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Eternal Champions: Challenge From the Dark Side – Sega CD
Action Zero examines one of his favorite games from the Sega CD – Eternal Champions: Challenge From the Dark Side – and describes the elements of the game that helped it become more than just another violent fighting game in his eyes.
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Mario Kart 8 3.0 (DLC) – Wii U
The latest update to Mario Kart 8, officially rendering it “ver. 3.0,” adds 3 new characters, 4 new karts, and 8 new courses. Additions include Link, courses themed with elements from F-Zero, Excitebike, and The Legend of Zelda. An unquestionably worthwhile update to anyone’s Mario Kart 8 experience!
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Persona 3 Portable – Sony PSP
Nerd Bacon writer student 20 praises Persona 3 Portable on the PSP as an excellent, if disturbing, RPG.
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The Swapper – Wii U
A solid puzzle platformer with obvious influences from Portal, The Swapper is a decent game of it’s style.
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Alien: Isolation – Xbox 360
In space, no one can hear you scream, but when you’re playing Alien: Isolation with NerdBacon’s InfiniteKnife, this is definitely not the case. Come aboard Sevastopol Station as Amanda Ripley tries to discover what happened to her mother, Ellen and survive the nightmare along the way. You’ll want to have the lights off for this one.
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Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master – Sega Genesis
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master sees the master Ninjitsu ninja Joe Musashi return to take on the evil crime syndicate, Neo Zeed. Featuring improved gameplay, outstanding music, and incredible graphics, Shinobi III is arguably the pinnacle of the series.
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Monster Party – NES
Nerd Bacon author ChronoSloth reviews what may possibly be the most unapologetically weird NES game of all time. Have your baseball bat ready, as tons of ridiculous monsters await you in this 1989 horror-comedy platformer.
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Dead Space 3 – PC
Things get cold and ugly as Proto Joe reviews Dead Space 3, a third person shooter that seems to have forgotten it comes from a survival horror franchise. Where’d all the scares go? Strap into your winter suits and read on.
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Ghosthunter – PlayStation 2
If you’ve got a Halloween hangover, “Ghosthunter” might just be the hair of the dog that bit you. Or, it might not. It’s going to be one or the other. Not quite terrifying and not quite a Saturday morning cartoon, its lush visuals, unparallelled atmospheres, precise controls and buckets of charm all work against recurring clunky design moments that have you floating aimlessly in the next dimension, or pacing in circles.
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Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly – PlayStation 2
The second a far superior game in this groundbreaking survival horror franchise, Fatal Frame follows Mayo and Mio Amakura two young twins who are lost a lost village. Loosely based around a Shinto “Shrine Maiden” ritual Mio comes across all kinds of aggressive spirits all bent on preventing her from saving her sister. Players control Mio as she wanders through the lost village, killing spirits by taking pictures of their souls with her camera obscura.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent – PC
THEbipolarbear of Nerd Bacon reviews one of the most unsettling games ever, Amnesia, which strives to make you just as insane as the the protagonist.
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Haunted House – Atari 2600
It was a dark and stormy night. A dark, four-story house filled with three pieces of a magical urn, a ghastly ghost with unfinished business, four tarantulas and a vampire bat loomed in the distance. Sound like a party? The bash is on your Atari 2600. But can any real sense of dread be culled from the rustic ole 2600? Enter the mansion and find out.
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The Evil Within – PlayStation 3
The Evil Within is the highly anticipated survival horror game that comes from the father of “Resident Evil” Shinji Mikami. It’s brutal, disgusting, crazy, scary and more. Steroid Gamer, almost went into cardiac arrest playing the game for Nerd Bacon’s review. Well, maybe not that close, but his heart did pick up the pace while playing this title.
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Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones – Wii U (eShop)
Stealth Inc. 2 is an interesting mix of Metroid style platforming and Portal style puzzle solving. It’s a very interesting game and definitely worth the price point, but the Adventure Light really sucks.
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Zombie Farm Battles – iOS
Nerd Bacon’s Justicescooby continues his review of the Playforge Games LLC’s Zombie Farm mobile series with his favorite installment, the free CCG strategy game Zombie Farm Battles!
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