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Silent Hill Homecoming is Unplayable – No Y-Axis Inversion

Reviews: Metacritic 73%| Game Rankings 77% Reference: Achievements| Walkthrus:  WikiCheats | GameFAQ   | Mahalo Developers: Konami | Double Helix Games Genre: survivor – horror Status: Abandoned after escaping hospital As explained in my “Video Game-induced Nausea, Dizziness and Headaches” post, I had to abandon Silent Hill Homecoming due to nausea caused by the inability to …

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Mercenaries 2: World in Flames – Abandoned Due to Nausea

Reviews: Metacritic 73%| Game Rankings 72% | zero punctuation Reference: Achievements| Walkthrus: Mahalo |  WikiCheats | GameFAQ   Developers: Pandemic Studios | Pi Studios Genre: Third person shooter Status: Abandoned after first level As a shooter fan, I was looking forward to Mercenaries 2: World in Flames. Unfortunately, I had to abandon it after the first …

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Too Human

Reviews: Metacritic 65%| Game Rankings 68% | zero punctuation Reference: GameFAQ | Developer: Silicon Knights, Engine: Proprietary Genre: Action-RPG Status: Abandoned after 3 hours Pros: beautiful, well-rendered environments – user selectable save points – good graphics/character models – solid cinematic production values – good death/penalty system – online co-op (though oddly without story elements) Cons: …

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E3 2008 Microsoft: New Dashboard, Netflix, Final Fantasy XIII

(Click image to watch abridged version of Microsoft’s 2008 E3 press briefing) [Full Microsoft E3 2008 coverage is here] A new Dashboard Interface for the 360: It’s coming this fall. [ Watch demo here]It’s nicer than, but seems influenced by, the PS3 ribbon. It looks like it will be easier to use than the current …

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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – Mini Review

    (4.5/5) – shooter Reviews: Metacritic 94%| Game Rankings 94%  Reference:  Developer: Infinity Ward Engine: Infinity Ward proprietary [Note: This mini-review predates the founding of the Daleisphere. It was culled from an email I wrote to friends about the game in early December 2007.] Wow, did Infinity Ward EVER out-do themselves here. This is the …

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Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock – Mini Review

    (2/5) – music simulation Reviews: Metacritic 92%| Game Rankings 86.32%  Reference:  Developer: Neversoft [Note: This mini-review predates the founding of the Daleisphere. It was culled from an email I wrote to friends about the game in early December 2007.] I really enjoyed Guitar Hero 2 and was hoping for more guitar fun. Combat Mode …

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