Archive | Video Games
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Video game review: Metal Gear Solid HD
It seems pretty safe to say, at this point, that video game publishers have no problem essentially selling the same game multiple times, in the form of remakes and ports to modern systems. On some level one would almost expect the Metal Gear series to be immune to this trend.
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Video games: Why there may be no next-gen consoles
To those familiar with the gaming industry, it seems inevitable that new consoles will one day be released by all three of the major corporations: Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony. To those unfamiliar, yeah, that tends to be the case.
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Video game review: Zelda game ends Wii’s reign on a high note
As Nintendo prepares to launch its new console, the Wii U, sometime in the near future, fans of the company are already experiencing a sharp decline in the quality of games released for the soon-to-be outdated Wii.
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Column: Violence in some video games too harsh, realistic
When it comes to video games, no game is as addictive or as popular as Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, in my opinion. The first-person shooter game allows players to simulate fictional World War III scenarios with stunningly realistic graphics.
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Video game review: ‘Super Mario 3D Land’ a strong series addition
Almost since its inception, Nintendo's Mario franchise has been synonymous with video games; even non-gamers recognize the iconic character and it seems the series is almost universally beloved.
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Video game review: Batman smashes expectations in ‘Arkham City’
We all owe a great deal of gratitude to Rocksteady Studios. The ambitious UK-based developer did something I thought was impossible: saved Batman — one of the greatest characters in fiction — from his awful track record of video games.
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Video game review: This Batman game is good, and I’m not jokering
Any video game enthusiast can name award-winning games that changed the way they play – from GoldenEye for the classic Nintendo 64 to Call of Duty – but many of them will readily admit that they would have never expected a Batman game to be on that list.
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Virtual games cause very real problems
Whether it’s classified as an addiction or not, there’s little doubt that excessive video game playing can cause students a lot of problems.
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Video game review: ‘Resident Evil’ returns in high style and high definition
Just like the infected villagers it depicts, "Resident Evil 4" has returned once more — this time in high style and high definition. The same lauded game from the PlayStation 2 and GameCube has leapt into today's generation without losing what made the game special.