Damnation

Damnation is very bad. You can come over to my desk right now, randomly choose a level for me to show you, and you will see exactly what I'm talking about. There's screen-tearing everywhere, the textures are hideous, the voice acting is terrible, the animations are robotic, there's no voicechat in multiplayer, the story is poorly laid out, and the gunplay is no fun -- I can go like this all day, but I think you get the point.The basic story of this...

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Steel Storm: Burning Retribution (PC)

Steel Storm: Burning Retribution is a top down action shooter with old school spirit. It marks the return of top-down shooters with new twists. The game has score oriented competitive gameplay, and is designed for people who like fast paced action, hordes of smart enemies, destructible worlds and ground shaking explosions.The events take place in an alternative universe where you control an advanced hovertank, packed with the most advanced and sophisticated...

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Fable III (PC)

A royal disappointment.There's something about a virtual fantasy world populated by autonomous computer-controlled people that sparks the imagination like little else can. I get a tidy, miniature world to aid, patrol and destroy as I see fit. I feel a rush of dizzying power because the outcome is solely decided by me. If I don't want to watch a town get torn to shreds by balverines, I can conjure fireballs and slash my sword to save it. Or I can...

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Escape from Thunder Island

The active volcano is the least of your troubles in this game.Rita, the heroine of hidden object game Escape from Thunder Island, is in a bit of a pickle. She wants to find her dad, who’s gone missing while looking for the Lost City of Zenadoo, but the volcano looming over his last known location is ready to blow and a good sneeze is likely to set its ash to spewing. She’ll have to trek through the jungle, comb through temples, and solve ancient...

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Dirt 3

Rally returns with bad weather in a good way.There's a good chance I'll never hurtle down the backroads of Finland at more than 100 mph in a BMW Z4. To be honest, I'd be terrified to cross into triple digits on roads so narrow. But to be able to experience such a feat in a safe environment is divine. Dirt 3 delivers this power, reminding rally nuts what a fun ride this series is.The driving in Dirt 3 feels tight and responsive, and the six tuning...

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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising

When last we left Red Alert 3, all sorts of crazy things were happening, not the least of which was that David Hasselhoff becoming president. Of course, the ending you got depended on the faction that you played, as each of the three campaigns in the game basically existed in its own universe, separate from the others. Here we are now at Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising, an expansion that provides a hearty single-player challenge to...

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Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale (PC)

The Forgotten Realms are under attack by the evil Zhentarim in Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale, another thrilling adventure in the world's most popular fantasy role-playing game. D&D: Daggerdale centers on the desperate struggle to defeat the evil Rezlus and his Zhentarim in their attempt to invade and conquer the Dalelands. The game offers a multi-player experience that introduces a riveting narrative and treacherous new characters. Players...

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Space Interceptor: Project Freedom

Let's face it... the space-based flight combat genre -- once the domain of power hitters such as Wing Commander, Freespace, Privateer and X-Wing vs. TIE Figher -- is pretty much dead. Eve more recently released (and still exceptional) sci-fi flight titles like Starlancer and Freelancer couldn't restore the genre to its once former glory. Because of this, it's no surprise we don't see many space combat sims anymore.Growing up in the way-out 70s left...

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Hunted The Demons Forge

Deep in Hunted's cobwebby catacombs, protruding from a pile of mouldering bones behind one of its chatty enchanted stone head portals, there's an enormously fun, startlingly forward-thinking action role-player. That's not the best choice of introductory metaphor in some ways, because it suggests that Hunted relinquishes the good stuff grudgingly, which is far from the case: with its shoulder button marksmanship, three or four hit melee combos and...

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