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When it comes to purchasing a good pair of headphones things can become a bit confusing. Unless you’re an audiophile or know exactly what you’re looking for down to precise details nabbing a good pair of headphones can be a bit difficult this day and age. After all aside from the popular brand names like Sony and Bose there are new fangled “celeb” headphones from the likes of music legend Dr.

“Interactive drama”. That's the term David Cage, Heavy Rain's director uses to describe the experience on offer. It's not so much a game in the conventional sense of the word, but rather a story in which you control the lead characters' every action and decision. It's this  combined sense of freedom and control, couple with a terrific plot, that makes Heavy Rain so emotionally charged. Through an intuitive control scheme, you're drawn closer to it's characters than any traditional game could manage. It's precisely for this reason that you simply have to experience this game.

Back when I was a young wee lad Sega was an absolute powerhouse game and console manufacturer.  With the iconic Sonic the Hedgehog as their main franchise and company mascot Sega gave the mighty Nintendo some stiff competition in the early 90s.

With a game like Aliens vs. Predator it’s hard not to have an incredible amount of hype going given the nature and history of the series. When you release a game based around two huge franchises that happens to be a follow-up to a beloved PC game the anticipation amongst gamers old and new will be quite large. It’s almost to the point where the game may have the odds stacked against it since everyone already has their own vision of what the epic battle of Aliens vs. Predator should be like. So with that being said I expect some folks to be a bit let down by the Xenomorph vs. Predator vs.

Recently we were asked to review a new iPhone game for the band Shinobi Ninja out of New York City. For those of you who don’t know them (and I’ll be honest I didn’t prior to them emailing me) Shinobi Ninja is an independent rock/rap group which features lead singers DA and Baby Girl, bassist Jonny on the Rocks, drummer Terminator Dave, guitarist Maniac Mike, and DJ Axis Powers. Shinobi Ninja is an interesting fusion of rock, alternative and hip-hop party music.

From the moment it debut at the Spike Video Game Awards two years ago there has always been some form of controversy surrounding EA’s adaptation of the classic poem Dante’s inferno.  The first sticking point about the game many had was that it’s based on an amazing piece of literature that was seemingly being diluted into a standard hack and slash action game. Turning a poem of Dante’s Inferno caliber into a game seemed like one of those sacred things that simply shouldn’t be done.

Three years ago the Wii probably saw the release of one of the defining games for the system in the form of No More Heroes.  From acclaimed developer Suda 51 (Killer 7) and his company Grasshopper Manufacture, the game showed that mature titles on the Wii could work and along with that it was also a bloody good amount of fun that had a compelling story to go along with the uber violent hijinks that filled the game.  Now No More Heroes is back with a sequel that tries hard to top the first game and at times it does but at the end of the day NMH2 doesn't quite reach the same level o

When a new IP launches this generation there may not be a lot of hype for it but there’s always a certain amount of buzz and hope. In this day and age having an original game come out that not only looks interesting but is something that can be considered unique is almost an endangered species of sorts.

Creating a game which draws its influences from some of modern gaming’s biggest series is a bold move on the part of developer Vigil Games, but it’s certainly one that has paid off. By enlisting the help of artist Joe “Mad” Madureira the slick visual style on display in Darksiders alone is enough to make the game stand out. Add to that a combat system that’s as deep as it is rewarding along with a handful of massive boss battles and you have a game that goes well beyond the title of clone.

Two years ago we witnessed a special friendship between two men. Not only were they friends on and off the battlefield but they were also dudebros.  When you have a friend that you can fist bump, high-five and chest bump with after you kill 50 generic terrorists then that indeed is a special bond.  These two bro-tacular soldiers are Elliot Salem and Tyson Rios, the stars of EA’s Army of Two.  When Army of Two premiered two years ago it was somewhat unique as before there hadn’t been an action game to aggressively focus on co-op play, both with an A.I.

In this day and age vampires just aren’t what they used to be. Sure, they still have that mystique to them but for the most part they’ve been relegated to starring in the dreams of women, and surely a few men, due to the craze of Twilight and True Blood. For a good portion of their history aside from being romanticized vampires were also extremely deadly and frightening creatures that just didn’t fall in love with girls and sparkle in the sun.

One of the biggest things to hit the world of pop culture in the last thirty years was the Rubik’s Cube.  Somehow this simple toy captured the attention of the world as it became notorious as being impossible to solve.

Over the past decade there has never been a short supply of games set during WWII.  In fact there have probably been too many most of which bordered on mediocrity or were just retreads of what we’ve seen already.   Even a shift in military campaigns still left gamers craving for something else as playing as a soldier in an fps game is something that really wasn’t taken to the next level in terms of how immersive it is and originality.  Now after almost 10 years of essentially playing the same type of WWII game we finally have something that we haven’t seen or experienced

When you have a game in which the hero sprouts out sayings like “God damn c**k breath commie motherf*****,” or “I own your f****** soul you commie bitch” you know you’re either in for an awesome game, a goofy game, or a big piece of crap that looks like it was designed by people who failed at game design school.  In the case of Rogue Warrior from Rebellion Software and Bethesda it’s the last option as Rogue Warrior is the epitome of what makes a game bad.

I don’t think there has been a movie that has had the same amount of anticipation as Avatar.