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… of the Month: The Super Mario Advance Series
Columns by Matt Gardner on The first thing one must do when examining four games that have been ported from one console to another is to ask one's self the following question: "What has been changed?" Well, there's good news and there's bad news concerning the answer to that question. The good news is that not much has changed in any of them. The bad news is that the things they did change were in no way needing to be changed, and are quite awful now that they are different. Let's start with the first of these games, shall we?
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Games for the Casual Gamer: The Sims: Bustin’ Out
Columns by Julie Kozarsky on Everybody's heard of The Sims, right? Ever since the game was introduced for the PC, numerous expansion packs have been released, each expanding the Sim universe a little more. It only makes sense
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Versus Mode: Super Mario RPG vs. Kingdom Hearts
Columns by Paul Franzen on When I first heard about Kingdom Hearts, one of the initial things that came to my mind was a comparison of this game to Super Mario RPG. With KH being a collaboration between Squaresoft and Disney, and Super Mario RPG being a collaboration between Squaresoft and Nintendo, it seemed only natural that similarities might be conjured up between the two. To me, anyway. If you don't agree -- tough cookies. This is my first shot at writing Versus Mode, and this is the topic I wanna discuss. So sit on it, disbelieving headwire.
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The Gates of Life: Episode 9 – Unacceptable!
Columns by Matt Gardner on Najen: Barin can't be dead! He just can't be! I have to try and save him!
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Advice for the Sensitive Gamer #9
Columns by Jenna Ogilvie on Jenna Ogilvie offers advice about the emotional impact of Final Fantasy.
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You Learn Something New Every Play: Yo! Noid and Tekken 4
Columns by Brian Vanek on Have you ever been so overwhelmed by a video game that you imitate it as much as possible? In some cases, this doesn't work out too well -- like with Grand Theft Auto. But if you're not a complete
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Front Mission 3 (PS1)
Reviews by Aaron Waters on I'd say that Front Mission beats Final Fantasy any day. Why? Robots.
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Christmas: UNLEASHED
Blog Posts by Paul Franzen on The lights have been taken down, and stored in a cardboard box in the dank, musty basement, not to be seen again for another eleven months. The tree, now brown with death, is in the backyard, with a
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Preserving the Plastic: Game Storage
Columns by Allec Johnson on After amassing a large number of media, whether it be books, CDs, or pornography, the age-old question arises: "Where do I put this crap?" The same goes for video games. It doesn't matter if you c
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Sword of Mana (GBA)
Reviews by Matt Gardner on Sword of Mana is, in fact, not a sequel at all. It's not really even a completely new game.