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Star Wars Pinball
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Star Wars Pinball Review

Gary Smith

There was a time when I thought pinball on a console was stupid and couldn’t possibly be any fun, and then PlayStation Plus featured Marvel Pinball as a free download. I tried it and ended up loving it. The folks at Zen Studios have crafted a lot of virtual tables, but it’s their Marvel tables that have really been their strong suit (and why not, they have 15 Marvel themed tables now). In addition to the Marvel tables, there was one table released when they switched to Zen Pinball 2 that served…

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Crysis
Game Reviews

Crysis Review

Gary Smith

Today we will be looking at the PC version of Crysis. I'm not much of a PC gamer, and as my luck would have it, right after I started this, I found out they were releasing a console version. Nevertheless, I got my PC gaming on and beat this offering from EA and Crytek. So without further adieu, let's get to it. For a 2007 game, this game has fantastic graphics. Even by the standards of some more recent offerings from the last couple of years on either PS3 or Xbox 360, the graphics for Crysis are…

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Cool Spot Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

Cool Spot is a platformer starring the 7-Up mascot that somehow turned out great. A retro look at one of the SNES era's most unlikely gems.

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Dead Space 3 Review

Eric W.

The third and final installment in the Dead Space game series, or at least as far as Isaac Clarke's story arc goes, is upon us and it doesn't disappoint. I'll say upfront: If you're a fan of this series you'll be very happy with this game and if you never cared about the series there's nothing here for you. For PC gamers I'm going to post arguably the most important thing in this review upfront: The FOV tweak which is absolutely a must with this game. Navigate your way to…

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Crazy Taxi
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Crazy Taxi Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

Crazy Taxi ate a lot of my quarters back in the late 90s and early 00s. I finally got around to picking up the PSN version in December, and now it's time for the review in the 40th QDR. Is the PSN version worth owning?

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Nintendo Land
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Nintendo Land Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

Day 38 is here, and it brings TVE's second Wii U game review. Nintendo Land is a pack-in for the Deluxe model, and is also available for purchase for around $50. It's fun, but not worth that kind of money. Click to read the review.

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Bad News Baseball Review
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Bad News Baseball Review

Gary Smith2 Comments

Bad News Baseball was worth the $65 I spent to play it again. Mostly. Chalk full of childhood memories, and surprisingly, or maybe unsurprisingly, the game still holds up today. A true baseball classic from when games were trying to be fun, not complicated simulations.

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Nintendo Wii U
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Nintendo Wii U Review

Gary Smith

The next generation of game consoles began on November 18th with the release of Nintendo’s Wii U, and unfortunately for Nintendo their next gen console is comparable (slightly better) than the current generation of consoles from Sony and Microsoft. And that means that (if the rumored specs and developer talk is to be believed) when the next Playstation and Xbox hit the market (possibly this year). Wii U will be in a similar situation as Wii was. Wii U already isn’t getting highly anticipated…

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Journey
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Journey Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

Journey was released on March 13, 2012 as a PSN exclusive and was met with very high review scores; most people seem to love it. So it was no surprise when the game was released in retail stores along with other thatgamecompany games “Flower” and “Flow” as “the Journey Collector’s Edition.” The game is so well liked that it was the “Game of the Year” for many outlets/people; even Amazon named it the 2012 Game of the Year (well the Collector’s Edition, but same thing). It’s a game that I had…

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Hitman Absolution Review

Eric W.2 Comments

I'm a long time Hitman fanboy. I view Blood Money as the apex of the series and that hasn't changed with the advent of this game. Just to get that out of the way. At least once a year I have to fire up at least Blood Money for a jaunt and often times Contracts and Silent Assassin as well. The games are permanent residents on my hard drive. It's been a long six year wait for myself and a lot of other people, but a new Hitman game is finally upon us. I'm really not sure why it took IO this long to…

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Madden NFL 13
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Madden NFL 13 (Wii U) Review

Gary Smith

I reviewed Madden NFL 13 back in August and scored it a 4/5. It is a superb football game. I'm not going to write out a long review for the Wii U version because it doesn't need it. If you already own Madden NFL 13, then you don't need to purchase it again for the Wii U. Unfortunately, it isn't the definitive version of the game like I was hoping it would be. You can go back and read my previous review of the PS3 version for some things; commentary is the same and Connected Careers is the same…

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WWE '13
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WWE ’13 Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

Yuke's and THQ could a big step forward with the WWE license last year when they scrapped the RAW vs. Smackdown name and gutted the engine to give the series its first true overhaul in years. WWE '12 ended up being the best playing wrestling game of the generation thanks to the all the big improvements made. This year, Yuke's is back with WWE '13 and it's largely the same gameplay wise. That's not a bad thing. Annual titles get a lot of hate if they don't reinvent the wheel every year, but WWE…

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Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation Review

Gary Smith3 Comments

Today, we'll be discussing Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation, the series first venture onto the Playstation Vita. This is also our first review of a Playstation Vita game here at Web of Paine, so hopefully you enjoy this review. With the Vita being the hi-def sequel to the PSP system, AC3 Liberation is one of the games that I was looking at to see the quality of the Vita's hi-def capabilities. Having experienced a mixed bag with some prior games, I was really looking forward to seeing some quality…

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Assassin's Creed 3
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Assassin’s Creed III Review

Gary Smith2 Comments

I've not attempted to hide the fact that Assassin's Creed has been my favorite franchise of the current generation, or that Assassin's Creed III has been my most anticipated title of the year. I had incredibly high expectations going into this game, and truth be told maybe I had that bar set a little too high. Since the game's release, I've pumped into a little over 20 hours into the single player and I'm about 45% on the completion scale. I have a ton of stuff left to do, although I finished…

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Medal of Honor Warfighter
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Medal of Honor: Warfighter Review

Gary Smith

Today we will be taking a look at Medal of Honor: Warfighter, the follow-up to the 2010 title Medal of Honor and the continuation of the modern day reboot of the series. While I am a fan of shooters, I, to this point, have not had a chance to play any of the reboot Medal of Honor. Obviously I did spend some time with Warfighter over the past week, otherwise why would I be writing about it, right? Have to say it was a pretty solid experience. How solid, well let's get to it and find out. Quick…

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Dishonored Review

Gary Smith

Today we will be looking into the latest offering from Bethesda and Arkane Studios, Dishonored. Dishonored is a first person, action-adventure game that can be played in a stealth fashion, a straight forward attacking style, or a combination there of. For the purposes of my play through for the review, I employed the combo of the stealth and attacking style. I wanted to try the full stealth play through, but apparently I'm not patient enough for that, so that is the combination is what I went…

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007 Legends
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007 Legends Review

Gary Smith4 Comments

007 Legends begins with James Bond being accidentally shot by a female sniper and falling into water and having memories of his previous missions flash before his eyes. It’s these five missions that we play during the game: Goldfinger, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Licence To Kill, Moonraker, and Die Another Day. That’s it. These five missions each have two to three levels associated with them, but it is going to take more than four to five hours to “beat” the game using the Modern setting…

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XCOM Enemy Unknown
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown Review

Gary Smith5 Comments

I never experienced the original 1994 turn based strategy game XCOM: UFO Defense (also known as UFO: Enemy Unknown) because I didn’t have a PC in 1994 and by the time I finally did get one in 1998 or so the game certainly wasn’t on my radar. So I’ve come into XCOM: Enemy Unknown like a lot of gamers will: having no nostalgia for the original and no clear understanding of game’s tactics and how to best play. I’d seen the trailers and the lengthy gameplay demos that 2K Games had posted, so I knew…

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Dishonored (PC) Review

Eric W.5 Comments

Arkane Studios consists of veterans from the Deus Ex series, Half life series, Thief games and has been 3 years in the making and I'm happy to report the wait was well worth it. It would have been huge shock and arguably one of the biggest letdowns in gaming in years had it not been given the pedigree of the talent that created this game. I’m a huge fan of these kinds of games and I'm thrilled to see them returning. Last year we had the stellar Deus Ex Human Revolution which I reviewed highly…

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SonicAdventure2HD
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Sonic Adventure 2 HD Review

Gary Smith5 Comments

I never owned a SEGA Dreamcast, so I get to come into this review with no nostalgia whatsoever for what Sonic Adventure 2 was originally like over a decade ago on the Dreamcast. Nor, prior to this, have I ever played a 3D Sonic game that I actually enjoyed (and I loved the first three Sonic games on the Genesis, with Sonic 2 being my favorite one). So when I sat down to play Sonic Adventure 2 HD I had no idea what to expect and my expectations weren’t too high given my feelings towards 3D Sonic…

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