Articles by Joshua Ostroff

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  Lord of the Rings: Battle For Middle Earth II

  Xbox 360

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2007

  As enjoyable as the Lord of the Rings games were, those hack’n’slash titles hewed too closely to the film’s familiar narrative. Not only do...

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  Steambot Chronicles

  PS2

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2007

  It begins with an amnesiac hero named Vanilla washed up on a beach, but from this clichéd beginning a unique experience rolls out. Or rathe...

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  Dead Rising

  Xbox 360

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2007

  A disclaimer on the box may disingenuously declare no connection between Dead Rising and George Romero’s 1978 low-budget horror classic Daw...

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  Daxter

  PSP

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2007

  To downsize the much-loved Jak & Daxter series for the PSP, the duo’s larger member has been sensibly discarded to focus on Jak’s snarky, r...

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  Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

  PS2

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2007

  Settle down, kids — this ain’t a sequel to the sprawling San Andreas but a port of last year’s killer bestseller for PlayStation Portable....

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  Hitman: Blood Money

  Multi-platform

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2007

  As the title notes, you play assassin-for-hire Agent 47. You’re also a clone, sure, and bald, but what matters is your skill at killing inv...

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  Killer 7

  PS2 / Gamecube

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2007

  Tired of being seen as your little brother’s console, Nintendo joined Sony to release the surrealist shooter Killer 7, applying kid-friendl...

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  The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction

  Multi-platform

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2007

  Bruce Banner’s bad boy alter ego has been a video game mainstay since the Commodore 64, but most Hulk titles have been average at best, inc...