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If you are looking for a merely OK game to play, this is it. All-Stars manages to combine the frantic play of Super Smash Bros. and the strategic combos of Street Fighter, but not all that successfully. The frantic play is destroyed by few arenas that allow ring outs, leaving all the kills to super […]

The second-last episode of The Walking Dead game series ups the ante in terms of action and tough choices. Your team has made it Savannah, Georgia in hopes that they’ll be able to find a boat to go…somewhere, but naturally things aren’t that easy. You’ll be on the hunt for a way to sea, while […]

Developers 343 Industries took every second of the three year development time to make a breathtaking game. Halo 4 takes place four years after 3, where Master Chief’s AI Cortana is reaching the end of her life. Together they set out to find a way to keep Cortana alive. Throughout the game you see a […]

Angry Birds didn’t take long to steal the spotlight back from their swine nemeses, recently featured in the well executed Bad Piggies. This is still very much a classic Angry Birds experience, with a few new tweaks to keep it fresh. Most of those tweaks are borrowed from the Star Wars universe. The birds have […]

The Nintendo Wii has sadly suffered a slow, painful descent into obscurity. But in the console’s final moments, one game hopes to squeeze some gameplay out of the little white box. The Last Story mixes up the somewhat stagnant Japanese role-playing game genre in many ways. From the real-time combat system to the focused storyline, […]

Assassin’s Creed III is a gaming experience few others can match. Though the gameplay has not evolved too much from previous games in the series (follow this guy and kill that guy), the world in which the game takes place is breathtaking. This is the first Assassin’s game to really explore a developing world. After […]

The tables have turned on the Angry Birds—now it’s time for those bizarre green pigs to hog the spotlight (see what I did there?). And it turns out that the egg-stealing bad guys can star in their own game no problem. This time, instead of flinging, you’ll be building. Each level has you creating different […]

Gearbox Software took everything we loved about Borderland (guns, irreverent humour, more guns) and made it even better. The planet of Pandora is the perfect location for this interstellar spaghetti western—it’s been mined and taken over by several mega-corporations, the latest being Hyperion and its ldictator Handsome Jack, who provides some of the best humour […]

FTL almost immediately impresses with its retro look and feel and the often punishing difficulty. Fans of science fiction will definitely want to check out this addictive spaceship simulator. Some may turn their noses up at a game that only has a single-player campaign, but it’s not a detriment, it’s incredibly re-playable; in fact you’ll […]

Mario, maybe you’ve heard of him? Italian guy with a moustache and red hat? He’s back, again. And it’s fun, again. But I’ll be honest, it’s starting to feel a bit tired. You play as Mario, jumping around platforms and squashing goombas. There’s a certain serene simplicity about it that makes it incredibly joyful and […]

A regular sight in Japan’s Harajuku district, flamboyant Lolita styles are turning heads in Halifax. Jacob Boon sizes up the small, strong scene. Most of the people at the Halifax Forum this balmy Saturday afternoon are dressed for the heat. But several young women are gathered in a slightly more demure fashion. They’re Halifax’s Lolitas, […]