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Review: Borderlands

Gold rush
It’s tempting, and easy, to describe Borderlands solely via comparisons to other games.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  November 09, 2009
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Review: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

A real treasure
Nathan Drake walks like a man. Not so much in a macho, John Wayne kind of way — though there is plenty of that in him — but as if he were a real person occupying physical space.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  October 21, 2009
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Review: Brütal Legend

Brutal is one way to put it
The cover of Brütal Legend sports an interesting detail.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  October 16, 2009
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Review: Scribblenauts

The pen is not so mighty
If knowledge is power, and words are the vessels for ideas, then the appeal of Scribblenauts is easy to understand.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  October 07, 2009
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Delay of game

With some big names shelved, 10 releases to watch for this fall
Splinter Cell: Conviction , BioShock 2 , Heavy Rain — these are just some of the eagerly awaited titles that won't be coming to your video-game console this fall.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  September 15, 2009
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Game Review: The Beatles: Rock Band

Don't meet the Beatles — be them
Can we agree that the music-game market is saturated? To stand out in this crowd, you'd need something special. You'd need the Beatles.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  September 09, 2009
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Review: Batman: Arkham Asylum

Joker's wild
Although Heath Ledger fully deserved the Oscar he won (posthumously) for his portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight , a less heralded actor had staked a claim to the character years before. On Batman: The Animated Series , Mark Hamill brought a fearsome edge to the role that outstripped any previous dramatic effort.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  September 01, 2009
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Review: Shadow Complex

A dizzying descent down the rabbit hole
In games, a cave is never just a cave.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  August 25, 2009
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Review: The Bigs 2

Swing and a miss
The makers of The Bigs 2 seem to have confused simplifying the sport with dumbing
By MITCH KRPATA  |  July 29, 2009
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Review: Punch Out!!

Classic hits
Ask anyone to list his or her favorite Nintendo games, and the odds are that Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! will be one of them.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  May 26, 2009
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God is dead

Demigod can't resurrect PC gaming
One of the biggest mysteries of the video-game marketplace is why the PC seems to lag so far behind consoles as a gaming platform. After all, Windows computers have the kind of market penetration that Sony and Nintendo can only dream of.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  May 05, 2009
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Review: The Godfather II

Going against the family
If adapting the Godfather series means stripping it of subtext and amplifying the thuggery, that may be the greatest imaginable indictment of video games as a medium.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  April 21, 2009
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Review: Resident Evil 5

Bigoted, or just boring?
Is it racist? The question has been plaguing Resident Evil 5 since its infamous trailer debuted at the 2007 Electronic Entertainment Expo.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  March 24, 2009
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Review: Killzone 2

Can Killzone 2 save the PlayStation 3?
For fans of the chronically underperforming PlayStation 3, each new exclusive title is a potential savior. The latest great white hope is Killzone 2 , the sequel to a not especially beloved PS2 game.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  March 17, 2009
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Review: Skate 2

Chairman of the board
Skate 2 is legit
By MITCH KRPATA  |  January 29, 2009
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Review: Lord of the Rings: Conquest

Lord of the bo rings is more like it
First, panic — "This can't possibly be this awful, can it?" — and then the sinking realization that, yes, Conquest really is that bad.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  January 20, 2009
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The pile-up

A blizzard of new games
No longer is there an off-season or even a chance to catch our breath after the fall deluge.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  December 31, 2008
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Year in pictures

Imagery 2008
Imagery 2008
By PHOENIX STAFF  |  December 24, 2008
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Year in Games: Where it's at

Succeeding on the strengths of their settings
This was a strange year for video games.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  December 31, 2008
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Like clockwork

The Gears of War keep turning
The Gears of War keep turning
By MITCH KRPATA  |  December 02, 2008
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Sacked

A platformer with little, big problems
It helps to think of LittleBigPlanet not as a game but as a toy — more like digital Legos or Lincoln Logs than a typical narrative-driven experience.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  November 18, 2008
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Going native

Far Cry 2's heart of darkness
Far Cry 2's heart of darkness
By MITCH KRPATA  |  November 11, 2008
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The old haunt

Silent Hill can go home again
As a game reviewer, I have an obligation to inform you of the myriad problems with Silent Hill: Homecoming .  
By MITCH KRPATA  |  October 29, 2008
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Dismembers only

The gory, gruesome Dead Space
In a survival horror game, the setting is everything. Dead Space has a good one.  
By MITCH KRPATA  |  October 22, 2008
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Blast from the past

Mega Man goes retro
Playing Mega Man 9 , you feel you’ve stepped through a wormhole and emerged in 1988 with an NES controller in your hand.  
By MITCH KRPATA  |  October 22, 2008
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Band apart

Rock Band 2 keeps it rolling
No need to double-check your calendar — Rock Band 2 really is available only 10 months after the release of the original.  
By MITCH KRPATA  |  October 01, 2008
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Back to business

Fall video games offer sequels and few surprises
For the first time, the arrival of the blockbuster video-game season seems bittersweet.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  September 11, 2008
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Nobody's perfect

To err is Too Human
Fair or not, it’s hard to discuss Too Human without bringing in the circumstances of its creation.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  September 02, 2008
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Tempus fugit

Braid goes in search of lost time
What if you could do things over again?
By MITCH KRPATA  |  August 26, 2008
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Championship Calibur

The soul still burns for a select few
Ten years ago, you couldn’t take a step through the electronics department without knocking over a stack of crappy fighting games.
By MITCH KRPATA  |  August 19, 2008

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