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The long-running Resident Evil series has had its ups and downs over the years, as it hovers on the line between survival-horror and action-adventure. The latest entry continues this awkward, yet enjoyable, trend. Revelations plays and looks like a console game, a pretty solid feat for the 3DS hardware. The controls do leave a little […]

Pushmo is one of those clever little games that can be both relaxing and make you want to hurl your 3DS against the wall. The story doesn’t make much sense but that doesn’t matter, the point of the game is to solve different puzzles by pulling out blocks in order to make platforms appear so […]

When a science experiment goes terribly wrong and a grey goo nano-machine gets loose there are serious implications—and that’s even before the nano-machine finds a time machine. Tasty Planet: Back For Seconds puts you in control of said grey blob as you gradually eat your way through each level, starting with incredibly small objects like […]

Mass Effect 3 brings the greatest science fiction series in recent memory to close with emotion and incredible depth, its controversial ending a brilliant finale to BioWare’s three-part opus. The final chapter of the Mass Effect series (although BioWare and EA are promising more to come) has the player creating or continuing their own protagonist, […]

Mario Kart has been around since the Super Nintendo days, hasn’t changed too much over the years. This iteration—the first in 3D—adds a few things to a tried and true formula. Karts can now soar through the air or submerge underwater, opening up new possibilities for shortcuts around the tracks. Some new items have been […]

It’s always upsetting when a sequel to a promising game falls on its face, which is sadly what happened to SWTFU2. The first game in the series was not perfect, but there was so much potential for greatness with the action adventure game where the player controls Starkiller, a Jedi with force powers on overdrive. […]

Apparently I have no rhythm, a prerequisite to playing this game. Rhythm Heaven Fever is a collection of mini-games that requires you to keep the beat with interesting scenarios happening on screen, similar to its DS predecessor. The controls are simple, you just have to worry about the A and B buttons on the Wii […]

What does it mean to be human, and at what point does one shed their humanity? That is the theme constantly being asked throughout the story of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. You play as Adam Jensen, head of security for a major human augmentation firm, until a conspiracy unravels from all sides, and you jet […]

Give what you can, take what you need, that’s the way Halifax’s Really Really Free Market works. No bartering, no trading…and not a penny exchanged. Really, you don’t have to bring a thing but yourself. “I think it makes you realize, even if you don’t have any extra ‘stuff,’ or even a roof over your […]

Although Mario Kart 7 has its charms, those wanting a more realistic racing experience need look no further than the latest entry in the high-octane Forza Motorsport series. Forza 4 delivers a fully flushed out racing simulator with more cars and game modes than you could ever want. What stands out the most are the […]

Edith MacDonald lived in Africville and worked at a convenience store, and she was also a masterful painter. “She was an artist active in Africville when most people didn’t think there were any,” says artist and curator David Woods. “Nobody knows much about her work, but she was painting at the end of the 19th […]

Mario is probably the biggest name in video games. Part of that reason is an impeccable track record for making high-quality games. The Italian plumber continues that trend in his latest 3D platformer. Combining classic side scrolling seen in New Super Mario Bros and the open-world 3D style from Super Mario Galaxy, this is probably […]