Gaming

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  Pure

  PS3 / Xbox 360

  PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2008

  Pure is a racing game. Yes, another racing game. But this one is by Disney. No, wait, come back. This is no Mickey Mouse Kart but a serious...

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  Gearing Back Up

  Videogame Sequels Allow For Do-Overs

  PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2008

  In film, sequels are generally a low-quality cash-grab. Even when a part two does totally rule — Godfather Part II, Empire Strikes Back, X-...

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  NHL 2K9

  Wii

  PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2008

  Sports games and I go together like Pete Doherty and good hygiene, or Amy Winehouse and, uh, good hygiene. Madden just makes me feel stupid...

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  Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

  PS3 / Xbox 360

  PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2008

  Once upon the late ’70s to early ’90s, in a galaxy not far away, Star Wars could do no wrong. But after umpteen disappointments, the empire...

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  War of the Words

  The Evolution of <i>Too Human</i>

  PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2008

  Too Human, the opening salvo in the (very) long-awaited cyber-Norse trilogy from cult Canadian development house Silicon Knights, is not al...

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  Soul Calibur IV

  PS3 / Xbox 360

  PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2008

  The game’s ads demand to know "what’s within your soul?” but the game’s makers are gambling they already know — an inner Star Wars geek. Wh...

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  Civilization Revolution

  PS3 / Xbox 360

  PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2008

  Sid Meier is a so-called "game God,” both because he helped found the god-game genre with his seminal PC series Civilization and because he...

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  Top Spin 3

  PS3 / Xbox 360

  PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2008

  Sports titles may be among gaming’s most popular genres, but in the summer it can be hard to justify sitting inside to play them. This is p...