Tag Archive for 'video-games'

Borderlands is an absolutely great game

February 15th, 2010 by ep

Many of you come here looking for Halo news, and with the new Halo: Reach ViDoc release and the two Halo games that released last year, you might expect to find some Halo in this post. Instead, let’s talk about Borderlands… and Halo. Borderlands is the first non-Halo game that has had a Halo affect [...]

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Trashed again: I had to send my Xbox 360 to rehab

October 31st, 2009 by ep

I’m a total Xbot. I will be a fanboy of the Xbox 360 until the day Xbox New rises to power. Then, despite all of what I’m about to discuss, I will purchase Xbox New and 3 games on launch day. But, that out of the way, let me tell you a little story about [...]

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The Lego "Whatever" conundrum [Xbox 360]

April 29th, 2009 by ep

xep44@sloppypotatoes.com Video games that don’t take a lot of skill or brainpower to enjoy deserve a place in every collection, and in every console. A couple of my favorites are the Lego Star Wars games. I played Lego Star Wars, LSW II and LSW: The Complete Collection and I had some mindless fun with every [...]

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Send the family away, order some pizza, Halo 3′s Mythic Map Pack available for all on April 9

March 24th, 2009 by ep

Yes, I am a Halo fanboy. But the greatest first person shooter on the planet is getting another map pack and it’ll be here on April 9. Few games drew as much fanfare as Halo 3 did, and few have as many loyal followers as the epic masterpiece. Those fellows over at www.bungie.net are nice [...]

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10 of 2008′s most playworthy games [Xbox360]

February 17th, 2009 by ep

Yes, we’re a full month-and-a-half into 2009, so this list is a little late. Luckily, there hasn’t been any game of any worth released yet this year, so you’ll have time to catch these games, and I recommend you do. I’m no professional game reviewer, companies do not shower me with free games, nor do [...]

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Gears of War 2: Epic, must-have

November 30th, 2008 by ep

New enemies, weapons, modes and a better story Gears of War 2 is one of the top 10 games on the Xbox 360, and easily one of the must-have games of this year. The game looks great, controls even better and has a more meaty story than the first game, a masterpiece despite lacking in [...]

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