Capcom’s gorgeous remake of Super Street Fighter II Turbo comes to the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network on November 27 and to celebrate (read: convince you to buy the damn thing) the company has released two official trailers, each radder than the last. Combining Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix’s classic combat and […]
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Mini-Reviews: Wrath of the Lich King
(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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Wrath of the Lich King Level Cap Already Reached
Only 27 hours after the latest World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, went live a European by the nom de videogame “Nymh” has reached the newly enlarged level cap of 80. I’d like to congratulate Nymh on forgoing food, sleep and the affection of real human beings for such a short period […]
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Win Star Wars Videogames!
Another day on Blogtown, another chance to win free stuff. LucasArts was kind enough to send us a couple of their new Star Wars videogames: There’s The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels for the Wii and The Clone Wars: Jedi Alliance for the DS. Both of ’em come out in stores today. While I haven’t played […]
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Apparently I’m A Feminist
I loathe marketing. At best it serves to lie to us and at worse it preys upon the most basic fears and needs of the human race. Marketing designed to appeal to gamers — or, more specifically, some ad exec’s idea of what a gamer is — exemplifies this disgusting practice while constantly exploiting humanity’s […]
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Mini-Reviews: Far Cry 2, Bejeweled Twist
(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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Rejoice All Ye Faithful: Mirror’s Edge is Complete!
Thanks to Electronic Arts’ embargo I can’t yet tell you whether Mirror’s Edge is like Jared Leto circa My So Called Life or Jared Leto circa whatever the hell it is that he’s doing now. You’ll just have to wait ’til next week for that. In the meantime, I want to point out two related, […]
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The WarCraft Retrospective: These Are The Games Of Your Life
The Wrath of the Lich King expansion for everyone’s favorite digital heroin, World of Warcraft, hits shelves in a little under two weeks. To celebrate, the kids at GameTrailers have released a two-part retrospective on the entirety of the WarCraft series; From its early beginnings as a simplistic strategy title to its current biggest-game-in-the-world status. […]
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Palin, Obama Team to Kick Ass in Venezuela
Have you ever dreamed of watching Barack Obama kill a Latin oil baron? Ever found yourself a bit … “engorged” while imagining Sarah Palin firing missiles from a helicopter at a platoon of Venezuelan guerrillas? Today is your lucky day, m’boy! According to G4 (the vaguely videogame-based cable network) the presidential hopeful and vice-presidential moose […]
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Mini-Reviews: Guitar Hero World Tour, Fallout 3, Portal: Still Alive
(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: Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, Dokapon Kingdom, Rhythm Tengoku Gold
(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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Splatterhouse: Boards With Nails In Them Are The New Black
Remember Splatterhouse? It was a vaguely well known beat-em-up on the Genesis and Super Nintendo that pitted your hockey-mask-clad Jason Voorhees wannabe against hordes of enemies, all who were functionally just bags of blood waiting for you to wander by and give the house its titular splatter. Like everything from our collective childhood, it’s being […]