PATRICK O'ROURKE
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I'm a Ryerson University Journalism graduate and freelance Journalist/Blogger extraordinaire with a soft spot for video games and technology. I've been gaming my entire life and blog extensively about my travels through gamedom on my website www.gamejudgment.com. Follow me on Twitter at Patrick_ORourke.
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ToeJam & Earl's co-op mode was utterly fantastic and away ahead of its time. This is one classic series that definitely deserves an HD remake.
Monday, April 23, 2012 | Comments (2)
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Pokémon Black and White 2 should be coming out for the Nintendo 3DS and not its predecessor.
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Reviewing video games isn't all it's cracked up to be. Sometimes, it's good to just play for personal enjoyment and skip the critical analysis.
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Remember the Road Rash franchise, EA’s violent motorcycle racing series? Well, I think it’s exactly what the gaming industry needs right now. It’s time for a re-imagining of Electronic Art’s classic franchise.
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BioWare’s three-part sci-fi tale is breaking new ground for all future video games.
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Now that Sony’s extremely powerful handheld, the PlayStation Vita, has made its way to North America, gamers everywhere are asking the same question – will the PlayStation Vita be successful?
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Rhythm Heaven Fever is absolutely bizarre. One of the last major Wii releases, it’s the kind of game that only appeals to a very specific audience. It’s quirky, interesting, and at times also amazingly unforgiving and frustrating.
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Kid Icarus Uprising, a 20-years-later re-imagining of the franchise, seems solid so far...with one slight problem.
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I enjoy the Metal Gear franchise, but I’ve never completely understood the draw of the draw of the series. After spending a short amount of time with Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D at a recent Nintendo press event in Toronto, the Metal Gear franchise might just have a new fan
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Every episode of Dumpster Diving focuses on a new terrible video game
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Kirby’s Mass Attack for DS features ingredients common to great video games, but it just doesn’t manage to get them together. The title offers vibrant graphics and a classic Nintendo character (Kirby), but that’s where the appeal ends.
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It’s been a awhile since I’ve played a Resident Evil title. In fact, I haven’t followed Resident Evil Revelations' development much at all. I did, however, end up downloading the 3DS demo from the eShop on a whim. I admit that I didn’t expect much, figuring it would play similarly to last year’s Resident Evil Mercenaries. To my surprise, Revelat
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Final Fantasy XIII is the only video game I have ever returned to a store. Yes, it was that bad, and I absolutely hated it. Square Enix, why are you releasing a sequel to a game that was generally resented by even Final Fantasy’s most hardcore fans? It just doesn’t make sense.
COMMENTS BY THIS AUTHOR (35)
"I totally forgot about the presents features when I was writing this. That was by far one of the game's coolest features."
Monday, April 23, 2012
"I love reviewing games. Just playing one bad game after another starts to get pretty annoying."
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
"I admit that the game's ending is a little dissapointing. When I was writing this piece, I was taking the entire series into account.

I've never reach a book, or watched a movie or even played a video game that affected me the way the Mass Effect franchise has. It actually made me care about the game's characters."
Thursday, March 15, 2012
"I didn't think of that at all, playing the game as a left handed person would probably be nearly impossible!"
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
"Time Lord was an awesome game. I had no idea it was created by Rare."
Friday, February 03, 2012
"I agree with everything you've said. I actually remember reading once that Square Enix had a ton of unused assets from Final Fantasy XIII. Apparently they had to cut a ton of content to stick with its release schedule?

I guess it makes sense to use all the left over stuff for something, at least in a business sense."
Sunday, January 29, 2012
"I think I'd like to see a return to the series roots. A classic less convoluted story like what was In VI would be cool as would a solid turn based battle system.

I'd also want it to have a ton of exploration and freedom."
Sunday, January 29, 2012
"Oh man, he totally does. I didn't notice that before. I hope it isn't painful!"
Saturday, January 28, 2012
"I was actually playing Anniversary last night and had a ton of fun with it. I think it's probably the nostalgia factor though."
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
"Does that work with every title though? I thought post play surverys were only part of certain games."
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
"For me part of Halo's appeal used to be its simplicity and balancing. The original Halo didn't have many weapons and multiplayer/single player matches turned into a battle of rock paper scissors mixed in with a bit of skill.

Later iterations of the franchise became more and more complicated but at least Reach was sort of a return to the series roots. In the end though, Like I said in my article though, I think the franchise needs a total revamp to remain relevan"
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
"I thought these games were a pretty cool give away. I still need enough points for the Dr. Mario games though."
Monday, January 23, 2012