It burns when I PVP! | Game Reviews » Video Game Reviews http://reviews.pvpee.com Nothing but quality video game reviews Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:00:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 2011: The Year in Screenshots http://reviews.pvpee.com/2011-the-year-in-screenshots http://reviews.pvpee.com/2011-the-year-in-screenshots#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:00:47 +0000 NoWhErE http://blog.gamer20.com/?p=6199     With 2012 off to a good start, it’s time for us to take a look back at 2011 with our annual The Year in Screenshots feature that highlights our favorite games of the year. Rather than argue about awarding a single game as our game of the year, we here at SmashPad prefer [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://reviews.pvpee.com/2011-the-year-in-screenshots/feed 0 Review: Halo CE Anniversary (Xbox 360) http://reviews.pvpee.com/review-halo-ce-anniversary-xbox-360 http://reviews.pvpee.com/review-halo-ce-anniversary-xbox-360#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:00:29 +0000 NoWhErE http://blog.gamer20.com/?p=6171 The vast  majority of games won’t mean much 10 years after they’ve been released. Sure, you can conjure up little used memories for a chuckle. Chances are, though, you won’t remember much. But then there are those games that are forever burned into your gaming memories. The first time you were Mario. Your first Doom [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://reviews.pvpee.com/review-halo-ce-anniversary-xbox-360/feed 0 Review: Battlefield 3 (PC, Xbox 360, PS3) http://reviews.pvpee.com/review-battlefield-3-pc-xbox-360-ps3 http://reviews.pvpee.com/review-battlefield-3-pc-xbox-360-ps3#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:49:31 +0000 NoWhErE http://blog.gamer20.com/?p=6156 The Battlefield series has become one of EA’s most popular franchises, providing some of the most explosive and addictive multiplayer experiences in any shooter on the market today, rivaling even that of Call of Duty.  Battlefield 3 is no exception; marking the best entry in the series to date, DICE has gone all out to [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://reviews.pvpee.com/review-battlefield-3-pc-xbox-360-ps3/feed 0 Review: Batman: Arkham City (PS3, Xbox 360, PC) http://reviews.pvpee.com/review-batman-arkham-city-ps3-xbox-360-pc http://reviews.pvpee.com/review-batman-arkham-city-ps3-xbox-360-pc#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:57:01 +0000 NoWhErE http://blog.gamer20.com/?p=6109 Just when you think a game can’t possibly be topped, Rocksteady Studios rockets through the roof and takes off into the stars with Batman: Arkham City. The sequel to the award-winning title, Batman: Arkham Asylum, thrusts the player back into the cowl of the Dark Knight as the story continues beyond the massive destruction of [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://reviews.pvpee.com/review-uncharted-3-drake%e2%80%99s-deception-ps3/feed 0 Review: Dance Central 2 (Xbox 360) http://reviews.pvpee.com/review-dance-central-2-xbox-360 http://reviews.pvpee.com/review-dance-central-2-xbox-360#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:58:30 +0000 NoWhErE http://blog.gamer20.com/?p=6038 Microsoft launched their Kinect peripheral last year in hopes of broadening their user base and taking a chunk out of the Wii in sales. Though it’s debatable that the Kinect even had an impact with the year’s dip in Wii sales, what’s undeniable is the fact that the Kinect hasn’t really taken off since its [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://reviews.pvpee.com/review-dance-central-2-xbox-360/feed 0 Review: Kirby’s Return to Dream Land (Wii) http://reviews.pvpee.com/review-kirby%e2%80%99s-return-to-dream-land-wii http://reviews.pvpee.com/review-kirby%e2%80%99s-return-to-dream-land-wii#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:41:21 +0000 NoWhErE http://blog.gamer20.com/?p=6055 Lately, there has been a great deal of rebooting, both in movies and games, and our favorite pink mascot is in no way exempt. Nintendo gave the hero a shiny new gloss and a few friends in his newest adventure on the Wii. What Is It? Kirby’s Return to Dream Land brings the puffy hero [...] Related posts:
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