no mention of such. For other games, this has been a serious public relations nightmare, […]

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I’m So Hungry | Don’t Starve First Impressions0
by / on January 3, 2013 at 9:00 am / in Previews

I’m So Hungry | Don’t Starve First Impressions

After releasing arguably the best of stealth action game this year in Mark of The Ninja, Klei Entertainment is back at it with wilderness exploration survival game Don’t Starve. In Don’t Starve, you play one of several characters dropped in the wild for seemingly no reason. You have to survive off of the land and try to find your way home by […]

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There’s Something Precious About This Guardians of Middle Earth Review0
by / on December 19, 2012 at 9:00 am / in PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360

There’s Something Precious About This Guardians of Middle Earth Review

The MOBA genre has exploded over the last few years, with titles such as Heroes of the Newerth, the original DotA, League of Legends, and Dota 2. Now Monolith and Warner Bros. have decided to enter the fray with Guardians of Middle-earth, a Lord of the Rings-themed MOBA game for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. If you were ever afraid that […]

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