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  • Five Reasons: Grand Theft Auto V

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    Trey Sterling
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    When GTA IV released in 2008, it was impossible not to get swept up in the hype. IGN posted a ten-page review that I considered “masturbatory.” I personally hadn’t enjoyed a GTA since the conversion to 3D; for some reason, I didn’t seem to be able to play them for more than about half an…

  • Five Reasons: The Last Of Us

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      In 1996, a game developer called Naughty Dog released a game starring a bright orange bandicoot that spun, wore talking tiki masks, had a super-hot girlfriend, and loved “wumpa fruit.” Crash would soon become synonymous with the PlayStation brand, and that mascot-level connection would only grow across the next two generations with Jak &…

  • Five Reasons: Metro: Last Light

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    Trey Sterling
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    When [amazon_link id=”B002V16T0Q” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Metro 2033[/amazon_link] was released two years ago, there was almost no marketing behind it, save for a lackluster “Fear the Future” slogan that isn’t really representative of the game. It would have passed completely under my radar if not for Erich Wildgrube, but that’s a story for a later post. The…

  • Injustice:Gods Among Us Launch Trailer Has Punching, Kicking And Kevin Conroy

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    Scott Simmons
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    WB Games has released a launch trailer for Injustice: Gods Among Us. It is not heavy on story (which is great by the way), but it is heavy on punches to the face, tombstones over people’s heads and truth lassos. Oh and Batman and Aquaman get most of the speaking time which is fine with…

  • Scott’s Five Reasons: Injustice: Gods Among Us

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    NetherRealm Studios brought Mortal Kombat back into the mainstream in 2011 with a bloody brawler that controlled like the Kombat of old and added in a fun story and unlockables galore. They threw a lot of people off with their followup, which was not in fact Mortal Kombat 2, but a game featuring characters from…

  • Win A Free Strategy Guide For Bioshock Infinite!!!

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    Scott Simmons
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    We here at Nerd Rating are in love with Bioshock Infinite. We will be doing a dual review for the game like we did for Tomb Raider last month. We are enjoying the game so much that we want one of our lucky readers to be able to get everything out of this amazing work…

  • Trey’s Five Reasons: Bioshock Infinite

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    *QUICK NOTE* See that author line below the title? Don’t believe that! Sometimes here at Nerd Rating we get backed up so I am doing our buddy Trey Sterling a solid and posting his five reasons to get Bioshock Infinite. Thus the title…pay attention! On with the fun. One week from today, gamers will finally…