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First off, I applaud your efforts. Games Workshop and their affiliates have embraced technology from day one. I remember playing Chaos Gate more than ten, maybe fifteen years ago, and loving it. I still find myself muttering “The heat of one thousand suns shall purify your soul!” when rolling dice for Rogue Trader and Dark [...]

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Like thousands of others, I waited with baited breath for the release of the second expansion pack for Fallout 3, called The Pitt. Fallout 3 is perhaps the best game I’ve played in years. When the Anchorage Assault  pack was released, I downloaded it within hours and blasted my way through.
Unfortunately, the same thing happened [...]

Rise of the Argonauts: Xbox 360

Posted: 26th February 2009 by Eric in reviews, video games
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I’m a classics geek. I admit it. I’m always picking up books written by ancient greeks and romans to add to my library. I’ve got quite a collection – Xenophon, Thucydides, Plato, Pliny, Cicero, Suetonius, Ovid, Homer, Virgil, et cetera. So, when ever I see a video game set in my favorite historical period, I [...]

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Re-learn the bushido, the hard way, in a world of super science and sword-wielding warriors: Afro Samurai for the Xbox 360