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Happy Holidays From GamesReviews.com

Whether you celebrate Christmas or any other holiday, GamesReviews.com wants to wish you Happy Holidays. Thanks for reading our site!   We will have more news and reviews coming your way soon! Please have a safe and enjoyable holiday. Thank you for reading our site this year!  …

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More Thoughts From Me #48: Can’t Wait to Play These Games

2017 is almost here! Yes, we still have all the holidays to go through and New Years, but after that, we are off to another year. Last week, I talked about the games I loved this year. This week, I want to talk about the games I can’t wait to play next year! Just like my list last week, this list is pure Nintendo. What am I looking forward to in 2017? Let’s take a look: Legend of Zelda: Breath…

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Lego Dimensions Will Be Getting A Huge Expansion

Warner Bros, TT Games, and the Lego Group announced an expansion of Lego Dimensions today. We have all the details (and a trailer) below! On September 27th, even more figures will start launching for Lego Dimensions. Some of the franchises that have been announced are Sonic, Harry Potter, the Ghostbusters (reboot), E.T., A-Team, Goonies, and many others. There will be 16 new properties added to Lego Dimensions in all! Whew. I was really amazed and stunned by today’s announcement for…

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More Thoughts From Me #19: I Just Stepped On A Lego (Game)

Lego games just keep coming out. There’s no stopping the freight train that are Lego games. What do I think of the Lego series so far? I’ll tell you all about that, plus which game is my favorite and which game I’m hoping they’ll do after Lego Star Wars The Force Awakens! I haven’t played every Lego game, but I’ve played a lot of them and played demos of some of them too. The Lego franchise has come a long…

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Talking Mario Maker with Gamer Parent

Last night, I was a guest on the Magic Hour Show podcast hosted by fellow Canadian, Eugene Huo. It was a special episode for a number of reasons. It was the 25th episode for The Magic Hour Show and we got to talk sandbox / creation games.

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Submerged Review

Occasionally games will take a break from the typical structures of crafting, battling, and leveling, games to present a softer, more idealistic approach to gameplay. Games like this have started to have much, much more of a presence in the gaming world and have started to ping the radar of more players. Indie games offer a player an experience vs. a challenge, and focus more on the ideas and thoughts their characters are experiencing instead of their goals and accomplishments. Submerged, a newly released Indie game, focuses on themes of exploration and ...

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Can consumers continue to pay the high price?

The rising price of AAA video games at Canadian retail locations is making me wonder something: how long can consumers continue to pay the high price of games? Best Buy Canada and Amazon Canada have been offering a bunch of pre-order incentives for games announced at E3 2015. With a 5-10$ discount, these retailers are charging 64.99 - 69.99; that means the regular price on these titles is 74.99 - 79.99. With a 13% sales tax in Ontario, that means a brand new AAA tilte at full cost could set back consumers 90.00, or roughly 1/5 the price of an Xbox One or PS4.

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Feeling Angry? You Might be Bad at Games

It's an opinion long held by soccer moms and people that refuse to learn that video games are the source of all evil in the world. Specifically violent videos games, in which, they believe, young children are taught that shooting someone in the face has no consequences. They watch as Little Jimmy becomes indifferent, angry and aggressive, and then ask themselves why the government allows them to keep buying this stuff for their kids.

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Roller Coaster Tycoon 4 Confirmed on Mobile

It has just been a little less then ten years since the latest RollerCoaster Tycoon launched, and almost fifteen years since the launch of the original classic. And this spring, a new game in the franchise is heading to iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad. According to Touch Arcade, the game will retail for 2.99 USD and will include 20 pre-built coasters, while also allowing players to share their coaster designs in an online community.

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