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Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s

When someone talks about guitar heroes, certain names often come to mind. They talk about Jimmy Page or Carlos Santana's soulful style. They talk about Kenny Wayne Shepard's bluesy-rock and Paul Reynold's catch...
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Tomb Raider Anniversary

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 ...
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Zendoku

Zendoku is another attempt to bring Sudoku's addictive logic to the video gaming world. It's a valiant effort with cute, DBZ-like martial arts characters and kitschy symbols instead of numbers on the game board...
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Project Sylpheed

Action - Project Sylpheed - Xbox 360 - Square Enix Hardcore gamers will remember Project Sylpheed as Silpheed, a 1988 side-scrolling action game and later a failed Sega CD game with better-than-normal graph...
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Vampire Rain

Action - Vampire Rain - Xbox 360 - Microsoft In Vampire Rain, vampires have taken over the streets. An elite black ops unit, under the faux "American Information Bureau" is sent to Los Angeles, whe...
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Blast Magazine’s iPhone review

I took the sim card out of my old formerly-Cingular phone and inserted it into the shiny new iPhone. I plugged it into my computer. iTunes came up said it found an iPhone and asked me to activate it. iTun...
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Forza Motorsport 2

Forza Motorsport 2 is not only the best racing game on the Xbox 360; it has a case for best on any platform. It features enough depth and gameplay to keep even the most meticulous of racing fans happy –all the while looking amazing. Forza Motorsport 2 is an achievement and shows what the next generation is capable of.
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Otto Surround Sound Stereo Headset

Most people think of gaming as a visual medium, and why not--most of the action takes place right there on the screen, where you can see it. However, much like the movies, video games are a multi-sensory med...
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New York Times Crosswords

If you like crossword puzzles, you can take them with you anywhere you go on the Nintendo DS. There are seven levels of difficulty in the New York Times Crosswords from Majesco. The game allows competition o...
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Parallels 3.0

Parallels allows Intel-processor Macs to emulate an x86 system. This allows them to run all versions of Windows and even Linux. Pre-Windows 2000 support is questionable in Parallels. Windows 98 and below wil...
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Touch of Dead

Based on the gun games in every arcade, Touch of the Dead takes the light gun out of your hands and converts it t the DS. Instead of pointing a gun, the player touches the screen with a stylus. Wow. The g...
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Eragon, the game

Eragon for the Playstation 2 is based on the movie and book of the same name. Unfortunately, like many games that are based on movies, it suffers from all too familiar problems. Generally movie games seem rus...
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Nyko Charge Station for Wii

Nyko released a charge station for the Wii that includes two batteries for the Wii motes, a new battery cover and a base station that can charge both remotes at the same time. Unfortunately the Wii did not c...
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Nyko Wireless Sensor Bar for Wii

For people that may not sit their Wii close to their TV. Nyko's Sensor bar saves them some trouble. Nyko's solution is a bar that's about 4 times the size of the original, and it takes four AA's. The Nyko...
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Carol Vorderman’s Sudoku

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 ...
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Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters

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 a...
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Nancy Drew: Danger by Design

Welcome to the fashion capital of the world, old Paris! Here you will find Nancy Drew on her latest thrilling, adventurous, death defying undercover assignment. As an assistant a fashion designer. You ...
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Cooking Mama Cook Off

The Nintendo Wii has proven itself as a versatile virtual simulator of real life activities presented by bringing life to games with its innovative Wiimote interface. Starting with Wii Sports, the platfo...