Limbo is a beautiful gem of a game and anyone with a 360 should buy some points and download it right now. Its creepy aesthetic and philosophical undertones are too much to pass up. At its core Limbo is a side-scrolling platformer— a genre that has really taken off in the downloadasphere, but Limbo is […]
Colin Chisholm
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Osmos (Hemisphere)
With a deep sense of ambience and mystery, Osmos delivers a really cool, zen-like experience for gamers. You are a single-celled organism (“motes”) floating in open space. You need to consume your fellow motes—if you don’t, they will. The gameplay doesn’t get much easier; you tap the screen, which causes your mote to hurl in […]
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Video games on a budget
Buying and playing video games can be so expensive—and so cheap. With $150 special edition retail games on one end and 99-cent apps and free-to-play online games on the other, there’s a wide range of playing opportunities for all budgets. Subscription fees, downloadable content, classic games and micro-payments are also vying for your hard-earned money. […]
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Must see event planner: Events & festivals
June 29 Wolfville Farmers’ Market grand opening After many years in a temporary location, the market will enter into its 20th year with a permanent home at Acadia University. The celebration will happen at the new Wednesday market, 4-7pm, with cake, product samples, flowers and commemorative wine glass for sampling for sale. The Saturday market […]
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Halifax bikers
Two teenage girls run over to three bikers who’ve just put their helmets on. “Hey, can we get a picture with you guys?” they ask, with huge smiles on their faces. “Sure, yeah, why not?” is the general consensus. The three friends, who were just about to leave the harbourside, wrap their arms around the […]
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MotorStorm: Apocalypse
This has potential as an intense racing game, but with a lame single player and no multiplayer—thanks, PlayStation Network outage—wait before picking this up. It’s not the fault of the game designers—Evolution Studios—that the PSN is down, eliminating online matches for now, but it is their fault for the crappy single player. The story is […]
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LA Noire (Rockstar)
LA Noire is one of the most impressive games in years. Not because of the graphical horsepower or the run-and-gun gameplay, but the realism and emotional attachment make it a gem to play. The player is Cole Phelps, a WWII hero who wants to make a difference in the LAPD. Starting as a beat cop, […]
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Dan For Mayor
Dan for Mayor has that guy from Corner Gas—Fred Ewanuick—bumbling around trying to figure out why he ran for mayor in the first place. Poor Dan feels like nobody takes him seriously in the town of Wessex. Might have something to do with spending all of his time in the local pub exchanging unfunny dialogue […]
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Plants vs. Zombies
It’s the zombie apocalypse! What are we going to do? The last thing a person would probably suggest is to line up a bunch of plants to protect yourself, but that’s exactly your goal in this entertaining tower defense game. Plants vs. Zombies is painfully addictive as you defend your home from progressively more aggressive […]
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Conduit 2
The sequel to 2009’s Wii exclusive shooter, The Conduit, improves on the series in every aspect imaginable, but the game still ends up feeling dated. The story of Conduit 2 picks up right after the end of the first game, focusing on Michael Ford as he combats aliens and humans to stop a sinister plot […]
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Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell 3D
Splinter Cell 3D is very similar to one of the most critically acclaimed parts in the series, Chaos Theory. This portable version, however, is clunky and awkward. All of the elements you’ve come to expect are here—creeping around in the dark, silently disabling enemies, using night vision—but the controls are awkward at the best of […]
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Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time
BWAAAAH!: Get used to it, you’ll be hearing it a lot if you decide to pick up this platformer/party game. Five years after the original Rayman’s Raving Rabbids, the crazy bunnies are at it again using slapstick humour and time-travelling (via washing machine) hijinks to get into some major trouble. The game is split up […]