About Author: Dan Crabtree

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Dan Crabtree delivers wordsmithery as an editor for PSNFans and GamerNode. He has a dog who thinks he is pretty rad.

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AMY Review

AMY is nothing if not bold. It’s also frustrating and dated, but the insistence on particularly risky design decisions put this odd, survival horror downloadable title in a category almost of its own. Fighting off a zombie virus from within isn’t a foreign concept for films but games have yet to really explore how the debilitating infection can affect the player-character. It’s a worthwhile pursuit, but falls far short of its intended goal. Read the rest of this entry »

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PSN’s Awesome Autumn Exclusives Could Dominate XBL’s Summer of Arcade

In the waning days of Xbox LIVE’s Summer of Arcade, you’ll find no bigger Bastion supporter than me. Eric Chahi’s From Dust was just my kind of innovative strategy game. Hell, I pined for Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet since PAX East 2011. And when Sony announced the PSN Play promotion, I wasn’t even that impressed. Four out of the five titles were multiplatform. Where’d that $20 million for downloadable exclusives go?

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Sideway explores 3D graffiti platforms

As is the curse of the indie developer community, great games are often overlooked. Back in January, Sony Online Entertainment announced a handful of unique titles that met their media demise as soon as they hit the net. That, as they say, is a shame. Read the rest of this entry »

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Summer Discounts Sweep PSN

Xbox LIVE can keep its Summer of Arcade, and Steam its Summer Camp Sale, ’cause the PlayStation Network is heating up this summer with some deals of its own, artfully named “Summer Sale 2011.” Granted some of the games might have first appeared on Xbox LIVE – and Summer of Arcade – but never before have they been this cheap and all in one magical place. Read the rest of this entry »

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Rumor: LIMBO coming to PSN

PlayDead Studios found fortune in the afterlife when its purgatorial platformer LIMBO found its way onto Xbox LIVE’s Summer of Arcade last year. Then the rumors started flying about LIMBO ports for PS3 and PC platforms. Those were vehemently denied by the studio who apologized and receded into the night. Read the rest of this entry »

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Beta-Max June 28, 2011: Uncharted 3 and Journey

June 28 marks the biggest day for PlayStation beta gamers of 2011. Today, Naughty Dog’s multiplayer beta for the upcoming blockbuster action shooter Uncharted 3 hits the Network, and thatgamecompany’s private beta for the memorable desert adventureJourney are unleashed upon the eager gaming masses. The hype machine is in full swing. Read the rest of this entry »

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Puzzle Dimension 3D rolls in 3D

The Swedes aren’t often known for their puzzles, but this week Swedish developer Doctor Entertainment brings 360 degrees of intrigue to the PlayStation Network with Puzzle Dimension. So maybe its not the most striking title, but if the launch trailer is anything to go by, Super Monkey Ball just got one-upped. Read the rest of this entry »

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Journey hands-on preview

A brief demo of Silent Hill: Downpour was stressful enough. Then Metro: Last Light… I mean how loud can a private demo be? And don’t get me started on the military shooters — Really? A truck and a train exploding at the same time? Read the rest of this entry »

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Papo & Yo hands-on preview

Papo & Yo

Pretend is a comfortable setting for video games. The light-hearted silliness endemic to interactive media (see the “Halo Hump,” friendly fire) muddles efforts by game designers to add “realism,” cramming more pixels into alien facial textures and apocalypse scenario explosions. Read the rest of this entry »

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Electric goes digital: inFAMOUS 2 on PSN


The “Welcome Back” program on the PlayStation Network quieted the inevitable outage rage from free and Plus subscribers alike. Among the apology bonuses lay the comic-garde superhero story from developer Sucker Punch, inFAMOUS, and now its fresher, more handsome brother joins it on the for-download landscape. Read the rest of this entry »

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