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I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar.

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Both games have received a fresh coat of paint atop their respective International Editions, with the content relatively untouched aside from visuals. They're bundled together on PS3, but sold separately on PS Vita.

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