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REVIEW: X-Men: The Arcade Game (XBOX360/PS3)

The Charge:
“Welcome… TO DIE”

Opening Statement:
Konami can go straight to hell. Do you hear me, you greedy bastards! I’ve already given you six hundred dollars worth of quarters playing X-Men: The Arcade Game in the arcades throughout the nineties.

Now you want me to pony up on Xbox Live and PSN to play it again? Forget it!

Hey, wait a minute. Where did my credit card come from? Hey, I never entered that… wait… “Download Complete”? What the—?

Grumble, grumble. You win this round, Konami.

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REVIEW: The UnderGarden (XBOX360/PC)

Prioritizing ambiance and mood over high scores or game mechanics, this Xbox Live title is an exercise in meditative curiosity, an ethereal float through subterranean caverns, spreading pollen and plant life, with some puzzle solving mechanics thrown in for good measure.

NEW RELEASES – August 2010

Get your virtual cash ready, August closes out the summer with a digital buffett of downloadable goodies. Meanwhile, there’s not much happening on the retail front, with only 3 games worth talking about (4 if you hail from the USofA and like Football) in the promising, ultraviolent Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, the epic Mobbed up open world sequel, Mafia II (That collector’s edition is mighty pretty!) and of course, Team Ninja’s much hyped return to Nintendo’s classic Metroid franchise, Metroid: Other M.

Stock up on Xbox Live Points cards and PSN gift cards while you can!

August 4th

- Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (Xbox Live Arcade)

August 10th

- Madden NFL 11
- Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (PSN Store)

August 17th

- Kane & Lynch 2: dog Days (multi)
- Ys Seven (PSP)

August 18th
- Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (Xbox Live Arcade)

August 24th
- Shank (PSN Store)
- Mafia II (multi)
- NHL 2K11 (Wii)

August 25th
- Shank (Xbox Live Arcade)
- Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (Xbox Live Arcade)

August 31st
- Metroid Other M (Wii)
- Hydrophobia (Xbox Live Arcade)
- Valkyria Chronicles 2 (PSP)
- Dead Rising 2: Case Zero (Xbox Live Arcade)

This is a wierd month, digital content being so prominent in the face of a sparse retail month. I’m all over Kane & Lynch 2, being one of five fans of the original. I’m sure Mafia II will be in my home as soon as it hits as well. What August releaseas are you most looking forward to? Or are you planning on clogging the internet tubes with downloads?

Mega Man 10 announced for WiiWare

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Mega man fans – Get Equipped with Nostalgia!  The Blue Bomber is back to dole out another serving of hot robotic justice!  Isue 250 of Nintendo Power (the Gentleman’s game magazine, according to Erich) features the announcement of Mega man 10 for WiiWare.  Continue reading Mega Man 10 announced for WiiWare

Demo Impressions: The Warriors Street Brawl (XBLA)

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The side-scrolling beat’em up is one of my all-time favorite video game genres.  My nauseating love for Streets of Rage 2 has been well-documented, but really, any of the classics appeal to me: Final Fight, Golden Axe, TMNT, Guardian Heroes and, most recently, Castle Crashers.

So any time a new installment is announced I get excited.  Is it possible for developers to recapture the magic those old-school brawlers had?  The latest entry is The Warriors: Street Brawl.  I took the demo out for a jaunt.  My reactions after the jump.

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Is Amazon Winning the Game?

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As those of us who don’t like to leave the house have known for a while, Amazon.com is fast becoming one of the biggest players in video game retail. Not only do they tend to match the best brick & mortar Sunday sales, their deals-of-the-day on games both hot (Left 4 Dead) and not (Imagine [insert professionz here]) have become regular fodder for slow news days on the major gaming blogs. They buried the competition with their Black Friday deals yet again in 2008, and just this past week Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts and Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise dipped below $20, and You’re In the Movies (bundled with the Xbox 360 camera) was on sale briefly for $10.

In this economy, any break from the sky high prices of current gen games is a plus, and if that was all Amazon offered, they’d be the best gaming retailer. Lately, it looks like they want to be more.

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Pay for Play? Time Warner Introduces New Pricing Structure

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In a move that’s sure to have a vast multitude of people (gamers especially) shredding the self-esteem of innocent customer service agents everywhere, Business Week reported Time Warner Cable is rolling out a tiered pricing structure in several markets across the country. That means the more internet bandwidth you use – whether for gaming, internet surfing, downloading movies or files or whatever – the more money you’ll be shelling out. It’s similar to current cell phone plans and it’s “a strategy that’s likely to rankle consumers but be copied by competitors,” as the article so succinctly states it.

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