Black Mesa Review

http://www.google.com Black Mesa, a mod that was developed for the sole purpose of reworking the classic game “Half-Life”, is a free-to-download title that attempts to resurrect what made the game so great to begin with.  It’s a risky feat that begs the question, ‘Why tamper with a classic when the original is still readily available?’.  Does Black Mesa deliver a compelling argument to this question or does it fall a little short?   Black Mesa tackles level-progression in a very different way than most other first-person shooters or for the most part, games in general

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Review

When I first fired up Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for the PC, I was admittedly a little disappointed.  It all felt like groundwork for what could be a good game.  Thankfully, that was back about 2 weeks ago when the game first launched.  Since then the game has absolutely exploded in user-created content.  I finally understand why Valve didn't fill up the game with new maps and modes.  There is absolutely no need to. All Valve had to do was create a nicer looking engine, balance the weapons, tinker with the UI and then call it a day.  They had to creat

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New Super Mario Bros. 2 Review

New Super Mario Bros. 2 for the 3DS does a bunch of things right.  In fact there isn't really much of anything particularly wrong with the game.  But that doesn't exactly mean it does anything spectacular. Which really is my main complaint with New Super Mario Bros. 2.  It plays it too safe to the chest and as a result I ended up being pretty bored throughout my entire play-through of the game. Alright, so when playing a 2D Mario game you probably shouldn't expect a reinventing of the wheel.  But I just expected a little something more.  Intstead I felt like I

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