All Posts by: Dan Crabtree

Dead Space: Ignition Review

By Dan Crabtree, October 20, 2010 0 VG Review

Videogame marketing has always featured incredibly creative public relations endeavors, sometimes creating entirely new marketing ideas. While Visceral Studios may not be the first developer to make a game to hype a game (Dead Rising: Case Zero for example), it’s… Read More »

By Dan Crabtree, October 19, 2010 0 Previews

LucasArts has guaranteed gamers that the issues that plagued Star Wars: The Force Unleashed have been eliminated for the sequel, hitting stores in a few short weeks. I got my hands on the upcoming title and force pushed my way… Read More »

By Dan Crabtree, October 19, 2010 0 Features

This article isn’t about how Call of Duty: Black Ops is going to suck, because frankly, it’s not. Ever since CoD4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty has been a successful franchise with solid titles, all of which I’ve played and… Read More »

By Dan Crabtree, October 15, 2010 0 Columns

Nothing gets a gamer’s blood pumping like a trailer for their favorite game. It could be a new IP, a sequel, or even a prequel, but cinematic trailers let the imagination run wild with possibility. "Was that two hookshots he… Read More »

By Dan Crabtree, October 14, 2010 0 GN

Hideo Kojima, legendary game creator and industry voice, recently tweeted about his feelings towards the disparity between Japanese level design and Western level design. And it wasn’t pretty. Here’s what he had to say: "The differences between the creators in… Read More »

By Dan Crabtree, October 13, 2010 0 GN

Seriously, a plasma cutter. Ok, maybe it doesn’t actually shoot plasma beams that can dismember various lifeforms and inexplicably repair broken doors, but it does light up. That’s something. Just announced, the Dead Space 2 Collector’s Edition will allow fans… Read More »

Borderlands GOTY Edition lets loose the Duke

By Dan Crabtree, October 13, 2010 0 GN

[flash width="540" height="328"]http:/www.youtube.com/v/HHViB8MlypI?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01[/flash] If you haven’t picked up Borderlands yet, 2K Games and Gearbox have given you six good reasons to jump into Pandora now, and its all part of the new Borderlands Game of the Year Edition. Here’s why… Read More »

By Dan Crabtree, October 12, 2010 0 VG Review

"Is a bot not entitled to the oil on his brow? ‘No!’ Says the man at Hyperion, it belongs to us." And that’s about where the novelty ends in the latest DLC for Borderlands, Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution. Aside from… Read More »

By Dan Crabtree, September 23, 2010 1 Features

Arguments about racism in any media form suck. One person is offended, and then the offender defends their right to offend while fending off offense from other offenders. That’s not at all what I’m talking about. This is not a… Read More »

Rambi's back in new Donkey Kong Country Returns trailer

By Dan Crabtree, September 22, 2010 0 GN

[flash width="540" height="328"]http:/www.youtube.com/v/y83z8e2isrI?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01[/flash] We knew it would be a fairly faithful revamp of the classic, but now it’s confirmed that animal buddies like Rambi will triumphantly rejoin Donkey and Diddy Kong in their new old adventure, Donkey Kong Country Returns…. Read More »