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Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley – Crush! Frag! Review!

Captain Smiley is a pretty crappy superhero. He’s insecure, frequently confused and his itchy trigger finger has resulted in the accidental death of more than one innocent. Not traits that we typically associate with the ...

by Rob Thomas

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After Burner Climax – Crush! Frag! Review!

HOLY SH*T. That was my first response to playing (the unfortunately named) After Burner Climax. A port of the arcade game of the same name, Climax drops you into a whirlwind of hectic, near-unnavigable chaos from the word go. E...

by Scott Thompson

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Perfect Dark (XBLA) – Crush! Frag! Review!

Aside from fancy HD graphics and newfangled control mechanisms, this current generation of consoles will surely be remembered for its knack at selling old games. Whether it’s true-to-form emulations on the Virtual Console...

by Scott Thompson

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Magic: The Gathering is the XBLA Deal of the Week

Back in the days before video games “became mainstream” and Snoop Dogg performed at awards shows dedicated to the medium, older gamers tended to hide their participation in the hobby. People tended to look a bit sid...

by Rob Thomas

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EA Announces Risk: Factions for Xbox Live Arcade

All you youngsters out there may find this hard to believe, but there was once a time when people didn’t play games on their TVs or computers. There were no “Xboxes” or “PlayStations” or even ̶...

by Steve Chowen

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Shadow Complex – Crush! Frag! Review!

“A spiritual successor, sometimes called a spiritual sequel or a companion piece, is a successor to a work of fiction which does not directly build upon the storyline established by a previous work as do most traditional ...

by Rob Rich

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South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play! – Crush! Frag! Review!

It’s a bit strange to realize that South Park has only been on the air for 12 years now; Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny feel like they’ve been an integral part of the fabric of pop culture for far longer. What’...

by Rob Thomas

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Quiz Show Phenomenon 1 vs. 100 Returning for Another Season

The idea of being “The Chosen One” is a tired old video game cliche, but at least one game out there still makes being chosen as “The One” a big freakin’ deal. Especially if you enjoy competin...

by Steve Chowen

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Gyromancer Comes, Your Life Leaves: November 18th

D3′s Puzzle Quest was addicting as all hell; slapping a lite-RPG skin over Bejeweled had to be a stroke of genius on the level of the first person to mix chocolate and peanut butter or hookers and blow. How do you top a f...

by Rob Thomas

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