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Release of the Week: GTA: China Town Wars

It isn’t very often that a game for a portable system becomes the release of the week.  Don’t get me wrong, Pokemon was the real deal back in the day, but that pales in comparison to this week’s release.  It’s just that games for the portable systems are made for the people riding in the [...]

Video Games in Libraries Part 1: Are Libraries the new BlockBuster?

Let’s face it, we’ve all went down to our local video rental place, whether it’s a Blockbuster or not, and been utterly disappointed when the game that we wanted wasn’t there. Damn kids, some of us have to work! So you go home, sad… hoping that soon, someone will bring the game back, [...]

Hands-On: Wheelman

Vin Diesel’s latest driving/shooting movie called The Wheelman got it’s own video game, and while we as gamers all know that rarely does a movie translate into a good video game, I figured I’d get my hands on it. After all, I like driving games and I like shooting games, so I figured I’d try [...]

Review: Flower

Background
Flower was developed by mainstay of the PlayStation Network space, That Game Company. Until recently they had been known as the development team behind one of the earliest PSN hits, Flow.  Successes aside, their eclectic take on video games started way back in 2006.  Shortly after graduating from college, the team behind That Game Company [...]

Release of the Week: Resident Evil 5

Are you sick of fighting zombies in dark alleys, creepy dungeons, or infested space ships?  Then pack your bags and don’t forget the sunscreen!  Capcom’s hit survival horror series, Resident Evil, is setting its sights on sunny Africa!  Finally, a chance to kill zombies out in the fresh air!
Even in daylight, Resident Evil 5 looks [...]