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Get Steam [A Public Service Announcement]

If you play video games on the PC or MAC platform, it is in your best interest to download Steam (store.steampowered.com) and sign up for a free account. I couldn’t be more serious: get off your ass and do this. Every computer I build for friends and family come pre-installed with: K-Lite Codec Pack Full, MalwareBytes, iTunes, and Steam. My logic goes something like this: even if you never use these... 

Catherine [Xbox360 / PS3]

I’m not sure where to begin this week’s review. Catherine as entertainment falls in the same genre as Akido, Spirited Away, and Sailor Moon; which is known as manga animation from Japan. The other side of the coin, however, is more hentai anime, better known as adult manga since the content (and some of the juicy graphics) are adult oriented. Granted, Catherine’s storyline relies on the player... 

Cheap-Ass Game of the Week: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

When I think of all the people today who overuse words such as “Awesome,” “Epic,” and “Mega,” I’m reminded of why I don’t use those words very often. My father is a man of few words, where as our phone calls (He’s in Tennessee) may last five to ten minutes in length, very little is said: “Everything good down there?” “Yup.” “Watching baseball again?” “Braves.” “How’s... 

Captain America: Super Soldier [Xbox 360]

The first thing you’ll notice as Captain America: Super Soldier loads is the giant blue SEGA logo filling the screen before the introduction and main menu. The SEGA logo is what first scared the hell out of me, since every film adaptation for the Marvel brand created by SEGA has been, we’ll call them “doodoo” since I can’t throw an explicit tag on a written review. However, you may know... 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 [Xbox 360]

Most video game review readers whilst reading a review will skip through all the fancy words and sometimes check out the pros and cons, maybe a tagline or two and focus primarily on the end rating. Some will even stop to look at the pretty pictures. I recently reviewed Part 1 of Deathly Hallows and to be quite honest, the only thing different between this game and the first is the title – with maybe... 

Harry Potter Rock Band [Xbox 360]

I would not have believed it either, except when I came home from work one day, I found a huge coffin-like box sitting by my side door from FedEx with a return address for Harmonix. Upon opening the aforementioned coffin, I was pleasantly surprised to find an Xbox 360 game with unique controllers and costumes all related to the Harry Potter universe. My first impressions were somewhat mixed –... 

Cheap-Ass Game of the Week: Turok

I had a gift card stuffed in my wallet and some time to kill so I took my daughter to the local GameStop (one of 4 by my house) to pick up a few cheap games. One of them I remember playing on the PC almost ten years ago, so my fond memories quickly turned into a $10 purchase for the PS3. I noticed the Xbox 360 version of Turok was only $4.99, however after searching their infernal drawers of doom,... 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part One [Wii]

I admit it. I am a fan of Harry Potter, and have been since the first book. I never dressed up and waited outside of bookstores at midnight waiting for the next installment, however I have picked up each book the day after they came out and sat at a pub (since a bar would just be wrong) and read the entire novel cover to cover while the waitresses would come by and refill my Black and Tan. With... 

And in this Corner: Computers vs. Consoles

Widescreen Warrior.com is proud to bring you the title bout in the summer gaming spectacular series with none other than the question of the decade: -Which is better for gaming: Computer v. Console? This question has been pondered ever since Noah installed the trusty Tandy TRS-80 in the Ark when all the animals wanted the Coleco-Vision instead. (I’ve heard trash-talk of God being a “Basic”... 

Cheap-Ass Games: Braid [PC, Mac, PS3, Xbox 360]

Braid is a game which is unique in a few different ways from the standard collection of games available to today’s generation of gamer. First off, Braid is a platform game in the same vein as Super Mario Bros (1985) where you jump through levels and attempt to save the princess who always seems to be in another castle. Second off, Braid is a puzzle game, using time as an element (Similar to Blinx... 
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