Man, did I pick the wrong industry show to skip, or what? E3 has officially been going on for, like, one day now and the big gaming companies have already shown off more interesting content than they did in the entirety of the previous show. I’m going to be running through a list of the […]
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GYAH! GIANT BLUE FLYING DEMON THINGS!
So obviously I watched Conan’s first Tonight Show earlier this evening (what’d you guys think?), but then something happened that I couldn’t have ever, ever predicted: Those clever, amoral, conniving schemers at NBC somehow suckered me into staying tuned for Jimmy Fallon’s show, too. Granted, they used a pretty foolproof tactic to do so—dangling the […]
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Pre-E3 Trailerpaloozastravaganza! (Part 1)
E3 kicks off next week and in lieu of frying my pasty Caucasoid ass off in sunny Los Angeles, I’m spending the week strapped to my laptop, trying to explain to my roommate’s cat why he can’t eat Skittles. The happy benefit of this arrangement, for everyone aside from the candy-starved cat, is that I’m […]
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Modern Warfare 2, Now With Awesome Trailer
“ Nothing says “America” like kicking terrorist ass, even if the people doing the kicking are British SAS and Russian Spetznaz troops.
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The Sims 3 iPhone Vs. PC … WHO YA GOT?!?
The Sims 3 PC Batman Vs. Dracula. John Wayne Vs. Hitler. Corey Feldman Vs. Robert Pattinson. And now, the iPhone version of The Sims 3 faces down the PC version of the game. Obviously the PC version has better graphics, and includes more content, but the iteration created for Apple’s handheld offers the sort of […]
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Yes Kiala, There Is A Santa Claus
Two new downloadable add-ons for Fallout 3 have been announced! The first, “Point Lookout,” has players exploring the wasteland that was once Point Lookout National Park in Maryland. Few details have been offered, but expect angry, mutated park rangers, and raccoons intent on rummaging through your stuff. “Mothership Zeta,” the second DLC pack, has aliens […]
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In Which Wolverine Breaks Down, Cries, and Apologizes. (And I Forgive Him.)
So. That Wolverine movie. Can we talk about that yet? I mean, really talk about it? Process it? Analyze how it made us feel? Really get into it, from a mature, nuanced perspective, detailing where exactly it went so wrong, and maybe we can form some warm, welcoming support groups, ones that will help us […]
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The Long Death of Duke Nukem Forever
I realize I’m a bit tardy in bringing this to you, but I wanted to make sure that the corpse of Duke Nukem was officially, finally moldering in the ground before I told you all about it. Here’s the story so far: April 1997: Duke Nukem Forever, the sequel to Duke Nukem 3D is first […]
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Time to Get a Wii
I’ve put off a Nintendo Wii purchase up to this point, but looks like that might change now that the system is about to release an updated version of Punch-Out!!, also known as the single greatest video game of all time*. Granted, this new version won’t have its former namesake—this guy—but it looks like all […]
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Fuck Yo’ Productivity: Peggle Hits iPhone
I’ve been bothering the developers at PopCap Games for months. “When will I be able to play Peggle on my iPhone?” I’d breathlessly pant while shoving my Apple-branded status symbol in the face of whoever was tasked with listening to my whining that day. “Soon,” they’d tell me. “Soon.” A tear would form on the […]
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Supposed Beyond Good & Evil 2 Footage Proves Jade Is Polite To Cows
I won’t hold it against you if you never played Beyond Good & Evil. Sure, it was an amazingly scripted game full of surprisingly mature, likable characters, and the overall experience was a textbook example of gameplay done right, but it didn’t exactly incinerate the sales charts. You probably had better things to do in […]
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Hey Kiala! There’s New Fallout 3 Content!
Warning: This post contains spoilers, brahmin nudity, monosodium glutamate and inferred class warfare. You’ve been warned. Hey Kiala! I know how much you love Fallout 3, so I figured I should mention that the latest downloadable addition to the game lands on the Xbox Live Marketplace sometime in the next few hours. Unlike the bullshit […]