Good games are rare things all on their own. For example, of the hundreds of titles available for the XBox 360, I own maybe twenty or so and have played less than a hundred (Gamefly rules!). So when a truly great game comes along, it's definitely memorable. The thing is that ...

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As if you needed any other reason, here's the debut trailer for what promises to be one of the cooler games in 2008 - Lego Batman. Oh yeah. -K

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Last night I finally finished Assassin's Creed, a game set during the Third Crusade. You play Altair, an assassin who has been sent to strike at the leadership of three key cities (Acre, Damascus and Jerusalem). Along the way, you discover your missions have far more ramifications than you had ...

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Burnout is back and (as the cliche goes) better than ever. Seriously. Most iterations of games are incremental advancements. Maybe one or two new mechanics are introduced, but for the most part, whatever formula made the original sequel-worthy continues to drive subsequent releases. Rarely does a developer take the chance by ...

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Bioshock was released last week, so on Friday I picked up a copy at the local Best Buy and spent the weekend playing it moderately. First, the basics. It's a first-person shooter with some role-playing elements thrown in for good measure. You play the survivor of a plane crash in the ...

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