Do you love poor Italian accents and hate the historical legacy of the Borgias? Do you wish Batman wore less black and was a bit more prone to throat slitting? Do you often stay awake at night wondering why someone didn’t roam the streets of Renaissance-era Venice killing people with the aid of Leonardo Da […]
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Jackson Pollock Goes
to Middle-earth
Dragon Age: Origins ranks as one of BioWare’s best games yet.
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Dragon Age: Origins Does It Doggystyle
I’ve been spending a lot of time with Dragon Age: Origins for my upcoming Merc review and after a few hours of gameplay realized that DA:O contains one specific element that I want all future roleplaying games to include. BioWare Unless you’re a literalist who took my headline in a really creepy direction, you probably […]
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One Dot Enemies: A Colossal Waste Of Time
If you’ve been playing games for longer than twenty minutes, odds are pretty good that someone (probably a woman or an elderly relative) has descended from their ivory tower of age and/or ovaries to blithely comment that you’re wasting your time. Arguing the point is useless — both age and ovaries are formidable opponents — […]
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Brütal Legend: The Review: The Excess
My review of Brütal Legend hits The Mercury later today, and since I only had 330 words to explore Tim Schafer’s latest adventure game/ode to heavy metal I had to cut out a lot of the extraneous information I accrued in my notes about the game. In theory, at least one of you will find […]
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Indiana Jones, Minus the Shia
Uncharted 2 is the PlayStation title you’ve been waiting for,
whether you know it or not.
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How Far Hath Mel Brooks Sunk?
It pains every part of me to say this, but pretty damn far. How sad is it that the kindest thing I can say about Spaceballs: The Animated Series is that it isn’t the worst cartoon I’ve ever seen? It’s like Mel watched a few episodes of Futurama, and spent a weekend slapping together something […]
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Second Skin. Tonight. Hollywood Theater. ATTEND!
I checked your iCal and Google Calendar and as far as the ‘net knows you have no plans for tonight. That’s good news, because you, sir or madam, are going to drive, walk, bike, fly, or teleport down to the Hollywood Theater (4122 NE Sandy Blvd, but even you goddamn Californian transplants should know where […]
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Em-Ay-See-Kay-Eee-Why-Em-Oh-You-Ess-Eee!
What do you get when you combine legendary game designer Warren Spector (Deus Ex, Wing Commander), Mickey Mouse and the most insidious paintbrush since Vincent Van Gogh stabbed his own ear off? Epic Mickey? The long-rumored “Epic Mickey” that, as of earlier today, is no longer a rumor. So what do we know of the […]
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Modern Warfare 2 Gets A New Trailer
Activision has dumped Modern Warfare 2’s two-minute long “Infamy” trailer on the ‘net to jubilant, resounding cries of “epic” and “I think I just peed a little.” Enjoy.
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Super Street Fighter IV Officially Official
Capcom has made it official: Super Street Fighter IV is coming to the Xbox 360 and PS3 in Spring 2010. Capcom So who wants to scream ‘racism’ first? Firm details on what SSFIV includes are almost non-existent, but the company has confirmed 8 new characters for the updated release. Oversized Native American stereotype T. Hawk […]