Archive for Author: Paul Franzen
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New Videogame Releases for the Week of September 19, 2010
News Posts by Paul Franzen on 
1 Sid Meier's Civilization V, DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue, Cladun: This is an RPG, Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City, New Carnival Games, Gormiti: The Lords of Nature!, Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy, Zany Golf, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, and more.
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New Videogame Releases for the Week of September 12, 2010
News Posts by Paul Franzen on 2 Halo: Reach, Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, Phantasy Star Portable 2, Dawn of Heroes, Painkiller: Pandemonium, Space Invaders Infinity Gene, The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest, House M.D., Mystery Tales of Time Travel, Fancy Nancy: Tea Party Time!, Horse Life Adventures
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New Videogame Releases for the Week of September 5, 2010
News Posts by Paul Franzen on Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, NHL 11, UFC 2010 Undisputed, EyePet, R.U.S.E., Aion: Assault on Balaurea, Dawn of Heroes, Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy, Otomedius Excellent, The Sims 3: Fast Lane Stuff
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Runaway: A Road Adventure (PC)
Reviews by Paul Franzen on 3 Brian Basco is the biggest asshole in adventure gaming. He's supposed to be the "hero" of Runaway: A Road Adventure. But would a hero:Comment on how "this person probably needs this object," and then
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“You’ll Never Be Sad Again!”
Videos by Paul Franzen on 1 We recently lost one of our Facebook pages. We used to have two—one that was an official Facebook "fan page" with about 60 fans, and one that was an actual Facebook person-account, which had over 1,
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New Videogame Releases for the Week of August 29, 2010
News Posts by Paul Franzen on 4 Metroid: Other M, Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse 5: The City That Dares Not Sleep, Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island, Valkyria Chronicles II, Dead Rising 2: Case Zero, BioShock 2: Minerva's Den, Cthulhu Saves the World, Ace Combat: Joint Assault, Prison Tycoon: Alcatraz
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Minus the Pudding: The Best of Xbox Live Indie Games
Columns by Paul Franzen on 6 Videogames have long been considered a form of escapism, a way for us nerds to (pretend to) leave our couch, put on a pair of pants, and leave our tedious lives behind so we can instead wander around a desert for hours and hours and hours in search of a goddamn save point, because we seriously just want to go to bed, but we can't, because WHERE'S THE SAVE POINT?! It's been HOURS since we last saved and we don't want to leave our system on all night, because who KNOWS what could happen then, so we keep playing and playing and FINALLY! Look! There's a save point! Only, before we can access it, we're forced into a boss battle and DIE because the stupid boss is IMPOSSIBLE to beat, and then we have to go to our last save point, which was so long ago that we don't even remember it!
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New Videogame Releases for the Week of August 22, 2010
News Posts by Paul Franzen on Disney Guilty Party, Mafia II, NHL 2011, And Yet it Moves, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Shank, Ivy the Kiwi?, Grease: The Game, The Bachelor, Crazy Pig, Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar, World Reloaded, Fish Tank, Puzzle Dimension, Jade Dynasty: Vengeance,
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New Videogame Releases for the Week of August 15, 2010
News Posts by Paul Franzen on Ys Seven, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Hidden Mysteries: Vampire Secrets, Star Ruler, Gold's Gym Dance Workout, Deer Drive, City of Heroes Going Rogue
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New Videogame Releases for the Week of August 8, 2010
News Posts by Paul Franzen on Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Madden NFL 11, Monday Night Combat, Enjoy Your Massage!, Galactic Taz Ball, Victoria II, Absolute Chess.