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Anyone who says BioShock didn’t need a sequel is a liar. The fact the first game was such a huge success may have been a surprise, but all it really meant was that a follow-up would do just as well, if not better, at retail. Almost as soon as it was announced, BioShock 2 was unfairly tagged with a stigma that it would never live up to the original. Ken Levine stepping away from the project added fuel to the fanboy fire, and it seemed like the sequel’s chances of recreating the magic that was the original BioShock were fading. Even I was afraid this return to Rapture would be end up like the Matrix sequels, where it wouldn’t just be a let down, but it would also tarnish the original. That was, of course, before I got my hands on the actual game. After playing through the story, not only was it clear that 2K has a tremendous amount of love and respect for the franchise, but they’ve also made one hell of a game.Anyone who says BioShock didn’t need a sequel is a liar. The fact the first game... more
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When a new title has to follow its predecessor that won twelve Sports Game of the Year awards, expectations will always be high. NHL 10 is burdened with the task of besting last year’s title that brought a glut of innovation to the series. While it is a tough act to follow EA Sports has done just enough to NHL 10 to make NHL 09 fans feel right at home while giving them a new experience on the ice. With little tweaks to gameplay and some added new modes it’s easily a better game than its predecessor. Be wary, however — changes may have fans frustrated with how realistic the game has become.When a new title has to follow its predecessor that won twelve Sports Game of the Year... more
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Our first entry in the “Late to the Party Edition” of Crush! Frag! Review! is rather appropriate. You see, for the last five years the rest of the world has followed the adventures of the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 while I, myself, only recently started watching Lost. This isn’t the first time I’ve found myself late to the party on some major pop culture event, but curiosity over talks of time travel, smoke monsters and fish biscuits finally got the better of me. I started renting the DVDs a month and a half ago and finally caught up with the end of Season Five last Friday night.
Before I reached that point, however, my sights turned towards the tie-in game – Lost: Via Domus. I received it as a gift from a friend of mine over a year ago. He had come upon the game for free himself and, having no desire to play it, re-gifted it to me. Not being one to turn away free games, it got slotted on my shelf with the vague notion that I would get around to playing it “some day”. Not being a follower of Lost at the time, that day was quite likely to be somewhere in the distant future. But, with my recently born infatuation with the show, it came far sooner than expected.
Hit the link for the full review.Our first entry in the “Late to the Party Edition” of Crush! Frag! Review!... more
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How does KOF 12 compare to KOF 11 & Street fighter 4?
22 characters (less than the 40 in KOF 11, But Joe's back)
$60 Price tag.How does KOF 12 compare to KOF 11 & Street fighter 4?
22 characters (less than... more
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I’ve been playing Monster Hunter for almost five years now. I had logged in close to three hundred hours (yes, 300) on the original PlayStation 2 version, and only stopped playing it once the first Monster Hunter Freedom was released on the PSP. Since then, counting my transferred save data from Freedom to Freedom 2 and now Unite, I’ve spent close to six hundred hours total with my main character. With all that said, I’m certain predicting my opinion of Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is easy. However, it’s not the fact that I love this series that’s important; it’s the “why” that really matters.
(Hit the link above for the rest of Rob Rich's review on CFD!)I’ve been playing Monster Hunter for almost five years now. I had logged in... more
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Steampunk – the term conjures to mind images of brass gears and bustled skirts, monocles and machinery, Victorian finery in a head-on collision with mad science on an airship bound for lost civilizations. However, what people sometimes forget is that steampunk encompasses more than just these romantic notions. For every mutton-chopped gentleman explorer questing for adventure or clockwork man searching for what it means to be human there is a grittier, more tarnished side of the cog. That other side is Damnation and, sadly, the tarnish goes more than concept deep.
Hit the link for the full review.Steampunk – the term conjures to mind images of brass gears and bustled skirts,... more
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Savage Entertainment, Hasbro, and Activision are names that will sit in my conscience for years to come, not because Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen for PSP was somehow great, but because it was utter crap. Sure, the boxart’s great and completely misleading, but there is nothing worth justifying the hours of agony spent trying to beat this title.Savage Entertainment, Hasbro, and Activision are names that will sit in my conscience... more
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This week Electronic Arts released the latest in their college football series, NCAA Football 10. I might be clueless about both the sport and the game, but friends who are in the know assure me that a batch of awesome new features have been added to improve NCAA Football from last year's offerings. Let us know what's new, what works, and what's not so great in a webcam review below!
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http://current.com/items/90419491_call-for-webcam-reviews-call-of-juarez-bound-in-blood.htmThis week Electronic Arts released the latest in their college football series, NCAA... more
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My friend Michelle has done a few game reviews for us lately. She's a gamer, and I am not! I figured it would be much better for all of you to get an idea what these games are really like from someone who knows what they are doing - and who loves to play. This time, Michelle is taking on Chronicles of Riddick for the Xbox.My friend Michelle has done a few game reviews for us lately. She's a gamer, and... more
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Ubisoft is taking us back to the wild West in their latest installment of the Call of Juarez series, Bound in Blood. This PC/PS3/X360 shooter features multiple characters whose stories intersect in a spaghetti Western yarn that spans across North America. It certainly *sounds* awesome, but we want to know how it actually turned out!
Leave a WEBCAM review as a reply below. We'll be gathering together the best reviews to feature in something very special that we're working on. Please have your webcam review in by Tuesday, July 21st to be considered for our special project. Stay tuned!Ubisoft is taking us back to the wild West in their latest installment of the Call of... more
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I love Telltale Games. I’ve been playing and adoring adventure games since I was old enough to point a mouse and begin navigating complex brain-teasers, but as I grew older and more bothered by the often nonsensical puzzles, the genre quickly faded into obscurity. Cue Telltale’s triumphant arrival on the scene to bring back my once-beloved genre. Even better, they’ve resurrected this stale game type by relying entirely on franchises that we already know and love. True, their attempts to bring Bone and CSI to the world of video games were kind of fumbled, but since then they’ve been on fire with consistent episodic releases for Sam & Max, Strong Bad, and Wallace & Gromit. I’ve enjoyed all of those to varying degrees, especially Sam & Max, so I was not remotely disappointed to hear that Telltale would be handling the revival of the much-loved Monkey Island series.
The result, unfortunately, has left me less satisfied than I’d hoped.
Check out the Current Gaming blog at http://blogs.current.com/gaming to read the rest of the review, and post your own thoughts on Tales of Monkey Island in the comments!I love Telltale Games. I’ve been playing and adoring adventure games since I was... more
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A couple days ago, a friend and I were sitting across the room from each other on two separate computers, both playing Plants vs. Zombies. As the repeating howl of the undead emanated from both of our speakers, I looked over at her and realized that the game was actually making us act quite similar to its green-skinned title characters…er, the zombies, that is. While the evil undead hunger for brains, all I’ve wanted for every moment of my day for weeks now is another long stretch drooling in front of my monitor playing this scarily addictive game.
Check out the Current Gaming blog at http://blogs.current.com/gaming to read the rest of the review!A couple days ago, a friend and I were sitting across the room from each other on two... more
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Few may remember when Fight Night took a step forward to becoming top dog when it comes to boxing games. The one that started it all was Fight Night 2004. This is when EA decided to go away from the standard punching controls and went with the right analog stick controls. Since then every new Fight Night has brought just a little more innovation. Round 2 brought us the EA Cutman mini-game and Round 3 brought us a first glimpse at what next-gen graphics can give us. With EA Chicago closing during the early stages of Round 4 many people feared that it would not be able to live up to the predecessors standards. Thankfully Fight Night Round 4 is an improvement but seeing as it’s been 3 years since the last one, how much of an improvement is it?Few may remember when Fight Night took a step forward to becoming top dog when it... more
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Yay! Our play.com vouchers are winging their way out to Current users who've been adding reviews of films and games.
It's really easy and as Cowfish says above, a great way to get more films and games, which you could review for even more films and games.
For every three text reviews OR 1 webcam review that gets picked for TV, we'll send you a £10 HMV voucher. Plus you get to see yourself on TV.
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Please note that this is only open to our users in the UK.Yay! Our play.com vouchers are winging their way out to Current users who've been... more
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The first episode of the Superhappygametime. It is a video game review show covers the Tiger Woods PGA Golf Tour 10 for the Nintendo Wii. Reviewing duties this time around are provided by Chrisphil.The first episode of the Superhappygametime. It is a video game review show covers the... more
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It’s Saturday night, I have no date, a 2-liter bottle of Shasta, and my all rush mix tape..It’s time for Space Invaders! Ok that was in the 1970’s, its now 2009 and we have brand new invaders from space but this time they are apparently on acid. Last year, to celebrate Space Invaders 30th anniversary, Taito released a remake of the arcade classic called Space Invaders Extreme. Until now the only way to play the remake was on a Nintendo DS and a Playstation Portable. Taito, with the help of Blackbox, was able to take the successful handheld version and port it over the Xbox 360. Unfortunately something seems to be missing in this XBLA version that just doesn’t give you the same feeling that the handheld titles did. Follow the link for the full review and to check out a hilarious clip for all you Futurama fans out there.It’s Saturday night, I have no date, a 2-liter bottle of Shasta, and my all rush... more
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Over the last week, I've spent some time with Capcom's 3D revival of their Bionic Commando series. While I was hopeful that it would be a fun, next-gen reinterpretation of the cult classic old-school series, unfortunately my experience wasn't very positive at all. Check out my feelings above and then create your own webcam review in the comments. We'll be putting together the best reviews into something very cool in the near future!
Leave a WEBCAM review as a reply below. We'll be gathering together the best reviews to feature in something very special that we're working on. Stay tuned!Over the last week, I've spent some time with Capcom's 3D revival of their... more
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Despite being so hardcore, the Street Fighter franchise is one of those series that appeals to almost everyone based off of nostalgia alone. A few months ago, Capcom finally delivered the latest release in the series, Street Fighter IV. With several months of intense button-mashing and fierce online competition under your belt, we want to know what you think of Street Fighter IV. Is this a major step for the fighting genre? How does it stack up to previous games in the series? And should I suck it up and learn to love Street Fighter despite my serious suckiness? Let us know below with a webcam reply!
Leave a WEBCAM review as a reply below. We'll be gathering together the best reviews to feature in something very special that we're working on. Stay tuned!Despite being so hardcore, the Street Fighter franchise is one of those series that... more
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Nobody has ever done boxing quite like the NES classic Punch-Out!! So who can blame Nintendo fans being psyched when Nintendo announced they were finally bringing this long-dormant franchise back on the Wii. Have you checked out the latest version of this colorful boxing game? If so, we want to hear your opinion!
Leave a WEBCAM review as a reply below. We'll be gathering together the best reviews to feature in something very special that we're working on. Stay tuned!Nobody has ever done boxing quite like the NES classic Punch-Out!! So who can blame... more
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