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Chris Gaerig is currently the Associate Editor at 24x7, Imaging Economics and Clinical Lab Products magazines, based out of Los Angeles, California. He is a University of Michigan Wolverine, with a Bachelor’s degree in English and American Culture, and has written for such publications as Stylus, Pitchfork, Tiny Mix Tapes, and The Michigan Daily. He also maintains the sports blog Burgeoning Wolverine Star.


Reviews

Friday, November 18 2011

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Make no mistake, despite the title of the franchise’s long running Modern Warfare series, the games have never been about warfare. Instead, they simulated what would happen when two futuristically equipped SWAT teams ran into each other: an orgy of technology, explosions, and gadgets.


Monday, November 7 2011

Air Conflicts: Secret Wars

Half of the challenge of games like this is determining where to shoot in order to hit a moving plane. Secret Wars does this for you.


Friday, October 7 2011

NHL 12

The revamp is a resounding success. The gameplay feels like real hockey.


Monday, September 12 2011

Madden NFL 12

Madden 12 is the first game in the series for quite some time that you can say provides a unique experience.


Wednesday, July 20 2011

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Transformers: Dark of the Moon achieves nothing new and what it does do, it does poorly.


Dirt 3 [24.Jun.11]
Goldeneye 007 [15.Dec.10]
NCAA Football 11 [11.Aug.10]
NBA 2K10 [9.Nov.09]
NHL 2K10 [30.Oct.09]
Madden NFL 10 [11.Sep.09]
Punch-Out!! [22.Jul.09]
Deadly Creatures [1.Apr.09]
Skate It [14.Jan.09]
Quantum of Solace [10.Dec.08]
Wii Music [14.Nov.08]
Bun B: II Trill [25.Jun.08]

Blogs

Wednesday, January 25 2012

A Single Player Tutorial: Single Player Mode in 'Battlefield 3'

After settling into the competitive, online playing field of some games, I find all other functions of the game superfluous, especially single player mode.


Sunday, December 13 2009

NBA 2K10

NBA 2K10 - Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii [$59.99]


Thursday, November 20 2008

WiiWare: Tetris Party

A look at the latest iteration of Tetris via Nintendo's WiiWare.


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