ARTICLES BY THX 1138
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THE GETAWAY
Right, then. The first thing you should probably know about this game is that it has nothing to do with the Sam Peckinpah & film of the same name. Too bad, cuz that would have ruled. The next thing you should know is that no matter how many people try to tell you otherwise, this game has very little in common with the Grand Theft Auto series. There are some similarities in gameplay, in that missions are divided into driving around parts and walking around parts, and yes, you can jack cars, but that’s it. Where GTA offers...
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UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2003
Back at the end of ‘99 two games reigned supreme as top contenders in the online first-person shooter genre: Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament. Both games featured arena-style death matches, as well many team-based games like Capture the Flag and Team Deathmatch. Heated debates ensued over which one was the best. I always preferred Quake 3 over UT, as Q3 arguably had better graphics, better sound, and better level design...
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Classic Game: The History of DoomBig jumps in game technology usually occur when a new generation of consoles or video cards comes out, but the current crop of video games is basically last generation’s games with a slight graphic upgrade. Remember the difference between the SNES and the Playstation when it came out? There was a hu...
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THE ITALIAN JOB
The Italian Job, the film, is one of those campy, London-in-the-swinging-’60s numbers where Michael Caine plays a crude and ugly cockney guy that gets laid a lot and the notoriously effeminate Noel Coward plays a very heterosexual and tough English gangland boss. Whatever...
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JEDI KINIGHT II: JEDI OUTCAST
They might as well have called this game Crack Knight II: Jedi Crack Addict because that’s how addictive it is. I found myself getting up two hours early before work to play this game. Hell, let’s be honest here. I called in sick two days last week to play t...
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LUIGI'S MANSION
I can’t believe the same company responsible for the Super Mario series released this game as a flagship title. A new Nintendo console usually means the release of a new Mario game, but this time we’re treated to the cold offering that is Luigi’s Mansion. Basically you ru...
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SILENT HILL 2
Since Hollywood stopped making real horror movies in lieu of the more portable teen slasher ick, connoisseurs of the genre have been relegated to rewatch the classics on DVD or go out and discover completely new ways to get the creeps. Silent Hill 2 is the latest entry in t...
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GRAND THEFT AUTO 3
The 3-D sequel to Grand Theft Auto is blowing my ass off like a bazooka. Here’s the plot.
You just escaped from prison and some black dude (another ex-con who I swear has Guru as his voice) knows where you guys have to go. You have to steal a car with Guru and tak...
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GRAN TURISMO 3: A-SPEC
I remember when the first Playstation came out and everyone wondered when the games were going to look as good as those pre-rendered cut scenes. The wait is over fags and GT3 lives up to the hype. Perhaps the most killer app for the PS2, this game is an absolute mu...
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