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Soul Calibur IV video review 2008-08-14 00:40:24 The first feature of its kind for GamePartisan, herein lies Bennett White’s videoreview
of Soul Calibur IV. Just how much ground will we break this year? Who knows. The year’s still young.
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White, Bennett
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Executive Decision 08: Griffin Queen 2008-08-11 19:11:28 Thanks to GriffinQueen
’s offering (the third in our staff-wide series of political endorsement articles) the vote finally shifts slightly away from Obama.
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Queen, Griffin
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When asked to write an essay on who I plan on supporting in the coming election, I was a little bit surprised. While I did know when I joined GamePartisan th Read more:Executive
Executive Decision 08: Gavin Greene 2008-08-06 12:18:17 In the second part of our staff-wide election series, GavinGreene
picks up where Jeremy Bennett left off. Will the trend continue? Will Obama really receive the overall endorsement of GamePartisan?
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Greene, Gavin
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Cynicism is the most effective tool to utilize in making political decisions. It essentially boils down the White House r Read more:Executive
Executive Decision 08: Jeremy Bennett 2008-08-01 13:26:24 Kicking off our political series on the 2008 Presidential race is columnist Jeremy Bennett
, lively and entertaining as always.
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Bennett, Jeremy
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The election this fall is going to be a historic one, as everyone in America knows. Who knows, this may even bring the country out to vote for its own leader for once. So when [...] Read more:Executive
Comic Con 2008: A Few Impressions 2008-07-30 12:43:32 Gavin Greene made the journey to the San Diego Convention Center, and the content herein consists of his report on his experience(s) at Comic
Con 2008.
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Greene, Gavin
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Custom
I hadn’t gone into “Star Wars Day” at Comic Con
expecting much on the game front, and for the most part, it was a just assumption. The trip [...] Read more:Impressions
the Fro: Fragmented Inspirations 2008-07-28 13:18:16 "Find a moral in this and I’ll kill you." - Gavin Greene introduces his inaugural work on GamePartisan in style.
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Greene, Gavin
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Column
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Eclectic
My parents lied to me, as I am sure yours have to you. My folks encouraged this love for books that I developed at a young age, I was devouring Ronald Dahl books li
Ninja Gaiden II 2008-07-26 01:37:24 "…Ninja
Gaiden 2 is an improvement on its predecessors in almost every way."
Game Details
Developer:
Team Ninja
Publisher:
Tecmo
Release Date:
06/03/08
ESRB Rating:
M
Going into Ninja Gaiden 2, I had the basic gist of what to expect. A veteran of the series, I had played Ninja Gaiden and Ninja Gaiden Black, and while I wasn’t the
A Game Reviewer’s History: An Introduction to Bennett “the Sage” White 2008-07-25 21:33:32 This is the intro article by editorial staff newcomer, Bennett
"the Sage" White
.
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White, Bennett
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Custom
I never thought I was any good at writing. My grades in middle school were all the proof I needed. I barely scraped by in English during high school, where writing essays about J.D Salinger were the equivalent of bamboo under [... Read more:History
, Introduction
NCAA Football 09 2008-07-24 12:52:52 EA, you ought to be terribly familiar with the score given this year’s game: it’s like deja vu all over again! Just think back to November 2004. Yes, the bell’s gotta be ringing by now.
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Developer:
Tiburon
Publisher:
Electronic Arts
Release Date:
07/15/08
ESRB Rating:
E
Why me? Why must I endure this degradation over and ove Read more:Football
Turok 2008-07-22 16:14:41 Will this once-hallowed FPS series make a comeback with this release? The ever-polarizing honesty of senior editor Michael Rausch reveals all.
Game Details
Developer:
Propaganda
Publisher:
Touchstone
Release Date:
02/04/08
ESRB Rating:
M
The Turok series was once mentioned in the same breath as other excellent N64 FPS’s such as Goldeneye and Perfec
Gonzo Gaming 2008-07-20 00:11:21 This feature, on pre-relaunch GamePartisan, marked the beginning of what would become our "progressive editorial policy"…read this markedly divergent feature and you will understand completely. Sex, drugs, video games and…Richard Nixon.
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Anonymous
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“Tell me all you know about sheepskin condoms,” I said. Read more:Gaming
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock 2008-07-19 06:50:14 Columnist Jeremy Bennett puts on his reviewin’ boots for the very first time and takes this party game for a spin.
Game Details
Developer:
Neversoft
Publisher:
RedOctane
Release Date:
10/28/07
ESRB Rating:
T
So, before I got Guitar
Hero for my birthday I had only played it a handful of times. Yes, yes, I know, I spent the past year or two living un Read more:Legends
, Guitar Hero
The Incredible Hulk 2008-07-17 12:14:56 A missed opportunity to have a banner year for the franchise…pun very much intended.
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Developer:
Edge of Reality
Publisher:
Sega
Release Date:
06/05/08
ESRB Rating:
T
Upon seeing The Incredible
Hulk opening night, I was very optimistic and excited about renting the game. However, upon playing the game, and taking careful measure of all it
Sony CEO dismisses Wii as “expensive niche” in spite of PS3’s continued third place position 2008-07-14 08:46:41 ZING!
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Just ahead of E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo), Sony
CEO Howard Stringer has spoken dismissively of Nintendo’s Wii
, continuing the company’s prior assertion that the console is still not a direct competitor to it or Microsoft’s Xbox 360. Sony has previously remarked the Xbox 360 is the only r Read more:niche
, third
, position
Sony will not counter Microsoft price cuts 2008-07-14 08:33:06 Rumors that Sony
would counter the recent price
point moves by rival Microsoft
have been quickly stamped out.
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In a near continuation of our previous news story concerning Microsoft’s moves to give the Xbox 360 momentum in its dead-heat race with the PlayStation 3, Sony’s Chief Financial Officer, Nobuyuki Oneda, has implicitly
Microsoft to discontinue 20GB Xbox 360, introduce 60GB model 2008-07-14 08:26:16 This move is anticipated to give Microsoft
’s console a boost in its currently neck-and-neck race with the PlayStation 3.
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Microsoft Corporation announced today that it will be reducing the cost of the 20-gigabyte model
of the Xbox
360 "while supplies last", meaning that remaining supplies of said model will cost $249
June-July 2008 Mailbag 2008-07-13 02:41:20 The best letters we received in June and the first half of July 2008.
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Staff
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Mailbag
Yo DeViney -
It seems a former editor of yours has nothing good to say about GamePartisan and you personally after quite a memorable stint with the site: former senior editor Thomas Wilde said, pertaining to GamePartisan, "I used to write for [..
Insecticide 2008-07-12 02:55:03 "Crime: homicide. Victim: Insecticide. Culprit: Joseph G. Catalanotto."
Game Details
Developer:
Crackpot
Publisher:
Gamecock
Release Date:
03/11/08
ESRB Rating:
E
As a society, I think we’ve always felt something that can only be described as fascination toward “detectives”. It’s a term most of us don’t even think ab
Battlefield: Bad Company 2008-07-10 20:26:07 Mercenaries get paid in gold bars. Fighting the Russians in the near future.
Game Details
Developer:
DICE
Publisher:
Electronic Arts
Release Date:
06/25/08
ESRB Rating:
T
Call of Schmudy! Probably not one of the most anticipated games of the summer but the guys at EA really made it work for Battlefield: Bad Company
. From game play to graphics, this game
God of War: Chains of Olympus 2008-07-09 00:32:17 The chains that bind.
Game Details
Developer:
Ready at Dawn
Publisher:
Sony
Release Date:
03/04/08
ESRB Rating:
M
The God of War franchise has quickly made its presence known as one of the grandest Western-developed IPs of the last generation of consoles. If you’ve yet to partake in one of the two fantastic titles for the Playstation 2, you may wan Read more:Chains
, Olympus
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots 2008-07-04 13:06:19 Happy Independence Day!
Game Details
Developer:
Kojima
Publisher:
Konami
Release Date:
06/12/08
ESRB Rating:
M
Metal
Gear Solid
IV: Guns of the Patriots
…The game that PlayStation 3 owners have anxiously awaited since its announcement. Sure, the PlayStation 3 has such great exclusives as Warhawk, Heavenly Sword, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Res Read more:Metal Gear
, Metal Gear Solid
Crosswords DS 2008-06-29 14:30:47 Not just good, but ____!
Game Details
Developer:
Nuevo Retro
Publisher:
Nintendo
Release Date:
05/05/08
ESRB Rating:
E
The Touch Generations line of games– Brain Age, Big Brain Academy, Flash Focus, Planet Puzzle League, Tetris DS, etc– have done a great job of introducing casual players into gaming with its wide catalog of non-intimidating g
The World Ends With You 2008-06-27 01:09:20 Rock my world.
Game Details
Developer:
Jupiter
Publisher:
Square-Enix
Release Date:
04/22/08
ESRB Rating:
T
Square-Enix isn’t exactly known for cranking out new franchises and IPs yearly, so when a new one in The World
Ends With You was announced the entire gaming world performed a spit-take. Well, maybe that’s diving a bit into hyperbole, bu
The Game Audio Network launches global social network 2008-06-27 00:27:13 Veddy veddy intevesting.
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San Francisco, CA – The Game Audio
Network Guild today launched its new global social network
at www.audiogang.org. The web presence includes new and emerging technologies that facilitate online interaction geared towards interactive audio professionals, including audio portfolios, personal b Read more:social network
NVIDIA’s NVISION 08 event to feature Video Games Live 2008-06-27 00:25:13 Always good to hear the folks at VGL moving forward.
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Live
SANTA CLARA, CA — JUNE 13, 2008 — On Tuesday, August 26, a special performance of Video Games Live will captivate NVISION® 08 attendees at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts.
Video Games Live is the most successful video [...] Read more:event
, feature
Don King Presents Prizefighter 2008-06-22 11:04:13 "Only in America baby!"
Game Details
Developer:
Venom
Publisher:
Take-Two
Release Date:
06/09/08
ESRB Rating:
T
Leave it to the gaming press to condemn a phenomenal boxing title that isn’t published by Electronic Arts. If this game were Fight Night, it would have received excellent scores. But Take-Two had the audacity to come out with a co Read more:Presents
Carnival Games 2008-06-14 22:32:19 "Everything you love about the carnival except the fun."
Game Details
Developer:
Cat Daddy
Publisher:
Global Star
Release Date:
08/27/07
ESRB Rating:
E
I’ve only been to a real fair once (I live in a big city, and so amusement parks are more my thing…), but it was a lot of fun. The rides (although they looked a little flimsy…), Read more:Games
, Carnival
Interview: freelance journalist Lionel Royal and GamePartisan editor Jonny DeViney - Part Two 2008-06-07 01:41:14 Royal and DeViney go at it again over a plethora of topics, most of them controversial. But of course…what else would you expect coming from…well, us?
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Staff
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Interview
Freelance journalist Lionel
Royal and GamePartisan editor-in-chief Jonathan D. DeViney sit down once more and touch on a plethora of topics. Here we find DeViney Read more:Royal
, Jonny
, Part Two
Grand Theft Auto IV 2008-06-07 01:11:40 First came Mark Vincent, then Phil Stortzum…now, Senior Editor Michael Rausch gives us an unprecedented third review of GTA4.
Game Details
Developer:
Rockstar
Publisher:
Rockstar
Release Date:
04/29/08
ESRB Rating:
M
Ah, Grand
Theft Auto…One of the most popular and controversial series’ in recent history. A series that has taken the best Read more:Grand Theft
, Grand Theft Auto
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