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The Thing – Review

By Brad Gallaway on September 10, 2002 - 11:00pm.
With the dawning of online play for consoles this year, a big selling point is that players will get the chance to interact with live people for an increased human element in games. The idea has merit, but in my opinion videogames that take place offline haven't done more than scratch the surface of offering similar experiences through simulation and programming.
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Deus Ex: The Conspiracy – Review

By Gene Park on September 10, 2002 - 11:00pm.
A bum walks up to me and begs for me to kill him. Because its just a game, I shoot him in the face, and then he screams and falls dead. That is a scenario that would be described by some people as funny, especially with the unattractive character models, unrealistic blood and in a post-Grand Theft Auto III context.
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Virtua Fighter 4 – Second Opinion

By Chi Kong Lui on September 10, 2002 - 11:00pm.
The Virtua Fighter series has always presented itself with a greater sense of dignity and realism than other fighting games that usually take the anime-fantasy theme route, but the latest sequel of the series exposes the hand-to-hand martial arts simulator label to be more hyperbole than substance.
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Dead To Rights – Review

By Chi Kong Lui on September 3, 2002 - 11:00pm.
Despite being rated mature (meaning this game is supposedly for adults), Dead To Rights has no such experience or ambition. It is a mere sheep in wolves clothing that uses only the most socially timid and comfortable clichés like cigarettes-for-trade and prison escape maps to paint a PG-rated teen-friendly novelty amusement park interpretation of prison life.
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Way of the Samurai – Second Opinion

By Gene Park on August 6, 2002 - 11:00pm.
To illustrate his experience with Way Of The Samurai, Chi compared the game to John Woo films, specifically Hard-Boiled. The film is used to indicate his feelings that there are underlying themes of loyalty, morality and honor. I also thought of an influential filmmaker and film while playing this game. Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing was always on my mind.
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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Xbox) – Review

By Mike Doolittle on July 30, 2002 - 11:00pm.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, from developer Bethesda Softworks, often seems so much like a full days work that it's easy to forget its just a game.
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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (PC) – Review

By Guest Critic on July 30, 2002 - 11:00pm.
It takes a particular kind of mindset to really enjoy a game like Morrowind. You really have to get what the designers are trying to do and understand why they avoid what seem like more obvious alternatives. Like the two previous games of the Elder Scrolls series, Morrowind has its sights set on one goal: to provide us, the players, with all the limitless possibility our finite little minds can comprehend.
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Way of the Samurai – Review

By Chi Kong Lui on July 16, 2002 - 11:00pm.
Way Of The Samurai is like an interactive Woo film in that forces players to make tough decisions regarding loyalty, morality, and honor much like the one Alan made in Hard-Boiled. And much like a Woo film, the game resolves its conflicts with blood-drenched violence.
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King's Field: The Ancient City – Review

By Brad Gallaway on May 28, 2002 - 11:00pm.
Patience is a virtue. A disappearing virtue soon to be extinct, but a virtue nonetheless. In this age of instant gratification and sensory overload, its easy to see why the King's Field series has been so consistently overlooked and underappreciated. The gaming industry has been chronically ill-suited to promote the appreciation of subtle, atmospheric titles.
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Pikmin – Review

By Thom Moyles on May 22, 2002 - 11:00pm.
Pikmin may look cute and cartoon-y, but you'll be hard-pressed to find a game with gameplay as engaging.
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