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Wii U combines best of both worlds, offers fun for casual, hardcore gamers

Wii U combines best of both worlds, offers fun for casual, hardcore gamers

By Roy Herrera | November 18, 2012

The time has finally arrived. No, not the time to worry about our finals in three weeks, but the time to move on to the next generation of consoles. It was only a matter of time until the new gaming consoles would be released. On Sunday, Nintendo released...

New bundle offers Doom game classics

By Roy Herrera | October 16, 2012

As Halloween gets closer, TV channels are showing marathons of popular scary movies like Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street. While the movies are great and scary, they can’t provide a frightening experience like a video game can. Survivor...

This video game image released by Bungie Studios shows a scene from "Halo Reach." (AP Photo/Bungie Studios)

‘Halo: Reach’ worth grabbing for

By Joshua Michaelson | September 20, 2010

Rating: 4.5/5.0 "Halo" is a series that could be considered just as big as "Madden" in terms of hype and appreciation from the general masses. So, it's only natural that "Halo: Reach" would be an incredibly big deal. This importance of the game is only...

Two different thoughts on the ‘Madden’ Series

By Tony Martin and Joshua Michaelson | August 25, 2010

Tony Martin  John Madden football. The name itself conjures up hours upon hours of wasted time on a couch, achy trigger fingers, and countless empty soda cans and half-smoked cigarettes. "Madden" is not only an annual rite of passage, but a cult of gamers...