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MLB 10 The Show Review: The Game for All America [Review]

Submitted by Dave Mincel on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 17:00.

The game of baseball was brought to video game consoles long ago. The total experience - the Pastime - represents the next frontier of simulation, for a public delighted by every stat and detail, no matter how small.

Major League Baseball 2K10 Review: Pitching With Two Strikes [Review]

Submitted by Dave Mincel on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 16:00.

If MLB 2K9 had been an actual ballplayer, last year's performance would have sent it to the minors, if not the waiver wire. After a soul-searching offseason, 2K Sports decided to focus on the fundamentals for MLB 2K10.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Review: Judging A Book By Its Cover Works [Review]

Submitted by Dave Mincel on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 00:00.

The quartet of military misfits introduced in the original Battlefield: Bad Company are back and taking a backseat to a revamped (and far more exciting) multiplayer mode in Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

Alice In Wonderland Movie Review: A Bitter Underland [Review]

Submitted by Dave Mincel on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 17:40.

Tim Burton once again treads on sacred fantasy ground in Alice in Wonderland, a twisted take on Lewis Carroll's classic novels. How far down the rabbit hole does Burton go?

Match Defense Toy Soldiers Micro-Review: Finally, Mom Can Help [Review]

Submitted by Dave Mincel on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 18:00.

Attention readers, read this review of Match Defense: Toy Soldiers in conjunction with our review of Toy Soldiers for Xbox Live Arcade, because the two games connect.

Mega Man 10 Micro-Review: Capcom Had Mercy [Review]

Submitted by Dave Mincel on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 16:00.

Finally, a Mega Man game I can clear in 90 minutes. Is that what you want too?

Two years after Mega Man 9 returned the classic Capcom series to 8-bit, classic Nintendo Entertainment System design, Mega Man 10 is upon us, with an offer that is decidedly not old school: An easy game. But it's easy only if you want it to be.

The Crazies Review: Left 4 Dead In a Small Town [Review]

Submitted by Dave Mincel on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 19:20.

An idyllic American town plunges into murder and mayhem after a toxin finds its way into the water supply, leaving a sheriff, his deputy, his wife and her friend to survive a town now peopled by The Crazies in what looks an awful lot like a zombie apocalypse. Sound familiar?

Star Trek Online Review: A Piece Of The Action [Review]

Submitted by Dave Mincel on Fri, 02/26/2010 - 18:00.

After years of television series, books, cartoons, movies, and video games for both consoles and PCs, Star Trek faces the final frontier: the massively-multiplayer role-playing game.

Kaleidoscope Micro-Review: What a Colorful World [Review]

Submitted by Dave Mincel on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 19:20.

A world drained of color confronts you in Kaleidoscope, by the three-man studio of Morsel. As a Dream-Build-Play finalist, Kaleidoscope has well earned its indie chops, but does its gameplay fulfill the playfulness set forth by its visual design?

Call of Duty: World At War: Zombies Verrückt Micro-Review: Solo Fun [Review]

Submitted by Dave Mincel on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 18:00.

No longer limited to wandering the rooms of an abandoned building, the zombies of the Verrückt zombie asylum add-on pack for iPhone's Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies are trying to break their way into the halls of an insane asylum.

Nintendo DSi XL Review: Super Size Me [Review]

Submitted by Dave Mincel on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 01:29.

The Nintendo DSi LL, (DSi XL in the West) is the latest addition to the hugely successful Nintendo platform. "LL" is the Japanese equivalent of "XL", or "extra large". But is bigger really better?

The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom Micro-review: Snack Of The Clones [Review]

Submitted by Dave Mincel on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 23:00.

The puzzle's the thing in The Odd Gentlemen's time-twisting, brain-teasing platformer The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, a pie collecting adventure made fascinating by the eponymous Winterbottom and his superhuman ability to clone himself.

Assassin's Creed II: Bonfire Of The Vanities Micro-Review: Once More, With Fleeing [Review]

Submitted by Dave Mincel on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 15:00.

Bonfire of the Vanities is the second piece of downloadable content for Assassin's Creed II, after the lacklustre Battle of Forli. Let's hope it's a better use of your time.

Resident Evil 5: Lost In Nightmares Micro-Review: Less Fighting, More Frightening [Review]

Submitted by Dave Mincel on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 18:20.

The brief new downloadable episode for Resident Evil 5 isn't very scary, but it does show how a Resident Evil 5 can be more terrifying than the original game Capcom released in 2009.

Across Age Micro-Review: Slam Evil [Review]

Submitted by Dave Mincel on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 16:20.

Take a trip back in time with Across Age, an old-school action role-playing game with a time-traveling twist, now available for the iPhone.

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