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  • Fort Zombie (PC)
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    Fort Zombie (PC)

    Developed By: Kerberos Productions

    Published By: Paradox Plaza

    Release Date: October 2009

    Available on: PC

    Genre: RPG, Survival Horror

    Single Player

    ESRB Rating: Not rated but it should be M

    Retail Price: $9.95

    Thank you Gamers Gate for giving us this game to review.

    A disease has spread that turns people into zombies. Unless you've been living under a rock for the past few years, you know that zombies - have rotting flesh - eat brains - will attack any human that isn't a zombie.   Your name is Ben Riley and your goal is to locate survivors, food, medical supplies and ammunition from the deserted town. You must gather everyone and everything into your fort and defend it from the zombie apocalypse.

    The concept here is rather unique; it’s a survival horror game with RPG elements When you start the...

  • AstroDriller 3020
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    AstroDriller 3020 (PC)
    Developed By: Chronic Logic
    Published By: Tapout Games
    Release Date: June 2010
    Available on: PC, Mac
    Genre: Puzzle
    ESRB Rated: NR
    Single Player
    Retail Price: $9.95


    System Requirements
    Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 or OSX 10.3
    1.0 GHz processor
    512 Megabytes RAM
    OpenGL or DirectX compatible accelerated 3D video card

    Thank you Chronic Logic for giving us this game to review.

    AstroDriller 3020 takes place in the year 3020 and there’s lots of money to be made in collecting gems from outer space. The drillers drill out chunks of coloured rocks and your job is...

  • Tremulous (PC)
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    Tremulous (PC)
    Developed By: Dark Legions Development
    Available On: Linux, Mac, Windows
    Genre: Online FPS
    Multiplayer Only
    ESRB Rating: Not Rated

    System Requirements
    700MHz CPU
    256MB RAM
    32MB 3D graphics
    125MB HDD Space
    56K internet connection

    Tremulous is a free, open source, online first person shooter. It began in 2000 as a mod for Quake 3. In 2005, it was developed as an open source stand alone game. By being open source, anyone can use the code to contribute or use for their own purposes. The latest version as of this review is beta 1.2 which...

  • Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
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    Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
    Devloped By: TOSE
    Published By: Square Enix
    Release Date: September 2006
    Available on: DS
    ESRB Rating: E
    Single and Multiplayer (2 players)
    Genre: Adventure
    Retail Price: $14.00

    Those of you who have played Dragon Warrior/Quest games will remember that the slimes are the weakest enemies that you encounter in the series. This is the story of a slime named Rocket who saves his village of Boingburg from the evil plob. The story is pretty simple: Rocket and his friends were playing in the palace garden when they stumbled upon the Warrior Flute. They blew on it, which alerted the plob (mob, get it?) of its location and...

  • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (DS)
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    Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
    Developed By: AlphaTeam
    Published By: Nintendo
    Available on: DS
    Release Date: September 2009
    Genre: Platform RPG
    Single Player
    ESRB Rating: E 
    Retail Price: $35

    Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story is the third entry in the Mario and Luigi Series following Super Star Saga and Partners In Time. In this game you get to play as Mario, Luigi and Bowser. The story begins with many toads in mushroom kingdom becoming obese after eating a strange mushroom. This sickness is called "The Blorbs". The Princess and Starlow ask for Mario and Luigi's help in finding a cure. Their meeting at the town hall is quickly interrupted by Bowser who is...

  • Max and the Magic Marker
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    Max and the Magic Marker
    Developed by: Press Play
    Published By: TGC
    Release Date: January 2010
    Available on: PC, Mac, Wiiware
    Genre: Platformer
    Single Player
    ESRB Rating: E
    Retail Price: $20

    Thank you GamersGate for giving us this game to review!

    Max drew a monster with his magic marker and his creation came to life. Max must now catch up to him and defeat him. Armed only with his magic marker, Max must solve many puzzles blocking his way.

    Like many platformer games there are ledges to jump on and pits to jump over. What sets this game apart is that you can use the magic marker to draw objects to help you get past the obstacles blocking your path. The objects you draw will not come to life but will obey the laws of physics. For example if there’s...

  • Evochron Mercenary (PC)
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    Evochron Mercenary (PC)
    Developer/Publisher:StarWraith 3D Games
    Release Date: 
    ESRB Rating: Not rated.
    Available On: PC 
    Retail price: 24.95
    Genre: Freeform Spacebox Space-combat Simulator.
    Number of Players: 1 offline, up to 35 players online or over LAN

    System Requirements
    • OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
    • Processor: 2.0 Ghz or equivalent processor
    • Memory: 1.5GB System RAM 
    • DirectX: DirectX 9.0c
    • Graphics: 128mb video RAM and Shader Model 2.0 Minimum GeForce 6600
    • Hard Drive: 750mb or more free space
    • Input:...

  • Flatspace II: Rise of the Scarrid
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    Flatspace II: Rise of the Scarrid
    Developed by: Mark Sheeky
    Published By: Cornutopia Software
    Release Date: December 2005
    Available on: PC
    Genre: 3D Top down space trading and exploration.
    Single Player
    ESRB rating: Unavailable
    Retail price: $24.95

    System Requirements• OS: Windows® 95, 98, ME, NT, 200, XP, Vista, 7
    • CPU: 500 MHz Intel® Pentium® processor or equivalent AMD® Athlon™ processor 
    • RAM: 128MB
    • Video: 8 MB DirectX® compatible or better video card 
    • Available Hard Disk Space: Approx. 60 MB• Other: 3-button Mouse, Keyboard and Speakers.

    Flatspace II is a space trading game. It's the...

  • Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment (PS3)
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    Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgement
    Released: January 20, 2010
    ESRB Rating: T
    Available On: PS3; Xbox 360
    Genre: Strategy; Tactical RPG; Action/Adventure
    Number of Players: 1 
    Price: $14.99

    Final Fantasy Tactics is arguably the best tactical RPG ever. To this day it still holds that title in my book, even after playing Hijinx Studios’ newest RPG and prequel to the Vandal Hearts series, Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment.

    This doesn’t go to say that this game is bad. In fact, I thoroughly liked it. The guys over at Hijinx Studios (formerly dubbed PhoenixSoft) and Konami have both been developing games for a while (the latter being a little more popular than the former). From the revolutionary Game Boy Advance game, Boktai: The Sun...

  • Bob Came In Pieces
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    Bob Came In Pieces
    Developed By: Ludocity Interactive
    Published by: Ludocity Interactive
    Release Date: January 2010
    Available on: PC, Mac
    Genre: Puzzle
    Single Player
    ESRB Rating: Not rated
    Retail Price: $9.99

    System requirements

    • OS: Windows XP/Vista/7,OSX 10.4 or later
    • Processor: 2.4 Ghz or equivalent processor
    • Memory: 1GB System RAM (2GB recommended with Vista/7)
    • DirectX: DirectX 9.0c
    • Graphics: 128mb video RAM and Shader Model 2.0 Minimum GeForce 6600
    • Hard Drive: 500mb or...