Shawn Petraschuk

Fearless leader, dashing and debonair Executive Editor, and Co-Founder/Owner of COGconnected. Raised on an NES, came of age on the PS1, turned 'crusty, old grumpy gamer' on the Xbox One and PS4. I play it all from shooters to RPGs all while grumbling about getting owned by 12 year olds. The reflexes just ain't what they used to be ya know?

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Xbox One Elite Controller Review – Luxurious Quality Worth Every Penny

The Xbox One Elite Controller is likely the best console gamepad on the market and totally worth it if you can swallow the cost.

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Fallout 4 Review – The Most Megaton of Fun You Can have in an Irradiated Wasteland

Hello wastelands, it’s been a while. We venture into the Commonwealth in Fallout 4 and emerge dusty, bruised, battered and highly entertained. It may not be perfect but Fallout 4 is a strong front runner for 2015’s game of the year title.

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Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition Review – Natural Enhancement with Real Results

One of the best RPGs of 2014 makes the jump to console and it does so in fine form. Divinity: Original Sin should be on every RPG lover’s list of games they need to have.

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3 Up, 3 Down – The Best (And Worst) Games From October 2015

The best of the best and the worst of the worst. October had some real gems but you can’t appreciate the good games if you don’t have awful ones to compare them to. We take a look at October’s finest plays and worst displays in gaming.

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LEGO Dimensions Review – Everything Really is Awesome (Except your Empty Wallet)

LEGO Dimensions brings the familiar plastic bricks to the toys-to-life video game genre like no other game before it. Prepare your wallet for evacuation!

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Disney Infinity 3.0 ‘Star Wars: Rise Against the Empire’ Review – Original Trilogy Magic

Nostalgic for the old farts and an absolutely magical way to introduce your kids to the wonders of Star Wars’ original trilogy, you absolutely can’t go wrong adding the ‘Rise Against the Empire’ play set to Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition.

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Guitar Hero Live Hands-On Preview – Ingenuity that Rock Band Didn’t Have the Guts To Drop

At a recent event at the YouTube Space in LA we were able to get some quality playtime in with FreeStyleGames and Activision’s ‘Guitar Hero Live’. Rest assured that the drastic changes made to the franchise are exactly what it needed.

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Disney Infinity 3.0 Review – A Little Dose of the Force Goes a Long Way

The House of Mouse uses the force to their advantage and manages to pull the Disney Infinity franchise out of the clutches of the Dark Side. Yoda would be proud.

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Dishonored: Definitive Edition Review – Back to the Shadows

If you’re not already swimming in unfinished copies of other re-releases and definitive editions from the past two years then Dishonored: Definitive Edition is worthy of your time. Just don’t expect anything more than what we saw in 2012.

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Submerged Review – It’s Hard to Submerge When the Water’s so Shallow

Uppercut Games, manned by some impressive talent in former BioShock devs, brings us Submerged. It’s pretty and it has an interesting story to go with it but a complete lack of depth in the gameplay department makes Submerged very difficult to get into.