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Frozen Synapse – CFD! Review

It’s been said that making a good first impression is the most important factor in establishing a new relationship. Well, if I’m being honest, my first impression of Frozen Synapse was “if I had hair, this game would make...

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PAX East 2011: L.A. Noire – Preview

For better or worse, I’ve never really been a fan of Grand Theft Auto. Sure, I left numerous high school homework assignments unfinished so that I could spend late nights with my friends shooting civilians from rooftops i...

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Blood Drive – CFD! Review

I doubt I even have to say this, but zombies are in right now. Move over aliens, Nazis, communists, and terrorists; zombies are the new de facto video game enemy, and why not? Unlike the others, zombies offer a humanoid target ...

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GoldenEye 007 – CFD! Review

In my review for the XBLA version of Perfect Dark, I remarked that Rare had done the best they could to placate all those people screaming for a re-release of GoldenEye 007. With the amount of licensing headaches surrounding th...

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CFD!’s 2010 GOTY Nominee #4 – Super Mario Galaxy 2

I’m sure I wasn’t alone in 2007 when I thought “where the heck can Mario go next?” Really, once you open up galaxies to the famed plumber, going back to explore a single castle or a resort town seems a tad bit u...

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Kirby’s Epic Yarn – Crush! Frag! Review!

Nintendo has a long-standing history of milking its franchises for all they’re worth. Zelda, Metroid, Star Fox; these once ground breaking series have fallen prey to playing it safe more often than not. In fact, the only ...

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NHL 11 – Crush! Frag! Review!

You know, before I was a hockey fan (and subsequently a hockey videogame fan), I never understood the need to buy each year’s iteration of “Sports Game X” outside of updating the roster. “Surely, if you liked the pr...

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Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 – Crush! Frag! Review!

Oh Sonic, the places you’ve been. From Mario’s main rival to setting the benchmark for shoddy 3D game design, Sonic has had his fair share of ups and downs. However, despite all of this, he has somehow held on to a ...

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Tournament of Legends – Crush! Frag! Review!

Fighting games have always puzzled me. I’ve played a great deal of them throughout my life, and while the best are fun for a few hours, I’ve never had one sustain my interest for long. Of course, I am probably in th...

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