Have a Nintendo DS? Go get Scribblenauts. Like, now.
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Demon’s Souls: A Roleplaying Game For Roleplaying Gamers
Atlus USA Skeletons: Often Jerks Earlier tonight I wrote a love letter to one of my favorite gaming publishers. I love Atlus not so much for the games they produce, but for the risks they are willing to take. Whereas EA and Activision constantly return to the same tried and true formulas when releasing games, […]
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Atlus: A Love Letter
I know, in my mind, that I’m not alone in my love for Atlus — the company is still afloat, so on some level it must be doing something right — but I don’t know if anyone really loves the company like I do. Atlus USA Plus, they totally have the best swag Ok, back […]
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The Lion Approaches, Clad In The Furs Of … A HOLY SHIT LOOK AT THAT ROBOT!
We had a good run with Chuck Norris, Chocolate Rain, Dramatic Chipmunk and Leeroy Jenkins, but it’s all over now. Nothing can stop this MechaCat juggernaut, and our best scientists and numbersmiths believe that by January we’ll all be living under the cruel (if totally cuddly wuddly) paw of what religious scholars have taken to […]
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When There’s No More Room In Hell, The Dead Shall Walk Backspace
Backspace (115 NW 5th) really, truly loves me! No doubt knowing that my birthday is Monday, September 21, the boys from Backspace recently emailed me about a Left 4 Dead tournament they’re hosting that very night. Ezra Hardman Click for embiggening Actually, like so many things in my life, the tournament has nothing to do […]
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Get your retro gaming fix on with the Portland Retro Gaming Expo!
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This Weekend: The Portland Retro Gaming Expo
Hey man, what are you doing this weekend? NO! WRONG! You’re riding your bike down to the Portland Crowne Plaza Hotel and soaking in 10 hours of classic gaming via the 2009 Portland Retro Gaming Expo! The latest issue of The Merc should be hitting newsstands sometime today and it includes a shamefully short preview […]
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Tomorrow: Buy Scribblenauts
Hey man, what are you doing tomorrow? NO! WRONG! You’re riding your bike down to Fred Meyer’s or GameStop or Game Crazy or Best Buy or Fry’s or Wal*Mart or wherever and you’re buying a copy of Scribblenauts! WB Interactive Entertainment Dinosaurs And Worried Zombies I know I haven’t been pimping this DS game like […]
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Courtney Takes A Swing At Activision For Kurt’s Guitar Hero Cameo
Activision Blizzard Cobain In Pixels It’s been a long time since I could say this but, fuck yeah Courtney Love! Remember when I told you about Guitar Hero 5’s special cameo from deceased Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain? And do you also remember how everyone immediately blamed Courtney for selling out to publisher Activision? If […]
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Beatles Infest Ground Kontrol
Today sees the release of The Beatles: Rock Band, and to celebrate, Ground Kontrol (511 NW Couch St.) is hosting a special edition of Rock Band Tuesday devoted entirely to the only rhythm game more popular than Jesus. Succinct official details, courtesy Ground Kontrol co-owner Anthony Ramos: Don’t wait in a midnight release line to […]
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This Week In Game Trailers
Science has consistently proven that reading is for librarians, nerds and this puppy. Instead of giving you a wall of text, here’s a wall of videos. Your eyeballs will thank you. Nothing says sexy like Renaissance-era Venice, except maybe blood-splattered Renaissance-era Venice as viewed through a half-melted synthesizer. I’d say this was a silly way […]
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The Warm Nostalgia of Choking Bad Guys
Batman: Arkham Asylum is the year’s best action game.