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X-List: The 5 Best Final Fantasy games
People love Final Fantasy, and if there’s anything people love more than Final Fanatsy, it’s arguing about Final Fantasy. Who’s the best villain? What’s the best piece of music? Where’s the best place...
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Labyrinth Legends (PSN) Review – Dungeon-crawling with humor
It’s easy for games — even truly good ones — to get lost in the deep-sea that is the digital download space. Small games are washed away in a tsunami of mega-hit releases, AAA titles, and giant...
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Final Fantasy: All the Bravest finishes what Crisis Core and 3rd Birthday...
So there’s this new iOS scam game from Square Enix called Final Fantasy: All the Bravest. It was hyped by a countdown site — Square Enix must be the last company on Earth to still employ those — with...
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Dead Island: GotY Edition (Xbox 360) Review – A great disappointment
I ignored all reviews. I disregarded all opinions and stances on Dead Island and went into playing the game with only the glorious echo of the heartfelt trailer that was released months prior to the...
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Year of the 3DS part one: Pokemon, Castlevania, Monster Hunter, and more
It took a long time for the Nintendo 3DS to gain some steam. When it bowed in early 2011, a steep $250 price tag with little to offer besides upgraded N64 games inspired little confidence in the...
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Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories (PSN) Review – Strategic excellence
Few people wake up on a Saturday morning and exclaim, “I need ANOTHER strategy JRPG in my life.” I’m one of those people. I grew up on Final Fantasy Tactics, and between 1998 and 2003 I scoured local...
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Ys I & II Chronicles (PC) Review – Slamdancing excellence
When a child only receives video games for Christmases, birthdays, or when he can save enough allowance to purchase them on his or her own, some series get lost in the process. I’ve always been a JRPG...
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Mass Effect 3: The Citadel DLC (Xbox 360) Review – So long, Shep
Bioware recently released its final Mass Effect 3 DLC, The Citadel, which represents the last downloadable content that series fans will see in some time — at least until the company’s new title set...
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PAX East 2013: Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX impressions
Kingdom Hearts is a title that genuinely piqued my interest, despite my initial disdain for the silly “kiddy” title. The idea of a Disney game that melded elements of the Final Fantasy series into the...
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How Pax East 2013 Saved My Life
This is what I live for. Games! I love video games. Everything about the medium delights me. The music, characters, level design, stories, and every single morsel that goes into creating a game — I...
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WildStar is shaping up to be a WoW-level MMO
I knew next to nothing about Wildstar pre-PAX East, but as I bounced from panel to panel, the game’s promotional banners caught my eye. I also heard snickering and side conversations in which people...
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Transistor transmits time-stopping sci-fi action
It was no contest. The line around the Supergiant Games booth dwarfed the indie side of PAX East. It looked as if everyone and their cosplaying mother wanted to get their hands on Transistor, the...
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Year of the 3DS part two: Shin Megami Tensei, Bravely Default, and more
2013 has already proven quite the year for the 3DS. Who could have guessed that Nintendo’s handheld would have the most exciting software library of any console this year? It’s only the first quarter,...
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Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (3DS) Review: A 3DS must-have
The PSP’s Monster Hunter Freedom Unite became one of my all-time favorite games. I spent hundreds of hours crafting new equipment, farming with Felynes, and perfecting ways to take down terrifying...
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Dark Souls II impressions: Prepare to die harder
Dark Souls stands out for many of reasons – though in this writer’s opinion, its incredible challenge, methodical action combat, brilliantly thought-out world and lore, and impeccable attention to...
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Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (3DS) Review – Cyberpunk returns
A few months ago, Persona 4 Golden for Vita sucked up hours of my life even as it declared the importance of socializing. Shin Megami Tensei IV for 3DS looks to do the same this July. Between the two,...
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E3 2013: Bethesda impresses with Evil Within, Wolfenstein, ESO
Bethesda opened its E3 presentation with Shinji Mikami’s The Evil Within. A Tango Gameworks representatives claimed, “We wanted to make a game that was truly horrifying.” Horrifying is right. The Evil...
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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is a new beginning
Last weekend, I was invited to join the Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Beta. Sadly, I was unable to spend more than a couple of hours with it. But that was enough time to glean a decent amount of...
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Hands-On with Dragon’s Crown, Vanillaware’s gorgeous 2D beat ‘em up
Dragon’s Crown is a cooperative 2D side-scrolling beat ‘em up/ RPG adventure developed by Vanillaware, the studio responsible for Odin Sphere, GrimGrimoire, and Muramasa: The Demon Blade. Unlike...
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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII – Hands-on impressions
Lightning Returns is the third and final (?) iteration in Square-Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII mini-series. These games tell the overarching story of a group of outcasts, cursed by divine entities called...
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