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MITCH KRPATA

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Cosmic debris

The little things sink Mass Effect
On paper, it was the greatest game ever. And then it crash-landed.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  December 03, 2007

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Future perfect

Ratchet and Clank explore new horizons
PlayStation 3 owners have had a rough go of it.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  November 27, 2007

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The killing joke

Manhunt 2  ought to be committed
“Murder simulators.” That’s the term notorious anti-games crusader Jack Thompson coined to describe any game in which one character kills another.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  November 14, 2007

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Holy war

No salvation for Clive Barker’s   Jericho
Clive Barker doesn’t do subtlety.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  October 30, 2007

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The new black

This fall, Orange is in
If you wanted to nitpick, you could say that Half-Life 2: Episode Two is too brief.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  October 23, 2007

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Board meeting

EA’s latest is no cheap Skate
Competition is a good thing.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  October 09, 2007

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So long, Master Chief

Halo 3 calls it a day
Halo is the great unifier of the video-game world, bringing together people of all stripes, from hardcore geeks to competitive jocks.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  October 01, 2007

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Shoot ’em up

Stranglehold is a soft-boiled shooter
There’s a great line in the 1992 John Woo movie Hard Boiled : “Give a guy a gun and he thinks he’s Superman. Give him two and he thinks he’s God!”
By MITCH KRPATA  |  September 26, 2007

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Samus ever

Metroid  has a new control scheme, but so what?
People have been trying to get into Samus Aran’s suit ever since they first discovered that the bad-ass, bounty-hunting hero of the Metroid series was a woman.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  September 19, 2007

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Locked and loaded

The fall promises a double-barreled blast of gaming greatness
Okay, this is getting ridiculous. It’s already been a strong year for games, with four — four ! — game-of-the-year contenders before Labor Day.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  September 12, 2007

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Impossible dream

BioShock  plumbs uncharted depths
It wasn’t impossible to build Rapture at the bottom of the ocean, Andrew Ryan would say of his creation. It was impossible to build it anywhere else.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  August 28, 2007

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Soccer riot

Game time for Mario and his band of hooligans
Some said it would never happen, but the arrival of a certain global icon has done the impossible and made Americans care about soccer.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  August 22, 2007

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The furry blue line

Sam and Max are back on the streets
Of the many evolutionary dead ends in the history of video games, no demise is more lamented than that of the point-and-click adventure.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  August 14, 2007

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Tenchu Zzz . . .

The dull life of the modern-day ninja
What’s cooler than a ninja?
By MITCH KRPATA  |  August 07, 2007

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Road to nowhere

DiRT  never gets going
Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing. Or so they say in the world of sports.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  August 01, 2007

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Fear factor

Resident Evil 4 comes to the Wii
You are going to die!
By MITCH KRPATA  |  July 24, 2007

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Heart of darkness

A hitman battles the enemy within in The Darkness
Jackie Estacado’s 21st birthday turns out to be a nightmare.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  July 10, 2007

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Dear Lara,

A break-up on a bitter Anniversary
It’s over between us.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  July 03, 2007

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Storming Sin City

Rainbow Six: Vegas  doubles down on the PS3
Xbox 360 owners can be forgiven for overlooking Rainbow Six: Vegas last Christmas.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  June 27, 2007

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Shadow play

Searching for the real Shadowrun
“I need a rez!” The elf staggered toward me, blood spurting from his neck. “ I need a rez! ”
By MITCH KRPATA  |  June 19, 2007
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