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Thu, 24 May 2012 17:23:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://calitreview.com/26720 http://calitreview.com/26720#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 16:35:35 +0000 Laura Buttrick http://calitreview.com/?p=26720 http://calitreview.com/26720/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/26656 http://calitreview.com/26656#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 04:37:55 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=26656 http://calitreview.com/26656/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/26543 http://calitreview.com/26543#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 23:13:05 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=26543 http://calitreview.com/26543/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/26515 http://calitreview.com/26515#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 13:35:32 +0000 Laura Buttrick http://calitreview.com/?p=26515 Pandora’s Tower suffers deeply from this refusal to move on.]]> http://calitreview.com/26515/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/25951 http://calitreview.com/25951#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 01:49:09 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=25951 http://calitreview.com/25951/feed 5 http://calitreview.com/26206 http://calitreview.com/26206#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 13:49:20 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=26206 Paper Mario and Echochrome both used similar mechanics) the concept has never been more meaningfully implemented than in Fez. Not only is it a neat way to make this game different from other platformers, but it’s also a metaphor of the theme of the game – changing your perspective on life in order to achieve enlightenment.]]> http://calitreview.com/26206/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/26160 http://calitreview.com/26160#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 11:13:41 +0000 Laura Buttrick http://calitreview.com/?p=26160 http://calitreview.com/26160/feed 2 http://calitreview.com/25421 http://calitreview.com/25421#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:28:40 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=25421 http://calitreview.com/25421/feed 10 http://calitreview.com/25623 http://calitreview.com/25623#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:12:46 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=25623 http://calitreview.com/25623/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/25569 http://calitreview.com/25569#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:31:27 +0000 Laura Buttrick http://calitreview.com/?p=25569 http://calitreview.com/25569/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/23627 http://calitreview.com/23627#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:02:32 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=23627 http://calitreview.com/23627/feed 2 http://calitreview.com/25138 http://calitreview.com/25138#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2012 13:01:25 +0000 Laura Buttrick http://calitreview.com/?p=25138 Binary Domain portrays such a future; a world in which technological development has become so advanced that among humans walk robots which look to be of flesh and blood, which have real memories, lead real lives and possess no knowledge of their true origin. Beneath the skin of these Hollow Children beats no heart, but as they are gunned down one by one throughout the game’s narrative it is called into question who the real monsters are in this story.]]> http://calitreview.com/25138/feed 3 http://calitreview.com/24673 http://calitreview.com/24673#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:36:21 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=24673 Mass Effect 3. As the credits scrolled I again sat silent in the dark, dumbstruck by what I had beheld. Not out of the bittersweet satisfaction that comes with the conclusion to any story, but in the confusion and anger that occurs when you’ve witnessed a crime you could do nothing to stop.]]> http://calitreview.com/24673/feed 104 http://calitreview.com/23320 http://calitreview.com/23320#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 05:09:27 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=23320 http://calitreview.com/23320/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/24191 http://calitreview.com/24191#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:00:49 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=24191 GCI’s extreme customization options are nice, but aside from the “psychological profiles” option rewarding play styles that match disorders found in the DSM-IV, it’s not that unique. No, the big meaty difference here are the slipshod, homebrew gadgets that each of the imposters employ. From springy moon-boots, a pop-out hang glider, and a hand-cranked grapple gun, all of Batman’s traversal gadgets are present in a garage built form. ]]> http://calitreview.com/24191/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/23899 http://calitreview.com/23899#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:08:54 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=23899 http://calitreview.com/23899/feed 1 http://calitreview.com/23386 http://calitreview.com/23386#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:33:00 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=23386 AMY squanders more potential than a philosophy student. Especially to me, as the game combines a favorite genre, Survival Horror, with a favorite game, ICO, and adds a dash of novelty by using a character you don’t often get to play as: an average woman ill-prepared for combat using her cunning to get by.]]> http://calitreview.com/23386/feed 2 http://calitreview.com/23069 http://calitreview.com/23069#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:11:17 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=23069 http://calitreview.com/23069/feed 5 http://calitreview.com/22895 http://calitreview.com/22895#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:54:27 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=22895 http://calitreview.com/22895/feed 6 http://calitreview.com/22718 http://calitreview.com/22718#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:59:57 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=22718 http://calitreview.com/22718/feed 8 http://calitreview.com/22567 http://calitreview.com/22567#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:30:43 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=22567 http://calitreview.com/22567/feed 5 http://calitreview.com/22303 http://calitreview.com/22303#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:04:51 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=22303 http://calitreview.com/22303/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/22165 http://calitreview.com/22165#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:50:35 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=22165 Skyrim is definitely not going to be your cup of mead. ]]> http://calitreview.com/22165/feed 15 http://calitreview.com/21555 http://calitreview.com/21555#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:26:49 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=21555 Red Dawn (MW2). Now it’s up to the player to take control of various soldiers (some of whom will perish) in order to wrest Soviet control of America’s eastern seaboard and traipse around the world trying to prevent the war from going all-out nuclear while it still rages throughout Europe.]]> http://calitreview.com/21555/feed 4 http://calitreview.com/21238 http://calitreview.com/21238#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:04:01 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=21238 Batman Arkham City can still be summarily broken down to one simple fact: it’s more Batman Arkham Asylum, with improvements across the board, more characters, and a better plot. Considering that game is deservedly hailed as one of the greatest things to come out of England since The Beatles, that’s not only an endorsement for you to simply go and enjoy it for yourself, it’s also my guarantee to end up as “Best Game of the Year” barring some sort of “Second Coming of Samus.”]]> http://calitreview.com/21238/feed 2 http://calitreview.com/20983 http://calitreview.com/20983#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 13:00:17 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=20983 Ghouls and Ghosts levels of “totally not worth it”? Because while it may be one of the most nightmarishly crafted experiences in gaming that you will encounter, it’s also one of the most amazingly executed. The world is truly breathtaking, and the combat is beyond superb with surprising depth while maintaining functional simplicity.]]> http://calitreview.com/20983/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/20258 http://calitreview.com/20258#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 21:22:59 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=20258 http://calitreview.com/20258/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/20225 http://calitreview.com/20225#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:32:52 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=20225 Gears of War back in 2006. Maybe it was the original trailer featuring a lone soldier walking through ruined cities, fighting a war he had no hope of winning against unending waves of monsters while the Gary Jules cover of “Mad World” plays, sealing a sense of hopelessness into a scant minute.]]> http://calitreview.com/20225/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/19809 http://calitreview.com/19809#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:38:52 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=19809 http://calitreview.com/19809/feed 1 http://calitreview.com/19739 http://calitreview.com/19739#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:37:55 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=19739 Deus Ex: Human Revolution still works. All of the individual parts, while disparate in nature and wildly varying in quality, come together to create an experience far greater than any individual aspect. In fact, I’m going to reveal the biggest reason for this viewpoint: I can’t put this game down.]]> http://calitreview.com/19739/feed 1