Tired of the same old characters and settings? Feel like you’ve shot enough Russians in the face to destroy the entire vodka industry? Seen enough zombies to populate an incredibly annoying protest rally in central San Fransico? Want to face off against a carnivorous wild animal with a hand for a face?In that case, you [...]
Tags: Abe's Exodus, Joe Megson, Oddworld, Oddworld Inhabitants, PS1, PSN, retro fix, steam
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Thu, July 28 2011 » Retrospectives » No Comments
While the new “XCOM” game by 2K Games won’t be out for a while, the massive wildfire it has created on the internet is still raging. Many younger gamers won’t understand what the whole deal is, seeing as the original games were released almost two decades ago (God I feel old…), and thus it occurred [...]
Tags: Jose Luis Pérez Zapata, Microprose, PC, retrospective, X-Com
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Wed, July 20 2011 » Retrospectives » 3 Comments
The run up to Christmas has become something of a gaming event these past few years. Why you may ask? Well it’s the one time of the year when every man and his bleedin’ dog seems to release yet another game to add to your list to Santa, it’s HUGE business. Take this year for [...]
Tags: Activision, black ops, Call of Duty, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty Black Ops, crofterz, FPS, Infinity Ward, Kieran Roycroft, old, Retro, retro fix, Review, revisit, World War 2, WW2
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Tue, November 9 2010 » Retrospectives » 6 Comments
Why Sonic The Hedgehog (Master System) is secretly the best Sonic game Not too long ago I entered an elite club. No, not the Stone Cutters or the Illuminati, I joined the few people who love the Sega Master System. Like many people, I was brought up on the Nintendo consoles, ignoring all other consoles [...]
Tags: 8 Bit, braindead_hero, Master System, newb review, newbreview, retro fix, rings, Secret, sega, Sonic
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Thu, July 22 2010 » Retrospectives » 4 Comments
With E3 fast approaching, The Newb Review has taken the opportunity to look back over the years to see the kind of excitement to come out of E3′s past, to predict what we could be seeing in the near future. This year marks E3s 15th anniversary as well as the 15 year anniversary of a [...]
Tags: Dragon Force, e3, House of the Dead, nights into dreams, Panzzer Dragoon Saga, Radiant Silvergun, sega, Sega Saturn, Segata Sanshiro, sonic team, Sony
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Mon, June 7 2010 » Retrospectives » 3 Comments