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It’s hard to keep track of coverage, opinions, and whose played what, so we’re going to make it easy on you. The Game Guide is a zero bullshit look at what Mike, Jerry, and Ben think of games, with a list of articles about each title.

Bored? You can separate the games everyone likes and find something you haven’t played. Pissed off? Take a look at the games everyone agrees are shit. This is the place to get quick opinions on a variety of titles, including board games.

20 Games

Game	Gabe	Tycho	Ben	Related Articles
Monster Hunter 3 3DS, Wii U Buy Game	X	✓	—
Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon 3DS Buy Game	✓	✓	✓
Bioshock Infinite 360, PC Buy Game	✓	✓	✓	PAR reviews BioShock Infinite: Down in the river to pray Why I played BioShock Infinite on Easy The art of commerce: why Bioshock Infinite’s cover doesn’t matter
Lego City Undercover Wii U Buy Game	✓	—	✓
Antichamber PC Buy Game	—	✓	✓	It’s not what you know, it’s what you can figure out: the joy of Antichamber Why taking a bath is the secret to solving puzzles in Antichamber Antichamber developer Alexander Bruce explains why EVERY opportunity is important to an indie
EVE Online PC Buy Game	—	X	✓	Planning for war: how the EVE Online servers deal with a 3,000 person battle Greetings from null-sec! The Penny Arcade Report tours the offices of CCP CCP’s Dust 514 wants to bring EVE Online’s world of lies, corporations, and deceit to a console FPS
League of Legends PC Buy Game	✓	✓	—	$2 million in prizes, millions of viewers, and a packed house: the LoL Championship in pictures League of Legends plans to dominate eSports with consistency, quality, and accessibility League of Legends eSports site live, patch coming: track your team and advance in new ranking system
DmC: Devil May Cry 360, PC Buy Game	✓	✓	✓	DmC is a rebooted Devil May Cry with heart, social commentary, and a great combat system DmC: Devil May Cry is a failure. And a success. Just look at the sales! Cries of joy: DmC on PC doubles the framerate and improves textures for one hell of an experience
Mobile Frame Zero Tabletop Buy Game	—	✓	✓	A transhuman, genderless ideal of human contact criticized Star Trek, and led to warring LEGO Mechs
Dead Space 3 360 Buy Game	X	✓	✓	PAR reviews Dead Space 3: the game does everything right except the horror Dead Space 3 introduces microtransactions, but the worse crime is against the game’s inner logic Dead Space 3 added co-op the “expensive way,” and boy was that money worth it
XCOM: Enemy Unknown PC Buy Game	✓	✓	✓	XCOM is a gamble on a hardcore genre, and there is more riding on its success than you think XCOM: Enemy Unknown offers just as many choices in your base as it does on the battlefield Hands-on with the PC version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown (spoiler: the enemies are aliens)
Real Racing 3 iOS Buy Game	X	X	X	Real Racing 3 is a brilliant game crippled by EA’s greed Is Real Racing 3 the huge hit EA claims? Not yet, but it certainly could be soon
Strike Suit Zero PC Buy Game	✓	✓	✓	Strike Suit Zero barely misses perfection due to difficulty spikes, lack of checkpoints No Transformers “voodoo,” and the reason for shoulder pads: the art of Strike Suit Zero Strike Suit Zero filters Colony Wars through Japanese eyes: this is space combat all grown up
Aliens: Colonial Marines 360, PC Buy Game	X	X	X	Aliens: Colonial Marines is an unfinished, ugly mess Aliens: Colonial Marines isn’t scary yet, and that’s what scares me Colonial Marines’ failure: why it may be impossible to recreate James Cameron’s masterpiece in games
Assassin’s Creed 3 360 Buy Game	✓	✓	✓	American history as a bloody, uncertain battleground: PAR plays Assassin’s Creed 3 Selecting victims in Assassin’s Creed 3: These are real people, and this is where and when they died The evolution of Assassin’s Creed 3’s naval battles: the simulation that almost was
SimCity PC Buy Game	✓	X	X	The city that never sleeps, but always poops, needs water, and more electricity: PAR plays SimCity Reviewers can’t figure out SimCity, but neither can EA: This is why we’re all screwed SimCity’s next big problem: EA is selling a game that may not work, and is refusing refunds
Fire Emblem 3DS Buy Game	✓	✓	✓
Tomb Raider 360, PC Buy Game	✓	✓	✓	Not that kind of Croft: PAR reviews Tomb Raider Tomb Raider’s writer discusses the press, gender, and Lara Croft’s body count Tombs, tesselation, and TressFX: PAR experiences Tomb Raider on PC
Spaceteam iOS Buy Game	✓	✓	✓	Spaceteam is a fast-paced iOS game that mixes FTL, Artemis, and a whole bunch of screaming
God of War: Ascension PS3 Buy Game	—	—	✓	God of War: Ascension is an enjoyable adolescent power fantasy, but that formula is wearing thin God of War: Ascension’s multiplayer feels like a hi-def Power Stone 2, with eviscerations Loose controls and lack of info make God of War’s multiplayer beta more frustrating than satisfying

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