Grant Noy

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Game Review: Goldeneye (Wii)

The true gaming royalty is a list of undeniable greatness throughout videogaming history. Mario, Halo, Duke Nukem, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Zelda, Doom, Sonic…. let’s face it, the list is quite long now but most of these games have numerous titles in their franchises and their roots have been elaborated on and fleshed out, given …

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For Love Of The Game Episode 3 – The Collector’s Edition

Littered around my room, I have dozens, literally dozens, of collector’s and limited editions of games. Some that even the hardcore crowd are probably unaware of. I’m not the kind of guy who buys a collector’s edition just to have it sit on a mantle and never get touched, oh no. I buy something to …

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Game Review: Dead Rising 2 (360, PS3, PC)

Zombies are awesome. Any situation you can think of can be made better with zombies in the mix. The popularity of zombies has only gotten bigger to the point where a common belief is that there will be a zombie apocalypse one day. Preposterous as this actually is, it has brought about some cool movies …

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Game Review: Spiderman Shattered Dimensions (Xbox360 & PS3)

The superhero game is a funny specimen indeed. Mostly these games are crap attempts at raping a quick buck from the public with a tie-in related to some blockbuster holiday movie. Rarely are they done well with a few shining moments of awesome like Batman : Arkham Asylum, Spider-Man 2, X-Men Origins : Wolverine and …

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Game Review – Metroid: Other M.

Metroid Other M Box Art

Wow, Nintendo have an exciting line up over the next few months. Donkey Kong Country Returns has a release date, 007 Goldeneye’s re-make/re-imagining/re-whatever is soon to follow and Nintendo’s 3DS is also just around the corner. These are interesting times for a Nintendo fan. We have already had a new Mario Galaxy and now we …

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For Love Of The Game Episode 2 – Making Enemies Out Of Friends

My all time favourite video game industry story starts with the 2 major video game heavyweights of the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, Sega and Nintendo. Sega, back in the day when they actually made consoles, were quite a gutsy and ambitious bunch. They were the first to bring an 8-bit console to the home …

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