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Recent Posts
Grump Twitter- GameGrumpPE: New browser-based game has been dominating the month: "Job Hunt Story," Giving it 0/5 stars. November 16, 2010
- GameGrumpPE: #Fable3 Early; 19/10 Minus one for texture pop. Mathematically impossible score for making tangible the best menu-based elements of Fable 2. October 27, 2010
- GameGrumpPE: #FourHeroesofLight Premature evaluation stands. Patient turn-based RPG fans are in for a treat. Do we have to pay royalties to say 'whimsy?' October 27, 2010
- GameGrumpPE: #CostumeQuest and #SuperMeatBoy Watch for the podcast later this week (Hint: We like 'em!) October 27, 2010
- GameGrumpPE: #Minecraft I enjoyed the Doom II map tools more than playing the game... I enjoy Minecraft Classic in the same way. Legos for the 486 set. October 15, 2010
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Game writing worth reading. There are ‘scoreless reviews,’ which are more like mini-features that focus on one game. There are features, which are longer articles on almost anything even remotely game-related. Also, you’ll find coverage of any events the Grump Bros. and crew can get themselves to, from Brooklyn to Beyond. And when we occasion to the top of a soapbox, editorials are written. All here.
Podcast and Q4 Talk
There is a new Podcast up. Our best ever. It includes our first Reader Mail segment, which is something we’ll definitely be doing again, once we get enough mail. Hint, hint. Send questions, critiques, pranks, what-have-you to letters@gamegrump.com. In other … Continue reading
Posted in Editorials, Podcast
Tagged Forza 3, Modern Warfare 2, No Russian, podcast, Q4
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GameX!
Welcome back after a long summer! I attended the GameX Games and Media Expo this past Saturday, and it was pretty great. A quick look of what was going on: In one area there were games from all eras on … Continue reading
Posted in Events and Conventions
Tagged convention, dante's inferno, GameX, pinball, the escapist, yahtzee, zero punctuation
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The Award for Best Video Game Doggie…
Fudgie was our good doggie here at Game Grump, a handsome yellow pooch who lived to the ripe old age of 20. We cared for him in earnest through his golden years, injecting him with saline and feeding him pills … Continue reading
Posted in Features
Tagged a boy and his blob, animal crossing, dogs, duck hunt, Fable II, halflife 2, Nethack, nintendogs, parappa, rush, top 9
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Rock Band 2: Best Yet
Right now, at this moment in history, Rock Band 2 is the best video game. Best. It’s not the best by the standard measures of video game quality (though it fares well there, too), but it’s the best for outward … Continue reading
Fable II: Schmonsequences
An hour into Fable II, I finally emerged from ‘childhood’ (aka, the training mission) and began my life as the world’s Next Big Hero. Starting our with a leisurely stroll, I walked through Bowerstone, a densely-packed mashup of Tudor, Victorian, … Continue reading
Funde Razor 2008 Feature
The fourth, and best, New York Child’s Play Funde Razor raised over $3000 this year. New venue, excellent crowd, and top-notch logistics. The Pour House in the East Village, its new home, is much better suited to the tournament task … Continue reading
Posted in Events and Conventions
Tagged child's play, funde razor, Rock Band 2, the pour house
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Funde Razor 2008 – Quick Pics
By far, by very far, the best New York Child’s Play Funde Razor ever. New venue, excellent crowd, and top-notch logistics. This year’s venue was The Pour House in the East Village, and while I will always love Barcade, the … Continue reading
Posted in Events and Conventions
Tagged child's play, funde razor, Lego, Rock Band, the pour house
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Drowning in Games
The newest podcast is up. A funny ‘cast full of brotherly game banter, as usual. Check it out. As if the Q4 game deluge wasn’t enough, Microsoft dropped the ‘New Xbox Experience’ this week. Major upgrade – now everyone has … Continue reading
CivRevDS Grumpinion
That’s right, we haven’t had a new Grumpinion since May, but this is a special occasion. Civilization Revolution DS took over my life a couple weeks back and it’s a wonder that I can still experience life in terms other … Continue reading
Posted in Editorials, News and Updates
Tagged Civilization Revolution, DS, game addiction
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Civilization Revolution DS: Looking into the Abyss
This must be prefaced with the fact that until Civilization Revolution DS I had never played a Civ game, although I had been warned of their potency. I’m sure the portable version is a pale shadow of the experience on … Continue reading
Posted in Scoreless Reviews
Tagged Civilization Revolution, DS, strategy, turn-based
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