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Game Review: Burnout Paradise
Developer: Criterion GamesPublisher: Electronic ArtsConsole: Xbox 360/PC/PS3Release Date: January 2008The GoodParadise City is gorgeous. Plenty of traffic, building variety, a lake, sea shore, country side, and countless off-road shortcuts.No loading...
MK VS DC! Fatality!!
This is probably the least likely and most unexpected piece of gaming news I've heard, since at least Darth Vader and Yoda being in Soul Calibur IV...A crossover game is coming of... Mortal Kombat and... the DC Universe. Seriously. And weird.Called s...
GameStop Gets Exclusive Special Editions: MGS4, SCIV
Do you like to give your hard-earned money to GameStop? Well then, there are a couple of special editions you may want to inquire about.Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots will have a special limited edition at GS. For $85, you'll get the game (...
Game Commercials: Super Smash Bros.
In celebration of the US release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl I’ve gathered TV commercials from all three installments in the series.This is hands down the best TV ad for any Nintendo game, in my opinion. It barely shows gameplay footage, but it does...
Babes of Gaming: Sniper Wolf
Most of the members of the FOXHOUND unit are male, so it’s nice to see a female, and a sexy one to boot. She is an expert Kurdish sharpshooter and carries around a PSG-1 sniper rifle. Wolf is so good at sniping she doesn’t even need a spotter, so...
Owned!
Getting kicked in the face must hurt, but a kick like this with both feet must be beyond painful. I’ve never seen Dante get owned like this. Well, he did get stabbed by Vergil in Devil May Cry 3, but this is more embarrassing. ...
Docking Bay 94 Update
Six new designs have been added to the Docking Bay 94 T-shirt shop. Click on the links to view different T-shirt styles.1. Machines aren’t capable of evil. – Lucca (Chrono Trigger)2. I’m missing you already. – Alice (Resident Evil)3. I don’...
Movie Review: Resident Evil: Extinction
Starring:Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Ali Larter, Mike Epps, Iain Glen, Linden Ashby, Ashanti Douglas, Matthew MarsdenDirector:Russell Mulcahy (The Shadow, Ricochet)MPAA Rating:R for strong horror violence throughout and some nudity.Release Date:Septem...
Cosplay: Fatal Fury
Isn’t Terry Bogard supposed to be a bad-ass street fighter? This guy on the left looks more like a beggar. He got the colors of his costume right, even the Fatal Fury baseball cap, but everything else is hilariously bad. I’ll look at this picture...
Why wasn't Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat 3?
Ever wonder why Midway excluded the very popular character of Johnny Cage from Mortal Kombat 3, the last game in the series to feature digitized graphics of real-life people? That’s because Daniel Pesina, the martial artist who portrayed Cage in th...
Character Profile: Proto Man
Before creating Mega Man, Dr. Light created a prototype he named Proto Man. I’ve never been sure why he’s so different than Mega Man if he was an early draft of him, or if he never intended Proto Man to be more than a trainer to the Blue Bomber. ...
Wii Virtual Console Review: Legend of Hero Tonma
Developer: IremPublisher: IremConsole: TurboGrafx-16Release Date: 1991You are Tommy. You have a cape. You are… a superhero! This is all you need to know to get excited about this game. Why is the game called Legend of Hero Tonma when the character ...
Game Commercials: Sega Game Gear
The Game Boy was challenged for its handheld crown many times, but it ate those other portable systems for breakfast. Here are two ads for the Sega Game Gear, a superior handheld that just couldn’t knock Nintendo’s black and white beast off the t...
Babes of Gaming: Tifa Lockhart
Designed by Tetsuya Nomura, Tifa Lockhart is considered to be one of the hottest and toughest Final Fantasy babes of all time. She joined Cloud’s party early on in Final Fantasy VII and was the only human character that used martial arts to defeat ...
Street Fighter IV Official Art
Capcom has shared some new screenshots and official game art from Street Fighter IV with Japanese weekly magazine Famitsu, and since I love both Street Fighter and video game art so much I wanted to show them here. All 8 original playable characters ...
Cosplay: Sonic the Hedgehog
Guys in Mickey Mouse costumes at Disney World are disturbing, but that’s nothing compared to this Sonic cosplay. Sonic’s just, not human, and certainly not female. This is wrong in so many levels. I dig the huge ring, though. What the… isn’t ...
Character Profile: Mother Brain
Mother Brain is a recurring final boss in various Metroid games, and since she is the last monster you face it’s believed she is the leader of the Space Pirates, giving orders and somehow manipulating the Space Pirates to do her bidding. Some belie...
Movie Review: The King of Kong
Starring:Billy Mitchell, Steve Wiebe, Walter Day, Steve Sanders, Roy Shildt, Brian KuhDirector:Seth Gordon (Fears of a Clown)MPAA Rating:PG-13 for a brief sexual reference.Release Date:August 2007Synopsis:When Steve Wiebe got laid off, he turned to t...
Game Preview: The Club
Imagine an organization so hidden and secretive, that only a few people around the globe know of its existence. Powerful leaders in The Club "recruit" outsiders to fight in their violent underground blood spot, like ancient gladiators. The combatants...
Wii Virtual Console Review: Virtua Fighter 2
Developer: SegaPublisher: SegaConsole: GenesisRelease Date: 1996The second Virtua Fighter tournament sees every original fighter returning, plus two newcomers: the young and agile Lion Rafale and the old drunken master Shun Di. Oh wait, my bad, this ...
Game Music Test
You might have collected all 120 stars in Super Mario 64, found all 13 skulls in Halo 3, acquired every piece of heart in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and unlocked every multiplayer character skin in Resistance: Fall of Man. But can you gu...
Babes of Gaming: I-No
Little is known about this time-traveling, guitar-playing diva from the Guilty Gear fighting game series. She is a loyal follower and servant of “That Man”, the mysterious entity responsible for the Holy Wars. I-No is kind of a jerk, constantly i...
Owned!
It doesn't get any worst than this. You're trying to take some pictures of your favorite celebrity when suddenly he grabs you and tears you in half. It’s time for Raiden to look for a better pastime. ...
Game Preview: Devil May Cry 4
With the exception of part 2, the Devil May Cry series has been great fun. Capcom has just released a demo of Devil May Cry 4 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and here are my impressions.The demo is divided into two parts. On the first you can play...
Game Preview: Turok
It’s been 6 years since the last Turok game was released on the PlayStation 2, Turok: Evolution. That game sucked so bad it almost completely killed the franchise. Now, Propaganda Games and Touchstone Studios (I’ve never heard of them before eith...
Docking Bay 94 Update
Six new designs have been added to my Docking Bay 94 T-shirt shop. Click on the links to view different T-shirt styles.1. Brilliant, but lazy. – Dr. Connors (Spider-Man 2)2. I Am Error – Villager (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link)3. I happen to li...
Cosplay: The Legend of Zelda
Link is all grown up in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, but this guy still looks odd. I guess his face is too serious-looking, I don’t know. The costume is fine, but maybe only Orlando Bloom can look cool in an elf costume.You might recogni...
Character Profile: The King of All Cosmos
The King of all Cosmos is the absolute ruler of the universe. He stands around 9,840 feet tall, but that size can decrease or increase depending on his mood. He is married to the Queen of All Cosmos and is the father of The Prince, who’s only about...
Wii Virtual Console Review: Samurai Ghost
Developer: NamcoPublisher: NamcoConsole: TurboGrafx 16Release Date: April 1992As the title implies, you play as a dead samurai named Taiga no Kagekiyo who has been resurrected and must now battle demons and monsters until there are no more demons or ...
Game Commercials: Eternal Champions
Sega's Eternal Champions for the Genesis was supposed to kick the asses of both Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat, but it only kicked its own ass by being so shitty and unplayable. This TV commercial is not awful, but the idea of Eternal Champions ...
