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Review: Primal Carnage

What do you get when you take a team of specialist mercs with nets, flamethrowers, tranquilizer rifles and grenade launchers and tell them to survive against a ravenous horde of dinosaurs? Primal Carnage. Lukewarm Media's dino debut game released late 2012 on the PC (via Reverb publishing) with quite the roar,but at its release, was simply riddled with game-breaking glitches. Now that this unusual player-versus-player title has more or less come out of its infantile beta stage, is it worth it?

Well, Primal Carnage is what happens when rock-paper-scissors shooter combat meets Left 4 Dead and Jurassic Park (minus the zombies)...

Question answered on January 26, 2013 at 08:22 AM :: Comments to date: 0

Review: Hotline Miami

Once in a while, a name - in this case, Dennaton Games - comes out of nowhere with an indie powerhouse packed into a little package. Through Devolver Digital, Dennaton released Hotline Miami on PC in October of 2012, and it's quickly become one of the more surreal and memorable experiences available in independent gaming.

Question answered on January 15, 2013 at 08:31 AM :: Comments to date: 0

How do I buy a PC computer game on STEAM?

If you haven't heard of Steam by now, it's time you learned! Steam is the largest online distributor of PC games in existence - a massive boon to PC gamers worldwide, and with the Christmas season upon us, your source of easy gifts for your family keyboard warrior.

In 2003, Valve Software, creators of Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Left4Dead and Portal released Steam as a method of centralizing update releases for their published games to make the process easier for people that played their games. When Valve began to sell third-party games through Steam, however, the concept exploded.

Question answered on December 24, 2012 at 03:42 PM :: Comments to date: 0

Great Games for Sale, from Steam

If you either A) don't play PC video games, or B) live under a rock, then it'll be news to you that Steam has begun its absolutely massive summer sale. This year, though, the insane discounts you can get on games on Steam is more convoluted than ever. No one wants to buy a game for 50% off if they know it's going to be 80% off in a few hours. How do you save as much as you can while you're saving as much as you can?

After four years as a Steam user, I've compiled a list of tips and tricks to beat the system!

Question answered on July 16, 2012 at 12:45 PM :: Comments to date: 1
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