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Review: Nintendo Wii U

Is Nintendo's unique take on the console concept for you?
- By Timothy J. Seppala
- Posted November 28, 2012
With the HD-capable Wii U, Nintendo has finally caught up with Sony and Microsoft. While the PS3 and Xbox 360 have had their share of faults, Sony and Microsoft have managed to address most of those over the past six and seven years of their respective console’s lifespans.

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The S+V Interview: Need for Speed Most Wanted Audio Lead Vanesa Lorena Tate

A head-on collision never sounded so good
- By Timothy J. Seppala
- Posted October 30, 2012
Criterion Games wants wanted their latest open-world crashathon racer Need for Speed: Most Wanted (out today for PC, PS3, Vita, Xbox 360) to be a more film-like experience. So they hired BAFTA Award nominee Vanesa Lorena Tate to take on audio lead responsibilities. She’s been composing since she was four years old and has worked on such films as Hellboy 2: The Golden Army and two Harry Potter flicks: The Order of the Phoenix and The Deathly Hallows part 2 in addition to Criterion’s last Need for Speed, 2010’s Hot Pursuit.

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