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$20 Game of the Week: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Nintendo DS)

I can’t blame anyone for being leery about another Grand Theft Auto on a Nintendo portable. After all, the first effort, a Game Boy Color version of GTA 2 was horrible, and while 2005’s Grand Theft Auto Advance was slightly better, it still wasn’t anything to write home about. So how does The [...]

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$20 Game of the Week: The Path (PC, Mac)

Are you one of those people who think video games are, or can be art? Did you like Braid? If so, you’ll love The Path. The Path is one of those games which clearly isn’t for everyone, but it makes you think about what’s going on in ways that games such as [...]

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$20 Game of the Week: Castle Crashers (Xbox 360)

As seen on our game night last week!
Castle Crashers is a tongue-in-cheek throwback to old school beat-em-ups like Golden Axe and Double Dragon. It was developed by The Behemoth, the people behind the similarly zany Alien Hominid. Taking control of one of four characters, you (and up to three more of your friends [...]

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$20 Game of the Week: Knights in the Nightmare (DS)

This turn-based strategy RPG is easily one of the most underrated Nintendo DS games of last year. In fact, I’d almost go as far to say that it was one of last year’s big sleepers. It introduces a unique style of play that sets it apart from other games on the DS, as [...]

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$20 Game of the Week: Far Cry (PC, Xbox, Xbox 360)

When it was released in 2004, Far Cry was initially seen as a tech demo for Crytek’s CryEngine, which produces beautiful graphics even by today’s standards. The game itself wasn’t bad either, merging sandbox-style gameplay, spot-on FPS action, and enemy AI. You step into the shoes of Jack Carver, an ex Special Forces [...]

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$20 Game of the Week: Desktop Tower Defense (Nintendo DS)

The Nintendo DS’s library is a recipient of a huge amount of shovelware. As an unfortunate side effect, many good games get lost in the shuffle because their publishers and developers had inadequate funding behind them. Such is the case of THQ’s Desktop Tower Defense. Basically a DS version of the online [...]

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$20 Game of the Week: Plants vs Zombies (PC, Mac, IPhone OS)

Hmm, the kids seem to be into these tower defense games, and everyone loves zombies. Why not put the two together? Popcap, the king of casual gaming, has done just that with Plants vs Zombies. You play as a homeowner, and hordes of the undead are invading your lawn. All that [...]

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$20 Game of the Week: Marvel vs Capcom 2 (Xbox, Dreamcast, PS2, Arcade, Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network Store)

Since Iron Man returns to theaters this week, this week’s $20 GOTW will take a look back at one of old shellhead’s finest moments. A mysterious orb threatens all life on both the Marvel and Capcom universes, so Ruby Heart unites heroes from the two universes in order to help save it. However, [...]

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