Assuming we have one reader in Pittsburgh, congratulations! Your crew of heavily-muscled, phenomenally wealthy athletes managed to put the ball in the end-zone more than Arizona’s bird-themed posse. Now go flip over cars and get maced as your forefathers once did! And how am I supposed to tie this into my contractually obligated gaming-themed scribblings? […]
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… And This Is How You Repay Me?!
A few nights ago I was attending a gallery opening sitting in a bar instant messaging a friend crying softly to myself and the topic of conversation turned to gaming publishers who no longer seemed to be in league with the devil. While it was roundly agreed that Activision took up His Unholy Mantle somewhere […]
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Batman: Arkham Asylum Might Not Suck
Batman games have traditionally been … well, fucking terrible. When the best pixelated representative of a property is best known for being insanely difficult (despite being based on a cartoon aimed at children) you know it’s time to fire whoever plans these things and hand their salary to the people who fool kids into believing […]
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Oregonian Implies Videogames Were a Factor in Saturday’s Shooting.
I guess I didn’t get the memo that was handed out to investigative journalists a few years ago that dictates, “Whenever a nutjob shoots a bunch of people, make sure to ominously allude to the fact that said nutjob played videogames.” Case in point: The Oregonian, which, to their credit, waits a full eight paragraphs […]
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Bad News, Good News, and More Bad News
This week has been a real fucking mess in the Rose City hasn’t it? First we find out that Mayor Sam “That Depends On What Your Definition Of Is Is” Adams pulled a Lewinsky with an underage dude and didn’t even have the common ribaldry to use impromptu, tobacco-themed “props.” Then, only yesterday, some asshole […]
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Super Bowl XLIII: Steelers Beat Cardinals 28-24 …
… in Electronic Arts’ Madden ’09 simulation of the Big Game! The publisher just revealed the results of its annual tradition and if you’re a betting man willing to risk your children’s inheritance on the whims of an electronic oracle, I feel comfortable telling you that Roethlisberger and friends trump Kurt Warner’s posse. What’s that? […]
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Skate 2: A World of Pain in Video
Update: Picture added via Skate 2’s photo capture ability. Notice the officially branded Skate or Die tank top. Is it ironic to wear a gaming shirt within a videogame? My review of Skate 2 just went up in the Merc and while it goes on at length comparing the game to a robotic dinosaur, I […]
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Pinball Tournament Tonight!
Tonight at Slabtown (1033 NW 16th), there’s a pinball tournament—$5 entry fee, $100 prize, and, no doubt, a fair amount of shit-talking. It all starts going down at 6 pm; for all the details, check out the entry over at the site of the Crazy Flipper Fingers.
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I Am Resisting the Urge to Title This Post “Halo-lujah.”
In a move that made people who have had Star Wars weddings and World of Warcraft weddings feel just a little bit less crappy about themselves, a couple in Orlando had a Halo-themed wedding over the weekend. How does such unabashed geekery come about, you ask? Behold the tale of romance! It was a typical […]
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Krist Novoselic Sucks At Rock Band
Breaking news from the Portland of Washington (or are we the Seattle of Oregon?): Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic (pictured above, right) sucks at Rock Band. He explains in a recent article from Seattle Weekly: More recently, while walking through a one-stop shopping center, I encountered the Rock Band 2 video game. It was set […]
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Mini-Reviews: Chrono Trigger DS, Rolando
Consider this an atypical entry in the mini-reviews canon. The beginning of 2009 signals the typical lull in gaming releases, so with nothing new flooding my mailbox I find myself focusing today on a re-release of a 14-year-old Super Nintendo game and a title only available on the iPhone. Chrono Trigger DS — $40 — […]
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Street Fighter IV: The Ultra Moves: The Montage
With the possible exception of Tawny Kitaen humping the hood of a Jaguar, nothing says “1980s Americana” like a stirring montage. Capcom’s Street Fighter series was introduced in 1987, which, as you’ll recall, was during the 1980s. And with that, my tenuous link is established. Roll the clip: Street Fighter IV is currently in arcades […]