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Opinion: Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter

With the right mindset and knowing what you're signing up for, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter will happily fill the old-school FPS shaped hole in your heart.

Opinion: Duke Nukem Forever

Duke Nukem has finally demonstrated that forever doesn’t mean forever, it actually means 14 years. The biggest video game vapourware title has finally arrived, but after this entire wait surely it can’t live up to any hype? Let’s find out.

Opinion: Portal 2

One of the most loveable games in recent memory returns with a sequel that could easily have been a cynical, opportunistic retread, and is absolutely everything but.

Opinion: Killzone 3

Guerrilla return more confident than ever with everything they established in Killzone 2 and the time and resources to improve on the things that sorely needed it. The good news is that's mostly what they've done. The bad is that's mostly what they've done.

Amaterasimon!

Heeeeelllloooooooo people whom are used to nothing happening in this place. It’s certainly been a while since we put out any sign of life, and that’s kind of the harsh truth of having a games thing that is sorta bloggy but doesn’t want to be the daily word poop thing that blogs so very often [...]

Opinion: Sonic Riders

Moar cut and paste! Next up is my Sonic Riders review, this one from Eurogamer's reader review section. Incidentally, I still really like this game, more than its sequel Zero Gravity in fact.

Opinion: Yakuza

Cut and paste-eroo number three! This, also from Gamespot's reader review section, chronicles my first encounter with the Yakuza would-be-series!

Opinion: Burnout 3 Takedown

And we continue the cut/paste jobs with this review from innocent youngster version of me; Burnout 3 Takedown grabbed off of Gamespot's reader review section.

Opinion: Sonic Unleashed (Wii)

It's time for some gathering of ready-made reviews of ours from across the interwebs! First up is this one of Sonic Unleashed for the Wii, scissored out of Eurogamer!

Opinion: Call of Duty: Black Ops

Treyarch fills the void left by the Infinity Ward departures with such confidence, it's hard to remember why we were worried in the first place. Find out what I think of Black Ops!