I guess all it took was overwhelmingly positive reaction and impressive sales figures to prove to Capcom that there really is a market for 2-D retro gameplay. Now make sure you all buy Mega Man 10 when it launches. We don’t want Capcom suddenly assuming our affection for pixels is dead and giving the Blue […]
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Hipster Lotto
When the tedium of daily life and the inconvenience of single dollar bills get particularly acute, my sister buys scratch-off lotto tickets. Her favorite is the $3 Bingo game, because it takes a long time to scratch off all the bingo numbers and the scratching, well, that’s part of the fun. (When you don’t win, […]
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… And The Rest Of The Premieres
While the two-minutes-and-change debut trailer for Halo: Reach was the most hyped debut of Spike’s VGAs, it was far from the only premiere. Beyond the jump you can find a gallery of the clips courtesy Gametrailers.com and the Internet’s overwhelming desire to kill terrestrial television. Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 Tron: Evolution Star Wars: The Force […]
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Things I’ve Learned Tonight
After two hours of watching Spike TV’s 2009 Video Game Awards, I’ve come to three important conclusions: First, Pizzicato makes a scrumptious Caesar salad. Until a moment ago, I had no idea I still used words like “scrumptious,” but there you go. Second, there is exactly one reason to have sat through the entirety of […]
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In Which I Foster Discussion And Make Hippies Cry
Fair warning kids: If you’ve ever described any soldier as a “baby killer,” refuse to eat meat because it’s cruel to adorable lil’ cows and chickens, or regularly substitute patchouli smoke and clove cigarettes for soap and water, you might wanna skip this post. This one will almost certainly contain images and content that will […]
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Watch The Free Assassin’s Creed 2 Video Series
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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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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Free Drinks at Ground Kontrol! (Also Possibly You Could Get a Job.)
With the economy the way it is, it’s pretty hard not to let people know about each and every opportunity they might have for landing a job. Hence my cutting and pasting of the below email which was just sent our way, which no, I will not be investigating for legitimacy, despite the fact that […]
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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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This Week’s Mercury Film Section.
There’s only one new movie this week that really matters, and it’s Where the Wild Things Are, Spike Jonze’s haunting, gorgeous, nearly perfect adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s 1963 children’s book. A lot of people are very excited for this film, and with good reason—but that said, I think a lot of people really aren’t going […]
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So. Much. Star. Wars.
It’s a big week for Star Wars fans in Portland—last night, Star Wars in Concert took over the Rose Garden with a full symphony, a choir, and LASERS AND FIREBALLS. As if that wasn’t enough: This Saturday at the Powell’s in Beaverton, horror writer Joe Schreiber will read from his new book Death Troopers, which […]