The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

A long time ago there lived an emperor of China. He was so fierce that he earned the title of the Dragon Emperor. After a curse was placed on him that encased him in clay, he was laid to rest in his tomb, only to be discovered by Alex O’Conner, the son of the great explorer Rick O’Conner. Now the Dragon Emperor has risen, and with the aide of General Yang, he intends to rise again to immortality.

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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Review

The Galactic Empire now has complete control over the galaxy. The Jedi Knights have managed to escape Imperial forces, and ran into hiding across the galaxy. Emperor spies have located one of the hiding Jedi Knights; Darth Vader has ordered you to find this Jedi Knight and destroy him.

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Quantum of Solace Review

James Bond, a secret agent with exceptional skills. Bond has done a variety of missions in the course of his life, under the direction of M. His latest mission has put him right in the middle of an international espionage. Bond is out for revenge on a man known as Mr. White, who is responsible for the killing of Bond’s finance. In his quest for revenge Bond travels the world in search of Mr. White, and encounters many enemies, as well as a fellow ally that can get him closer to Mr. White.

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Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games Review

Welcome to the city of Vancouver, a place where gentle waves flow from the Pacific Ocean and majestic peaks can be seen from miles away. This year the West Coast Canadian city along with the ski resort of Whistler will host the winter games. You will see events such as alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, and sliding. A new Olympic sport will be held this year called ski cross, in which skiers’ race down a steep, tight winding course. In Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games, players get to experience the thrill of competing in the Olympic Winter Games. So grab your favorite character, and compete in games such as:

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Halo 3 Review

The year is 2552; an alien civilization known as the Covenant continues to plague humanity by firing ringlike weapons around the galaxy known as Halos. Spartan-117-aslo known as Master Chief found one of these worlds and destroyed it. When trouble brewed at a second Halo world, an all-out civil war erupted between the Covenant and humanity. The Covenant then unleashed their most powerful weapon: the Flood. The Covenant then discovered the location of Earth, and intends to use the Halo network to destroy the galaxy. With the aide of the Elites, Master Chief must stop the Covenant from destroying Earth and the rest of the galaxy.

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Batman Arkham Asylum Review

Batman has been one of the most beloved characters in all of DC Comics. Everyone loved the storyline behind the character. Here is a child named Bruce Wayne who witnessed his parents’ murder, and after some time decided to take that anger and rage, and use it against criminals who plagued Gotham City.

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Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues Review

Here in Newark, most people believe that Lego games are just for kids, and are not really made for adults. On the other hand, adults who have played Lego games such as Lego Batman, Lego Star Wars, and Lego Indiana Jones have found that the gameplay in these games are similar to that of most third person action-adventure puzzle-solving games, but with an added twist.

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Wii Game Party 3 Review

When you walk into an arcade, you see games like Skill ball, Basketball shot, Football toss, Puck bowling, Billiards, and other arcade games. After playing these games, you wish that you could always play them at home; well, if you had a Wii, and Wii Game Party 3, you can now experience the thrill of these arcade games right in your own home. Wii Game Party 3 offers the same arcade games found in real arcades, with a few additions:

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Banjo-Kazooie Review

When you think of a classic game, you think of a game that has an amazing storyline, a great adventure, and well-done graphics. You also think of a game where players can have a fun experience. Well, Banjo-Kazooie has all of these elements, which makes it a classic game. First off, the storyline is a class one; a kidnapping has occurred. The evil Gruntilda has kidnapped Banjo’s sister, and intends to steal her beauty to make herself more beautiful. In order to save her, Banjo has to enter Gruntilda’s lair, and collect puzzles pieces

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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Review

To start off, here is a breakdown of the storyline: the Middle East is in peril; Russian troops have invaded the Middle East. Your objective: secure nuclear vessels, and uncover the name and possible location of the money man funding nuclear and conventional weapon purchases to support Al-Asad’s growing militia. Along the way, you find out that Russian Ultranationalist Ivan Petrovich has played a key role in supporting Al-Asad’s efforts in the Middle East. You then find out that there is a key base of operations in the Russian Caucasus. After further conversation, you discover an abandoned factory where the nuclear device is being held. Your next task is to locate and secure the nuclear device. You eventually learn that Imran Zakhaev is behind a military operation to deploy nuclear missiles. Your final mission: stop the nuclear strike, and escape with the nuke

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Super Mario Galaxy 2 Review

When players first played Super Mario Galaxy, they were intrigued by the concept of this game, which was similar to the original Super Mario game for the Nintendo 64: Princess Peach has been kidnapped by Bowser; in order to save her, Mario has to explore various worlds, and collect power stars. This same concept exists in Super Mario Galaxy 2; you have to collect power stars, but instead of exploring various worlds, you are exploring various galaxies.

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Fifa 2008 Review

The crowd is hyped; the noise is so loud that you can barely hear your cleats on the grass. As you walk onto the grass, you can smell the freshness of it, and the whiteness of the chalk lines on the field. The game is about to start in a few moments; you see your opponents walk onto the field and get into their positions.

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NHL 08 Review

EA sports have been one of the top companies to produce sports games for major gaming consoles, as well as for the computer. When EA sports make these games, the one thing they try to focus on is realism. They try to make every sports game feel as real as possible by mimicking every realistic move that exists in each of these sports game. Well, in NHL 08, you can do all the same moves you see in real hockey.

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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Review

In most Grand Theft Auto games, Rockstar Games has used the theme of a sandbox world to give players the freedom to explore the worlds as they see fit. Well, in Grand theft Auto: San Andreas, Rockstar Games has chosen to continue this theme, and start the game off by dropping players in the main character’s home town. From there, after you do a few missions, you have the freedom to do what you want. You can grab any vehicle you can find, and just start driving around until you make it to a different part of the town or to a new city entirely.

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Unreal Tournament III Review

The best aspect about Unreal Tournament games is playing in Unreal worlds. The worlds look very unique, especially the terrain. Every world also had a unique skybox. Another interesting aspect is the weapons; some of the weapons are real, and some aren’t real. Unreal Tournament III continues this successful concept of creating unreal worlds, and unreal weapons. This game features the classic tournament types, with two new editions: vehicle capture the flag and warfare. The classic weapons still exist, such as the bio rifle, the shock rifle, the link gun, the flak cannon, and the rocket launcher.

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BioShock Review

Rapture, a beautiful underwater city once filled with normal people and the world’s best and brightest scientists. Since these scientists had no limitations, they can do all kinds of experiments; one of their most important breakthroughs was ADAM. ADAM was then modified into Plasmids and Gene Tonics. The city of Rapture then took a turn for the worst; by using too much Plasmids and Gene Tonics, the citizens of Rapture turned into crazy people.

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Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days Review

How do define a fantastic duo; is it two people who have each other’s back? Is it two people who will come rushing to the other one’s side if he or she is pinned down by three guys with machine guns? Mostly, a fantastic duo has both these attributes, and with these attributes a team can be very effective when it comes to incredible odds.

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Frontlines: Fuel of War review

You are poised for battle; you are standing behind a brick wall that has been scorched by several tanks blasts. You hear several footsteps coming towards you; as the footsteps get closer, you feel like this is your final moment. You’re about to spin around the wall and empty your entire clip into the enemy, but then you realize that you have no ammo left, so what do you do?

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Wanted: Weapons of fate Game Review

Wesley Gibson was a regular man with a regular job, until the day that a woman changed his life forever. Now Wesley is a trained assassin for the Chicago Fraternity. When he finds out that his father, Cross, was murdered, Wesley begins to do several missions in preparation to kill the man who killed his father. In the end, Wesley meets up with the murderer; moments after shooting him, Wesley learns that the murderer was actually his father. After destroying the fraternity, Wesley sets out to discover the truth about the Fraternity

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WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 Game Review

When you watch professional wrestling, you see muscle-bound men in a variety of costumes walk down an entrance ramp; perform whatever pose they do, and then wrestle. The most popular wrestling on television today is World Wrestling Entertainment. The most popular shows are Raw and Smackdown. On these shows, you see superstars such as John Cena, Randy Orton, Undertaker, and Edge.

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The Godfather 2 Game Review

The Don of your family has been killed while attending a major meeting in Havana. Now is it up to you to act as the Don of the Corleone family, and build your family into a symbol of untouchable power. Along the way, you clash with other families, who also want that symbol of untouchable power. So in order to gain this symbol, you have to destroy the other families by taking over all their businesses or rackets as they are called in the game

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Saint's Row 2 game review

In the original Saint’s Row, the saints were the rightful kings of Stillwater, until other gangs came in and claimed their right as kings of Stillwater. The saints were then decrowned and thrown back onto the streets of Stillwater. Now it’s time for the Saints to take back the streets of Stillwater, and you are the chosen leader. As the leader, it is your mission to restore the Saints as the kings of Stillwater, by any means necessary

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GTA IV game review

When Niko Bellic left from Europe with his cousin Roman, they dreamed that they could find fortune in Liberty City, which to them was the gateway to the land of opportunity. As they get involved in the criminal underworld, they soon discover that their dream is in fact just a dream. In Liberty City, if you have money you can prosper, and if you don’t then you better watch your back

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Alan Wake Game Review

Alan Wake is a novelist who writes suspense novels, and has sold many copies. He decides that he needs a change of scenery, so he moves to Bright Falls, Washington. Everything seems very peaceful until events start taking place that mirror one of his horrific intense novels. When he tries to escape this horror with his finance, he finds himself caught up in a sinister mystery. As the darkness closes in around him, Alan’s only hope of survival is to stay in the light and escape the darkness.

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Madden 11 Game Review

Football is a game of skill and practice. In football, the only way to win is to have a strong defense and a strong offense. Also, having good plays ensures that you can pick up a win. Football is a very intense game; when you have the ball, you have to try to run past all your opponents, and make it to your opponent’s endzone. When EA sports made Madden games, they try to make it feel as intense as possible, and with Madden 11 that level of intensity has been achieved.

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Mirror’s Edge Game Review

In a utopian city, there are agile couriers who move information that is heavily monitored on foot throughout the city. These couriers are called runners. One of these runners is named Faith. Faith discovers that her sister has been framed for a terrible crime, and now she has to run from opponents determined to hunt her down. In Mirror’s Edge, you play as Faith, a runner who has the ability to leap from rooftop to rooftop. Faith also has the ability to run at incredible speeds, which allow her to leap across far rooftops.

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