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Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Review

Posted on March 1, 2012 | No Comments
This past holiday season, Nintendo decided to grace Wii owners with another Zelda title to add to its franchise. A very welcome event for fans of the series. Skyward sword allowed adventures to take control of our favorite hero, Link, in a way we never...
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GamesEyeView Podcast Episode 15

Posted on February 29, 2012 | No Comments
Another week, another new podcast here at GamesEyeView. This week, Jason and I cross lightsabers over Star Wars: The Old Republic, Jason’s review of the Playstation Vita, and my review of SoulCalibur V. It was a lot fun switching up the crew for the podcast...
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SoulCalibur V Review

Posted on February 27, 2012 | No Comments
Generally speaking here at GamesEyeView, we’re not big fans of fighting games. But there are a few that have a soft spot in our hearts. Tops on that list is the SoulCalibur franchise, which we’ve been playing in one form or another since our college...
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GamesEyeView Podcast Episode 14

Posted on February 23, 2012 | No Comments
It’s been a while since we’ve done a podcast here at GamesEyeView, and we figured it was high time we changed that! This week, Bill and I discuss a plethora of Mass Effect 3 news, whether or not MMO’s work on Consoles, and news that...
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Playstation Vita: A Hands on Review

Posted on February 22, 2012 | 1 Comment
It’s amazing what Sony can accomplish when properly motivated. It’s no secret that Nintendo has dominated the handheld industry for over a decade, and the battle between the DS and PSP wasn’t even a contest for Nintendo. PSP, while an ambitious system was riddled with...
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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Review

Posted on February 14, 2012 | 2 Comments
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is an action/RPG from developers Big Huge Games/38 Studios. As the box art, ads, and official website will tell you, this game is birthed from the minds of Ken Rolston (pen and paper RPG demigod/Morrowind and Oblivion development lead), R. A....
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Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure Review

Posted on February 13, 2012 | 9 Comments
There are 2 viewpoints we would like to focus on with this latest installment in the Spyro Series by Activision. On one hand we have the target audience, the younger children that will ultimately fall in love with Characters/figurines, on the other we have the...
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Mass Effect 3 Preview

Posted on January 30, 2012 | 3 Comments
A quick look at the calendar tells us that January is almost over, and that March isn’t as far away as we thought it was. That can only mean one thing: Mass Effect 3 is coming very, very soon. Bioware’s epic RPG/TPS hybrid trilogy is nearing is...
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Mass Effect 3: Better With Kinect?

Posted on January 28, 2012 | 1 Comment
Mass Effect 3 will soon be upon us. Come March, we will be able to witness the thrilling conclusion of Commander Shepard’s trilogy. Within just two games, the series has undergone a wild evolution. Some bad ideas were nixed: the horrendous menu system of the...
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In Defense of Single-Player

Posted on January 23, 2012 | 3 Comments
Scour the video game corner of the Internet enough (it’s right next to the cat videos corner) and you will find a handful of editorials about how single-player is dying thanks to Call of Duty, or World of Warcraft, or global warming....
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