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Best Games of 2010 – Honorable Mentions

Creating a Best of List for Pads & Panels is no easy task. It involves everyone putting in feedback, a get-together and copious amounts of drinking, when we argue our cases for what belongs where on the list. Inevitably, fantastic titles don’t make it to the top of the tower, and we’re left feeling bad for not honoring the enjoyment some of these games provided us throughout the year. So that’s where the Honorable Mentions come into play. These are the list of games that didn’t quite make our Top 10, but we think you should be playing them nonetheless. Plus, it’s always kind of fun to make our readers wonder, with titles this great on the honorable mentions list, what is going to make our Top 10. They are essentially our #11 through #20 picks, but are presented in no particular order. Enjoy! (more…)

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Title: 3D Dot Game Heroes

Platform: PS3

ESRB: E

Publisher: Atlus

Developer: From Software

Rating:

Review By: Eric Stuckart

It seems telling that my favorite current game on the PS3 is one that is heavily inspired by a nearly 20-year-old Super Nintendo game. It either says something about modern video games or me, but I’d like to think it’s the latter. However, I’ve made no secret my admiration for nostalgia-laden games, so it should surprise no one that I’ve fallen in love with 3D Dot Game Heroes.

Coming across like a bizarro world mash-up of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and any of the countless Lego games, 3D Dot Game Heroes is steeped in old-school elements and references to games from the past. Featuring a nameless hero tasked with the mission of retrieving six mystical orbs from six different temples in order to fight an evil priest trying to glean power from an evil orb. (more…)

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We have, sadly, been quite behind on the posting of trailers. They’ve still be going up over at our YouTube account, but with all of the happenings, they haven’t found their way over to the site. So today, playing catch-up, we have the proverbial shit-ton of them. Even with these, there are more to found on the YouTube account for videophiles. Enjoy! We start with the PAX East Demo of Twisted Pixel’s Comic Jumper. From there, we’ve got the Split Second gameplay trailer, followed by the Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands gameplay reveal. Then it’s an MMA showdown, with a two UFC Undisputed 2010 videos and one from its competition, EA MMA. And many, many more. Enjoy!

Comic Jumper PAX East Demo

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