Author: Trevor Ruben

    Though I contribute to many online publications on a regular basis, including The Checkout, the crux of my writing lies in video games. When not writing, I'm often streaming a variety of games on Twitch.


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  • Gears of War Ultimate Edition Xbox One Xbox Games with Gold February 2016
    The Future of the Xbox One Might Be the Xbox 360

    Microsoft had its first major console victory with the Xbox 360. The original Xbox was successful enough to justify a second generation, yes, but it wasn’t until that second generation when Microsoft touched the top of the...

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  • Fantastic Four Reviews Movie Poster
    Fantastic Four is a Worse Movie Than Pixels, According to Critics

    Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes are not the end-all way to know if a movie is good or worth watching. They’re just tools to maybe point you in the right direction, but sometime that direction is so definitive...

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  • Deadpool Trailer
    10 Gut Reactions to the First Official Deadpool Trailer

    Ryan Reynolds and director Tim Miller are trying to remake the movie Deadpool into the comic book Deadpool after the disastrous representation in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. They got the R rating, they got the costume, they got the...

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  • No Left Turn Zoolander 2 Trailer
    The First Zoolander 2 Trailer Reminds Us of the Power of Stupidity

    A film of greater legend than Anchorman and even greater relevance than the rest of Ben Stiller’s career, Zoolander was exactly the thing that everyone wanted more of, but was too afraid to ask for. Worry not, for Hollywood’s most prolific...

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  • Batman v Superman Trailer Dawn of Justice
    From YouTube: Elders Drop Some Wisdom on the Batman V Superman Trailer

    The loudest voices are often the youngest ones. It’s time to let the wiser among us splatter the internet with their opinions on the latest Batman v Superman trailer. Enter a new Elders React video from YouTube’s Fine Brothers Entertainment...

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  • Limbo Playstation Plus August 2015 PS4
    The PS Plus August 2015 Free Game Lineup Thrives for Lack of Size

    If there’s any month of the year in free game deals that exemplifies the stark contrast between PlayStation and Xbox’s current market appeal, this August is it. Following up yesterday’s AAA-filled Games with Gold announcement from Microsoft is today’s...

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  • Metro 2033 Games with Gold August 2015 Xbox 360
    The Games with Gold August 2015 Offering is Full of Ups and Downs

    Microsoft is playing a little catch up with Sony in August. Its Games with Gold promotion, originally conceived as a match for Sony’s Playstation Plus free games, maintains a struggling position in the final month of summer with...

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  • Terminator Autonomous Killer Robots
    Prominent Smart People Agree Autonomous Killer Robots are Bad, Urge World to Agree

    A mass of AI and robotics researchers have penned and signed an open letter, which was presented today at 2015’s International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence, warning of an impending “third revolution in warfare,” or the ubiquitous...

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  • Everything Coming to Netflix August 2015

    The heat of August will set upon us soon, and with it the desire to stay indoors, waist immense amount of dollars on air conditioning and resent the sun for existing. Of course, it’s a certain streaming...

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  • Every JRPG Ever
    YouTube Highlight: Every JRPG Ever

    Video game genres are ridiculous. They’re amorphous to the point of nondescript. Some genres are actually just groupings of mechanics found in video games that belong to larger genres. Some genres are just different kinds of movies,...

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  • Mockinjay Part 2 Trailer Hero Shot
    10 Gut Reactions to the Latest The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Trailer

    The Hunger Games movie franchise, also understood as Jennifer Lawrence’s fame machine, is finally coming to end. Lionsgate put out a fairly detailed The Hunger Games: Mockinjay Part 2 trailer today, ensuring that, yes, it’s coming to end. Everyone’s back for...

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  • Batman: Arkham Knight POP Figure
    Batman: Arkham Knight Funko POP! Figures Exude Appropriate Righteousness

    Funko revealed a quartet of POP! Vinyl figures today drawn from the recently released Batman: Arkham Knight. Though the existence of such figures isn’t surprising – the series has inspired more than a few figures in the past –...

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