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Attention, Bungie: Halo 3 Needs Online Co-Op

Forgive me for being a few days late to the “Halo 3 isn’t going to have online co-op” party, but I have this annoying thing called a day job. You know, the thing that pays the bills, keeps my wife and son fed and ensures I don’t sit in front of the TV all day. Fortunately my tardiness is just fashionable, and it gave Bungie a chance to respond to the Internet exploding. Now it’s time to respond back. Presuming you have a day…

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PaRappa the Rappa

With the onslaught of rhythm games over the past two years, it only makes sense that Sony would bring their king of the beats – PaRappa the Rapper, back for a round on the PSP. While this PSP port maintains the original PlayStation game’s charm, it unfortunately also maintains theoriginal game’s difficulty and so-so content, which makes it a tough beat to keep for $30. PaRappa the Rappa is simplistic in design – you just hit the various buttons on the PSP in time with the beat. That timing becomes…

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Overlord

Why waste time breaking countless objects and battling swarms of foes when others can do it for you? This simple concept anchors the basic premise behind Overlord, a refreshing and surprisingly strategic third-person action-adventure game where issuing commands to gnarly minions ousts traditional do-it-yourself gameplay mechanics. Need a door opened? Let the minions do it. Need…

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