By John Guilfoil
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With a title now on the PlayStation Portable in Star Ocean: First Departure, we get to see a alternative battle-based adventure with some very good animation, voice acting, and cutscenes.

By Terri Schwartz
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You saw it on BLAST first! Atari has created a gem of a game: N+ is flawless in its simplicity, and is a game all gamers will gain enjoyment from.

By John Guilfoil
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Sony put out a pretty good product in MLB 08 The Show, but that’s the problem. [...]

By Bradley Ouellette
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Patapon takes a real-time strategy game, but instead of using a menu to select the actions of your characters, you tell them what to do by beating out a drum pattern.
There are different patterns to tell your “Patapons” to do different actions. Square Square Square Circle is the command to move forward, whereas Circle Circle [...]

By Bradley Ouellette
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Were you a fan of M. C. Escher’s work? Ever wondered what it would be like to be in a world where the physics of Escher’s worlds actually work?
Echo Chrome looks at a world like ours but as if what we see from theĀ 2D view affects the three dimensional world. Objects fall straight down or [...]

By Joe Sinicki

The latest trend going through the game industry sees developers playing the nostalgia card. Rather than merely cashing in on the latest Hollywood blockbusters, gamers have seen their favorite movies from year’s past given the digital treatment.
The possibilities seem endless — swim the ocean in search of unaware swimmers in Jaws, carry out mob rule [...]

By Bradley Ouellette
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The story of Jeanne D’Arc, based loosely on Joan of Arc, starts with the background information that five magical armlets were created in the past to defeat a horde of demons. In the Hundred Year War between France and England, one of the original five enabled a demon to possess the king of England to [...]

By John Guilfoil
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Tomb Raider is one of those titles that spawned its own universe in the gaming world over the past decade. It’s sold over 28 million games, two feature films, merchandise and over $1.5 billion in gross revenue from all that.
It has a legacy up there with Doom and Warcraft, and it’s where Duke Nukem could [...]

By Bradley Ouellette
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Sudoku for the PSP, Play Sudoku anywhere.
With over one million different Sudoku puzzles, this game will keep anyone busy for a while. The game has skill levels from novice to expert. Giving all a challenge without making it to hard to be impossible for some. Carol gives lots of information about Sudoku, from it’s history [...]

By Bradley Ouellette
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Ratchet and Clank works great for a modern day platformer.
While on vacation, a little girl who wanted to get some pictures of you gets kidnapped. You must now go save her. The story doesn’t have the blood and gore that some people may want, but fighting off robots will make it more acceptable for a [...]

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