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	SNK Arcade Classics: Vol. 1 review (PS2) Reviewed on November 01, 2008 SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1 does a commendable job of bringing you more hits than misses in its library of sixteen titles, and carries along with it a few surprise packages in game you would have never played but far from regret spending time with.	3.5/5
	Doodle Hex review (DS) Reviewed on November 01, 2008 Rarely are the nuances of a game so succulently wrapped up in a game’s very title; Doodle Hex is all about slinging spells, curses and arcane incarnations through sketching runes on the touch screen in a frenzied attempt to out-wizard emo rock fairies, millennia-old, pre-teen Norse goddess, Valley-girl witches and flaming djinns hailing from Brooklyn.	3.5/5
	Boing! Docomodake DS review (DS) Reviewed on October 27, 2008 Welcome to my new dilemma. It's called Boing! Docomdake, and it's clearly after my sanity.	4/5
	PDC World Championship Darts 2008 review (PSP) Reviewed on October 25, 2008 What we’re given overall is serviceable and commendable. Two words that perhaps don’t scream game of the year, but the reality of the situation is that, no matter how I dress it up in eccentric Britishness, the topic of today is still a dart’s sim. That sound you hear is the vast majority of the PSP consumer base stampeding towards the fire exits. We’ll throw in a metaphorical pause while they close the doors behind them before I slide in the dramatic twist -- PDC Darts 2008 is a fun little game nonetheless.	3.5/5
	PDC World Championship Darts 2008 review (X360) Reviewed on October 19, 2008 No one held their breath in anticipation, robbing me of a sense of clichéd drama. Their loss. The 360 version doesn’t really try to innovate or reinvent the original game; it simply builds upon it, gives you a create a character system of note, marries it up to decent career mode and throws the entire thing online.	3.5/5
	The Political Machine 2008 review (PC) Reviewed on October 13, 2008 The presidential race is split into forty one weeks. This gives you forty one turns to play out in the same time as your opponent to fly all over America and convince as many states as you can to vote for you. By any means necessary..	3.5/5
	Ankh: Curse of the Scarab King review (DS) Reviewed on October 12, 2008 Ankh remains a game worth playing. Just not in this form.	1/5
	Kolibri review (32X) Reviewed on October 11, 2008 Arguably the best hummingbird/scrolling shooter hybrid on the SEGA 32X	4.5/5
	Doom 3 review (XBX) Reviewed on October 01, 2008 It's pointless cosmetics-first-gameplay-last software at its worst.	1/5
	Mah Jong Quest: Expeditions review (DS) Reviewed on September 28, 2008 I’ll be honest; I had it all planned out in my head before the cart was even in the DS. We all already know what Mahjong is, so I’d joke about having to met a word quota, throw in an obligatory and basic description on how the ancient Chinese tile-matching game worked then be all flippant while I padded the rest of the review out. Mah Jong Quest: Expeditions foils my plan by not being just another tile flipper aided by stylus prodding.	4/5
	Jewel Quest: Expeditions review (DS) Reviewed on September 28, 2008 Familiar because it’s been seen before. Familiar because there are fourteen puzzle games released on the DS for any other genre and familiar because Jewel Quest has already been seen on XBLA and won the internet over when initially released by IWin.com online. Familiar doesn’t always mean bad.	3.5/5
	Nightmare Circus review (GEN) Reviewed on September 26, 2008 The worst of the worst.	0.5/5
	Monster Madness: Grave Danger review (PS3) Reviewed on September 21, 2008 If you want a new-gen Smash TV with corpses other than slightly homosexual-looking guys in body-tight red jumpsuits made from latex, then your choices are already pretty limited. Monster Madness: Grave Danger is pretty much the only way to go, but that’s okay. As long as you don’t belong in certain pigeonholes, you could have some fun here.	3/5
	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion review (X360) Reviewed on September 14, 2008 This could have been a Skyrim review, but was backtracked to Oblivion.	4/5
	Dream Pinball 3D review (DS) Reviewed on September 09, 2008 The table spans out on the bottom screen, the top sprawled with skulls, magic books and bumpers shaped like medieval castles. For some reason, a few of the bonuses unlock a tweeting bird song, but I’m willing to forgive it. Barely. It’s a very annoying side effect.	3.5/5
	Quake III Arena review (DC) Reviewed on August 31, 2008 Whenever I gained the ability of flight, there was always a watered down version of the Bitterman rule that slowly evolved. “He’s flying again! Get him!”	4.5/5
	Lord of the Rings: The Third Age review (GBA) Reviewed on August 22, 2008 Unlike the version hoarded across the XBox, PS2 and Gamecube (which got the odd third party title by what I assume was someone’s mistake), the GBA Third Age is content to take its material straight from the source. It doesn't steal mechanics from well-known Square games, it doesn't cock-slap the canon. It simply exists in the shadow of a lesser game, probably feeling very bitter and upset about the entire thing.	4/5
	Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 1: Sarah Bryant review (SAT) Reviewed on July 20, 2008 The next shot is of her abandoned beech-towel and parasol. I start rooting for Sarah, hoping she can get away! She fails. We find her slinging a pair of flowers over her shoulder and snarling at the screen. Some people might mistake it for a light-hearted grin but, by now, we know better.	1/5
	Prism: Light the Way review (DS) Reviewed on July 20, 2008	3.5/5
	Shadowgrounds: Survivor review (PC) Reviewed on July 07, 2008 I’ve no problems re-exploring claustrophobic corridors or rusting walkways infested with menaces not too happy to see you. I look forward to blowing them away in ridiculous numbers. Maybe it’s the sadist in me, or maybe Frozenbyte have simply gone ahead and made an addictive little game.	4/5

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