Articles By: Michael Bencic

Mass Effect Review (360)

Tweet Let’s start with what is incredible about Mass Effect. As a child of the 80′s, I was reared on The Black Hole, Blade Runner, The Last Starfighter, and Enemy Mine — a mix of cult classics and lovable garbage that tried to capture the public’s imagination between Star Wars episodes 4-6.

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Ghostbusters: Let’s Show This Prehistoric Bitch How We Do Things Downtown…

Tweet June 8, 1984. What I call the greatest day in entertainment history. The moment when the world became aware that comedy didn’t have to be just some low budget, visually uninspired tripe. It could be spectacular. It could contain ideas and imagination. That child-friendly merchandising and dick jokes COULD in fact, exist side by [...]

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Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground (PS3/360)

Tweet There’s a right and a wrong way to do things. Then there’s a middle of the road. You know, complacent. Boring. Non eventful. Or as I like to call it, Tony Hawk, post Pro Skater 2.

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How Bout’ The Time I Emailed Bill Gates…

Tweet “Bill Gates is building one of these as we speak” From the red rings of death to the unreadable disk errors, 360′s were turning on their owner’s like that scene in the Transformers movie. I was sick and tired of it, and I wanted results, so I emailed Bill Gates.

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Spider-Man HD Trilogy: Blu-Ray Review

Tweet Spidey may be able to do whatever a spider can, but only the combined might of Sony’s Blu-ray capable Playstation 3, director Sam Rami, and the finest comic-book based trilogy to date, will have fan-boys swooning in delight. Warm up your PS3′s kiddies, it’s time for a much needed Blu-ray work out, red and [...]

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Activision Announces Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Weekend – Demo on XBL

Tweet My fingers have BARELY begun the healing process from Guitar Hero II on the 360. My left hand is stiff, achy, swollen, and just exhausted from earning 5-stars, and what’s worst is … I love it! If you also suffer from Hero-Hand, then get out the ice-pack and rest up, because Activision has a [...]

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Guitar Hero III Version of The Devil Went Down to Georgia

Tweet “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”, the final song in Guitar Hero III, was composed and produced by Steve Ouimette, a 16-year veteran of the video game industry. He has scored original soundtracks for film, mobile media, and video games.

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Spider-Man ‘X’ List – Spideys 9 Greatest Gaming Hits & 1 Biggest Miss

Tweet I handle my lists a little differently than many websites/magazines. I call the lists “THE X LIST”, X as in Ten, giving you a list comprised of nine hits (with Spidey as the main character or at least a featured player), and One ENORMOUS miss. Even though Spidey may be a hero in the [...]

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Review: Spider-Man: Friend or Foe (Xbox 360/Wii/PS2)

Tweet “Try my blue bubble launching side kick on for size!” There’s no joy on Earth like having a child. I realize I probably talk about my son and niece a whole bunch when I write, but that’s because it’s a joy being a dad and an uncle. As a gamer though, it’s tough when [...]

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Xbox 360/PS3 Review: NHL 2K8

Tweet If there’s one word that defines this generation of sports games, it is complication. I grew up during the advent of 8 bit gaming and the explosion of 16-bit. For hockey fans, this was a fabulous time to lace up pixelated skates. Between Nintendo’s Ice Hockey and Konami’s cult-classic Blades of Steel, the seeds [...]

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