Look, I never ask you for anything. Ok, I borrowed your car once, and I stole your girlfriend’s belt when I was drunk last weekend, and I was the one who left your gate open that night your dog ran away, but I never ask for anything, right? I need you to go buy Valkyria […]
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The Next Thing From That Katamari Guy
I’m going to assume you all played Katamari Damacy. Actually, scratch that — I’m going to assume that, like, six of you actually played it, but the rest of you were so inundated by references to the quirky ball-rolling action by those six that you essentially got the gist of the thing anyway. Good! Now […]
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I’m Embarrassed by Spike’s Video Game Awards
Tonight saw the latest entry in Spike TV’s annual Video Game Awards “extravaganza” and while I couldn’t be bothered to fly down to Los Angeles to attend this thing in person I’ve spent the last few hours watching the tape-delayed televised feed. If you wanted to be polite, you could say I’m unimpressed. If you […]
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Mini-Reviews: Call of Duty: World at War, I Made This. You Play This. We Are Enemies.
Since I have to play a fuckton of games on a daily basis and the Mercury has a limited amount of review space, a lot of games fall through the cracks. Consider this my (hopefully weekly) attempt at covering as many of these titles as possible. I’ll mostly be choosing stuff that I’ve been enjoying […]
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Geek Out
Let’s Kill Some Zombies!
Got some friends? Wanna kill some zombies? It’s time for Left 4 Dead.
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Mario Kart Meets Emo (Surprisingly, I Don’t Feel Like Suicide)
Youtube user blinktwice4y crafted the above acoustic ballad detailing the gameplay in Mario Kart as, I must assume, a clever protest against all the albums Conor Oberst has released that had absolutely nothing to do with throwing red turtle shells at the girl who broke your heart in middle school. Normally this sort of music […]
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I Wish I Had A Girlfriend Like Chun-Li
My girlfriend’s only secret power is that whole menstruation thing. I don’t know if you’ve tried, but it’s almost impossible to chain menses into a super combo. Enough about me. I realize this series of webshorts from College Humor is a bit dated, but since I’m totally addicted to Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD […]
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Mini-Reviews: Persona 4, NCAA Football 2009
Since I have to play a fuckton of games on a daily basis and the Mercury has a limited amount of review space, a lot of games fall through the cracks. Consider this my (hopefully weekly) attempt at covering as many of these titles as possible. I’ll mostly be choosing stuff that I’ve been enjoying […]
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Mini-Reviews: Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Star Ocean: First Departure, Animal Crossing: City Folk
(Since I have to play a fuckton of games on a daily basis and the Mercury has a limited amount of review space, a lot of games fall through the cracks. Consider this my (hopefully weekly) attempt at covering as many of these titles as possible. I’ll mostly be choosing stuff that I’ve been enjoying […]
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Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Je T’aime
Last week I brought you the first two trailers for Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. This clip is the third and final. Why final? After more than a year of teasing us with the gaming press equivalent of a terrible handjob (read: pretty screenshots) the game is finally available for download from the […]
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Zombies Can’t Run … ZOMBIES CAN’T RUN!!!
I’m working on a full scale review of Left 4 Dead for The Mercury as you read these words, but something has been sticking in my craw since I started playing the game almost a week back. I don’t know that I can express my feelings on the subject with the necessary eloquence — such […]