Trials Evolutions Preview: Pax East 2012

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Trials is back with a whole new level of craziness in tow. Trials for the unfamiliar is a side scrolling motorcycle game based on real-ish physics and crazy-ass jumps. Trials Evolution’s single player is a more of the same affair. There are 60 single player tracks ranging from easy to carpal tunnel. You move your …

A Valley Without Wind Preview

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A Valley without Wind by Arcen Games is what happens when you try to make a Super Nintendo game today. A super polished limitless 2D metroidVania adventure game. Everything in A Valley Without Wind is procedurally generated. The game pulls from known assets to create vast continents to explore. Each continent is made up of variety of …

Dungeon Hunter Alliance Review

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  With the introduction of a new mobile platform, you can be sure Game Loft will be there with another installment of their generic dungeon crawling adventure series Dungeon Hunter Alliance. The series that got its start on the iOS and eventually PSN is here to try and scratch that Diablo itch on your Playstation …

The Smithsonian Art of Video Games

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I recently got to check out the new Video Game exhibit at the Smithsonian in DC. If you’re a fan of video games and in DC its definitely worth checking out. It’s not the largest exhibit, consisting of only about 3 rooms. It does give a brief look at video games over the years and …

SSX Review: The Friend Killer

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Snowboarding games, my long lost love, you have finally returned. The past SSX games were great, but with this new iteration, things are brought to a whole new level. The jumps are bigger, the tricks are crazier, and the graphics are gorgeous. This is the kind of game that will ruin your life under the right circumstances.