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What in the Holy Hell?!

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

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Here’s the final character reveal for the upcoming Super Street Fighter 4: Hakan, a Turkish wrestler who lubes himsels up with oil and, well, squeezes the crap out of his enemies. Click the jump to watch IGN’s trailer of this brawler who now officially will plague my nightmares.
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The Stick

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

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Well, I finally caved and did it.  I bought a fight stick.  I have officially bid farewell to the fightpad.  This is a major move.  Things are going to change forever.  Gulp.

A few observations thus far:

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Review: Dante’s Inferno (Xbox360/PS3)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

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The Charge
Go to Hell.

Opening Statement
Hey, you might have heard that this game is a lot like God of War. And, well, it is. But is there more to Dante than timed button-presses and orb collection?

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Ninety-Nine Nights 2 Coming Stateside, Possibly Only Me Happy

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

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Konami has picked up the North American publishing rights to the hack-and-slash sequel and, frankly, I’m overjoyed.  I really enjoyed the first game, nonsense story and painful voice acting and all.  Typically, the Dynasty Warriors formula isn’t my bag, but for some reason I really latched onto the mayhem of Ninety-Nights.  Something about wiping out 100s of dudes with a single movie is really appealing.

The game, an Xbox 360 exclusive, is bound for this summer.  Gameplay video after the jump.

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Pictosium ad Nauseum: Odd Choices for TV Show Video Game Adaptations

Monday, February 8th, 2010

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Airwolf has a game.  Lost, too.  24, CSI, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, they’ve all got games.   But what about–

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Review: Mass Effect 2

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

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The Charge
Assemble your team.

Opening Statement
The first Mass Effect blasted onto the Xbox scene and revolutionized many elements of the action/RPG experience, from its brilliantly-realized new IP, the revolutionary dialogue wheel and the pants-drenchingly fantastic graphics. Bioware’s anticipated follow-up is here and it is so, so much better.

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Pictosium ad Nauseum: Stop! Hammer Time!

Monday, February 1st, 2010

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I’m dope on the floor and I’m magic on the mic.

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Pictosium ad Nauseum: Superbowl Special!

Monday, January 25th, 2010

jm

Now that the Colts and the Saints are set to pound each other into submission in a couple of weeks, we pose this question to you:  which two squads of video game characters pitted against each other in a battle royale would generate the most colorful results?

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