Like the headline says: Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 is real and is scheduled for release on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in Spring 2011. Capcom USA HULK GLOWER MENACINGLY! We know almost nothing about this sequel — see the full if uninformative press release past the jump — aside from its suitably Stan Lee-styled […]
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Gears Of War 3: Now With 20 Percent More Cooter!
After a recent Bieber-infused info leak, last night’s official announcement of Gears of War 3 on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon came as a shock to no one. Unable to comprehend a situation in which he isn’t the four-foot-tall center of attention, de facto series spokesman and Epic Games Design Director Cliff Blitzkrieg Blazkowicz Bleszinski […]
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World Of Warcraft Fans, This ‘Uns For You
Like the title says, this post is aimed squarely at the World of Warcraft geeks in the audience — and even more squarely at those who can barely contain the absolutely literal erection they get at the thought of the massively multiplayer online realm’s impending Cataclysm expansion. Those of you who break out in hives […]
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Mega Man Mosaic Trumps Everything You’ve Ever Made
It’s Friday, work will only have you in its skeletonic grip for a few more hours and the weekend holds endless promises of half-assed riots and police violence. With that in mind I thought I’d share something heartwarming. Something pleasant. Something proving yet again that there are people out there on the ‘net who have […]
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Surprising No One, New Pokémon Games Announced
Nintendo At this point the abortion would have been cheaper Less than half a month since Nintendo launched Pokémon Heart Gold and Soul Silver, the House of Mario has announced the next addition to its endless string of monster catch titles designed to prize every last dollar from the pockets of harried parents the world […]
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BREAKING NEWS: Hillsboro Man Breaks 27-Year-Old Asteroids World Record
What, no “ASS?” Right this very moment, 42-year-old Hillsboro resident John McAllister is attempting to break the world record high score on Atari’s coin-op classic Asteroids. He’s been shattering space rocks and murdering passing aliens for roughly 54 hours, and McAllister’s online spectators estimate that, at the current rate, he’ll break the world record of […]
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Weekend Reading Addendum: The Act
Disclaimer: I expect, like, four of you to really appreciate this. You four are my people. The rest of you will die penniless and alone. Ok, so remember that post I made earlier today which, on reflection, seems to paint my weekends as sad, lonely affairs occupied only by plumbing the depths of the Internet […]
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Weekend Reading: Unseen 64
Writing about games for a living isn’t all fancy parties, mountains of drugs and scoring wicked hot tail. Pablo Escobar Typographically Santized For Your Protection In fact, it’s nothing like that. In reality, it’s all about sitting on your couch in a pair of warm ups, forcing yourself to play through hours and hours of […]
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I’m Intrigued By A Spider-Man Game?
Before we get to my shocked text-o-speak, watch this trailer: Now hit the jump. Yeah, it’s from Activision. Yeah, it’s yet another game in the company’s endless stream of titles based on Marvel Comics’ most arachnophilic superhero. Yeah, it will most likely rival the last half dozen Activision Spider-Man games for “This Decade’s Most Boring […]
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Scott Pilgrim The Video Game: Even Radder Than The Film?
Ubisoft, Attract Mode He’s the best fighter in the Province! Forget Wolverine, Wayne Gretzky or even Étienne Gaboury; Scott Pilgrim is officially Canada’s raddest native son. You’ve seen the new trailer for the movie, right? Who knew Michael Cera could still be a tolerable personality? I’ve got great news for you though, things get even […]
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Arcade Aid: Where’s Waldo? For The Tron Generation
That headline is a bit shit, I agree. Everyone knows that Wheres Waldo? is the real Where’s Waldo? of the Tron generation, but you try coming up with a viable reference point for something like that without resorting to esoteric medieval French tapestries. And how many Merc readers are of the Bayeux generation? Thought so. […]
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Canada Gets It: Toronto Library Aims To Create Video Game Section
Toronto Public Library (Not Pictured: Moose, Jughead) While media pundits like Roger Ebert and gaming bloggers like … um, me, I guess, endlessly debate whether video games are art, the real keepers of humanity’s creative history — the librarians — are already acting on the matter: The Toronto Public Library is seeking $300,000 to create […]