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Mutant Blobs Attack
September 22, 2012
Written By: Chase Streetman
Nothing good ever comes from experimenting on sentient blobs. This, in addition to being a mantra that one should apply to all aspects of life, is the “plot” of Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack, in which you play as an escaped mutant blob set on eating everything (and you will).
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AVSEQ
September 13, 2012
AVSEQ, or Audio Visual Sequencer is a weird game that is hard to describe to someone who hasn't played it. YOu have to chain together like colored gems to create sounds that create a song. And it tries to be both an auditory and visual experience while doing this. Unfortunately, they only accomplish one of those two goals.
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Starvoid
September 12, 2012
Before I start to write this review, I feel like I must give a small disclaimer. I normally suck at real-time strategy games. And normally that is the death knell for a game like Civilization, unless they are really easy to learn. But here, Starvoid avoid all of the problem by taking out what I hate the most: the base building, resource gathering, and micro managing, and replaces them with nothing but action.
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Call of Duty: World At War
July 03, 2012
Not the series’ greatest generation
Reviewed by Tom Blaich for Xbox 360
Unfortunately for Call of Duty: World at War, it came out on the wrong side of a transition period between two eras. It was the last, sad remnant of the World War 2 shooter in a Modern shooter era. And that hurt it immeasurably.
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Fieldrunners
June 24, 2012
Just a bigger version
Reviewed by Tom Blaich for Mac
Originally an iOS title, Fieldrunners recently made its way onto both Macs and PCs via steam. And these mobile roots really show themselves when you are playing. And with the price tag set at $4.99, it is kind of hared to justify this purchase when you could just grab it on your iDevice for half of the price.
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And Yet It Moves
June 20, 2012
It didn’t move me
Reviewed by Tom Blaich for Mac
It is hard to stick out as a platformer these days. To do so, most games usually opt to add either a distinctive visual style or a distinctive gameplay mechanic. And Yet It Moves doesn't completely buck the trend, but still turns it on its head by doing both of these things.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
June 16, 2012
Scarily Great
Reviewed by Tom Blaich for Mac
Amnesia is truly terrifying. I didn't quite scream like a little girl or pee my pants, and quite frankly, I am proud of that. My palms were sweaty, my heart was racing, and my adrenaline was pumping. And the enemies relentlessly chasing me did nothing to help my situation.
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Machinarium
June 14, 2012
Mechanically sound, but somewhat lacking
Reviewed by Tom Blaich for Mac
As far as fans of point and click adventure games go, I'm not the biggest. It isn't that I don't like the games themselves, it's that I'm just not very good at them. But with Machinarium, I was able to finally surpass that long hated difficulty barrier and thoroughly enjoy myself.
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LIMBO
June 02, 2012
Darkly entertaining
Reviewed by Tom Blaich for Mac
One can draw many similarities between Braid and LIMBO without ever have seeing the game. But the second that they catch sight of it, they will notice two things that set it apart from its peers. There is both a distinct lack of what is normally thought of a soundtrack, and a very distinctive visual style that leaves it standing alone.
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Jets and Guns Gold
May 31, 2012
Blasted me right off of my feet
Reviewed by Tom Blaich for Mac
Jets and Guns is something of a curious mix of a classic side scrolling shoot em' up and the kind of endlessly hilarious jokes that one might find in a typical episode of Saturday Night Live. And I mean that in all the good ways.
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Quake 4
May 28, 2012
It isn’t ground breaking
Reviewed by Tom Blaich for Mac
The opening cinematic for Quake 4 sums the game up pretty well for you. It's bloody, it's surprising, and it is epic, if a little on the cheesy side. A great shooter to eat up spare time, but not one to invest countless hours in or find an in-depth story.
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Galaxy on Fire 2 Full HD
May 28, 2012
Still stuck in the iPhone galaxy
Reviewed by Tom Blaich for Mac
This isn't the first time that I had played this game. And what I mean by that is that I had played it on the iPhone and iPad before playing it on the Mac. So I was expecting a good upgrade to the game that added better controls, a more fully fleshed out story, better graphics, and more missions. Unfortunately, I only got two of these things, and they were the two that I think that are least important.
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Kerbal Space Program
May 25, 2012
A rare gem in the video game universe
Reviewed by Josh Remender for PC
Before you sit down to play Kerbal Space Program, take yourself back to the time when you were, say, five years old. What did you want to be when you grew up? Most likely, at one point, you said an astronaut. Unfortunately, most of our childhood dreams don't come true.
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Diablo III
May 25, 2012
Hell, It’s about time
Reviewed by Ethan Binch for PC
“Hell, It's about time.” The famous words of Tychus Findlay are all I could think about the first time I started the game up to play. While this quote does not come from the Diablo series, it still fits the situation perfectly. Blizzard Entertainment is famous for the amount of time they take to develop their games, but they are also famous for producing some of the greatest PC games of all time. Diablo 3 is no exception.
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Bastion
May 22, 2012
The last bastion of art house games
Reviewed by Tom Blaich for Mac
Before I played Bastion, I had never heard a single bad thing about it. So I went into this with a small measure of trepidation, expecting to find something terrible about this game. But, not very surprisingly enough, I liked Bastion. It wasn't perfect, but it got a whole lot closer than most so-called "AAA" games ever will.
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Duke Nukem Forever
May 16, 2012
It should have never came out
Reviewed by Tom Blaich for Mac
Playing Duke Nukem Forever is like watching a train wreck while being water boarded. It isn't cool, it isn't fun, it is painful, but you can't take your eyes away from it. Originally I thought that the game couldn't be as bad as the reviews had sad. And then I played it. And oh dear sweet Jesus, was I wrong.
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DLC Quest
May 16, 2012
It downloaded its way into my heart
Reviewed by Tom Blaich for Mac
A couple of days ago, I heard about this game called DLC Quest. A couple of sites that I frequent said that they liked, so I decided that I had to try it. What I got was a wonderful, tongue-in-cheek commentary on the current state of the video games industry and the dark future it holds.
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
April 22, 2012
Answers the call for a better multiplayer shooter
Reviewed by Tom Blaich for Mac
Call of Duty 4 Is truly a game that has managed to revolutionize the way that everyone plays first-person shooters. It introduced new concepts and mechanics that are still being used in almost every new online multiplayer game released today. Coupled with this, Modern Warfare contains one of the best campaigns in recent years.
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Braid
April 15, 2012
Truly a magnificent piece of art
Reviewed by Tom Blaich for Mac
As much as it might hurt select people to admit it, Braid is the closest thing to art in the video game world. From the superbly stylized backgrounds, to the mind bending game mechanics, to the poignant music that accompanies it all, it is art in video game form.
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Team Fortress 2
April 08, 2012
The best free to play game since ball in cup
Reviewed by Tom Blaich for Mac
But amid this rampant cloning of ideas, there is a multiplayer game that manages to stand above for its truly unique qualities, fun gameplay, and strange art style. Amongst its peers, Team Fortress 2 is unmatched in its genre, and it stands out as a truly unique game.
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Left 4 Dead
February 29, 2012
It left me speechless
Reviewed by Tom Blaich for Mac
Ever since its inception, Left 4 Dead has become synonymous with zombie games, and for good reason. It is the quintessence of a co-operative shooter. It removed those things that I normally love and traded them for pure, unadulterated bliss.
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Portal
February 22, 2012
It shot a portal straight into our hearts
Reviewed by Tom Blaich for Mac
What can I say about Portal that everyone doesn't already know? It has a dark and quirky sense of humor, great characterization, interesting and new mechanics, and a great setting. The only fault that it has in this otherwise impeccable game is the length.
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Killing Floor
February 15, 2012
Punishingly hard, and disappointingly boring
Reviewed by Tom Blaich for Mac
Killing Floor is an interesting game, to say the least. It's a Left 4 Dead style co-operative zombie shooter that was originally spawned from a modification for the game, Unreal Tournament 2004. But while it does follow the same style of theme and setting as Left 4 Dead, it differs in almost every other aspect from the game.
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Plants vs Zombies
February 08, 2012
Planting seeds for a new series of games
Reviewed by Tom Blaich for Mac
With this simply titled game, PopCap has managed to take a somewhat tired and emotionless genre and give it something that gives it a healthy boost over its competition. It's character. Never before have I seen a game in which zombies have character, let alone one where plants have the same.
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Super Meat Boy
January 31, 2012
A meaty platforming romp
Reviewed by Tom Blaich for Mac
Super Meat Boy serves as a refreshing shot of vitality to the tired platformer genre that will reinvigorate even the most tired and jaded fans. With tight controls, demented humor, and more gameplay than a sack of potatoes, Super Meat Boy is the way to go if you want to play a platformer.
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