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For those who’ve been gnawing their fingers bloody waiting for something as compulsive as Angry Birds, a new edition is now available. Bummer then that this version of the game is tied to the 20th Century Fox animated movie Rio, out April 15, and there are no smug porkers in sight. Instead our pissed-off poultry’s […]

The Arrival is the last piece of downloadable content for Mass Effect 2 before the winter release of Mass Effect 3. Unfortunately, this content was not the best that could be added to Commander Shepard’s experience, but it wasn’t terrible. Arrival is basically a rescue mission that goes slightly awry and Shepard doesn’t have any […]

Super Street Fighter IV has been around for awhile, but it’s never been seen quite like this. At its core it is a side-view action-fighting game very similar to the console versions, but this time there’s a 3D effect giving the game a sense of depth. Backgrounds truly look further away than the characters, which […]

Red Dead Redemption is perhaps the greatest game to take place in the Wild West—the desert feels both cinematic and organic. With death around every corner, it doesn’t matter if it’s the bandits or the bears; you have to keep your wits about you. The main character and the person you’ll be controlling is John […]

Undead Nightmare takes everything that was good about the original game and twists it into a needless apocalyptic mess. John Marston is at the centre of a full-blown zombie invasion and he must single-handedly find out what is going on and try to prevent it from spreading. Gone are the well-developed characters and the story-driven […]

The third part of Microsoft’s fantasy role-playing game, Fable III, should be better and bigger than its predecessors, but the series has taken a step backwards. Your character is the prince or princess of Albion and your kingdom is adjusting to the industrial age. Don’t worry—magic and swords are still a huge part of this […]

Yes, this game came out a while ago. But if you are looking for a reason to dust off your Wii and haven’t tried Super Mario Galaxy 2 yet—it doesn’t get any better than this. This Mario game is in the 3D tradition of Super Mario 64 with a variety of levels allowing players to […]

Disclaimer: This is a highly addictive game, and you may be wishing you never heard of it after you try it. I knew I was in trouble when I was playing it while brushing my teeth, shaving and other tasks. The player controls a video game studio, developing games on a range of consoles including the […]

The best game of last year, Mass Effect 2, is now available on the PS3. So now you have no excuse not to buy this game. You play as Commander Shepard and have unprecedented freedom to play and control your own space opera. Whether you want the main character to be male, female, a psychic, […]

On March 27, 2002, Tim Leary was on time for his 1pm appointment with the province’s deputy minister of tourism, culture and heritage. After waiting patiently, the executive director of the Nova Scotia Arts Council was ushered into a meeting room with the deputy minister and a lawyer, who handed him two pieces of paper. […]

Angry Birds is one of the most popular mobile games in history (don’t worry, Tetris, you’re safe—for now) especially on the iPhone and iPad. But how does it fare on a home console? Angry Birds can be purchased on the PlayStation Store for $3.99 and you would think, since it costs more than its iOS […]