EXCLUSIVE REVIEW: Deadly Premonition

When my review copy of Deadly Premonition arrived in the mail about 20 minutes late¹, I didn't know what to expect from the budget-horror title. The review was due in a week, and I was too busy watching awful movies that didn't mean anything ² to be bothered to review a game that didn't already have some sort of buzz surrounding it. But, I bucked up around 7 p.m., dizzy from being so full of myself, and sat down and started the game up.

Holy graham cracker-filled wheelbarrows, did Deadly Premonition surprise me. After checking the achievements as another test to see if the game was worth playing, I watched the beginning cutscene in utter awe. Not the sort of awe you feel in your stomach after seeing two puppies cuddle -- the sort of awe that you get in your gut when you found out that thing about Locke being a girl. I was literally so amazed by the kinds of gravitas that this game had in its first cutscene that I deleted Braid from every machine I had it installed on -- three, in case you're wondering -- in anticipation for the god-damned art I was about to get myself into.

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Super Mario Galaxy 2 Video Review

I've got some beef with all this Super Mario Galaxy 2 love, so I decided to do Game Inquisitor's first video review.

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