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DBZ Burst Limit - Trunks Vs. Recoome

Here's a clip from Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit, showing off the battle stylings of the proof that Vegeta and Bulma got it on, Trunks, and the giant developmentally-disabled child Recoome. Things seem to be going well for the big lug until Trunks' hair gets blond and spiky, and then even spikier. Blond and spiky equals doom. As far as the gameplay goes, I was far more impressed by earlier screenshots than I am by the game in motion, especially in light of what I've seen of Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm. Face it Dragon Ball Z, it's much easier for fans to slip on a Leaf Village headband than craft their own giant foam hair. Maybe it's time to hang up the emergency orange outfits and move on. *flees*

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How To Visit The Beating Heart Of Liberty City

We noticed that Gawker posted a picture of the beating heart of the Statue of Happiness in Grand Theft Auto IV's Liberty City, so Crecente and I saddled up to show you exactly how to make it there...and if you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere. Read on for instructions, as well as a clip of Crecente and I embarking on a great adventure, in which he dies. Twice.

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Iron Man: One Man Army

The star-studded behind the scenes Iron Man action continues as Sega gathers Stan "The Man" Lee, John Favreau, Robert Downey Jr., and a cast of thousands sing the praises of the upcoming game, due out at the end of this week. There really isn't all that much more they can say at this point. Stan likes it. John likes it. I myself am mildly fond of what I've seen so far, while awaiting having the full game in my hands before I pass any sort of final judgment. I think we've seen just about everything we're going to see before the movie and game come out, so now we wait. And play GTA IV.

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Boom Blox Video Walk Through

With few exceptions, we've been kept at a distance from Boom Blox since its announcement. In fact, this video is the first time I've even seen the game in action. It looks like it's going to be a lot of fun to play, though I can't help but have have flashbacks to my time with Jenga, which was just painful to play on the Wii. That's the thing with Wii games, if you don't get the control mechanics exactly right the game is dead in the water, there really isn't any room for mistakes.

This video walks you through the training for the game, which does look fun, but until it's in my hands I'm holding off on getting excited.


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PVP In The Age Of Conan

From here on out, game trailers lose points with me if they don't have a guy green-screened over the gameplay footage, pointing out features like some gaming weather man. Witness Age of Conan product manager Erling Ellingsen (whose name does amazing things to the tongue) discussing the finer point of PVP in the game, from the PVP level system to the different locations available for wholesale slaughter of your fellow players in Hyboria. I love how he calls them PVP mini-games. Makes me think that at any moment Wario is going to pop out and demand you pick his nose in under three seconds, which is a feature that would completely sell me on the game.

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Portal's Still Alive Filmed in LEGO

Nick Larsen put together this kinda cute LEGO stop-motion film featuring Portal's end theme song Still Alive. The music video used more than 1,300 individual pictures and while it isn't quite up to snuff with some of the other videos spawned by Portal exuberance, I still think it's worth a watch. Fahey found it boring, but he has no soul.

LEGO Portal [Nick Larsen Media]


Rawstory.com just posted a small summary and video footage of a UK News report on the 3rdSpace gaming vest that lets users feel their characters being shot in games.  Activists in the UK are becoming alarmed by the vest thinking it will cause a rise in violence. http://rawstory.com/news/2008/New_vest_allows_video_gamers_to_0317.html

9 Minute StarCraft II Zerg Gameplay Video [www.youtube.com]

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Sam And Max - Sometimes The Paranoid Are Right

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. This is a lesson the manic proprietor of Bosco's Inconvenience store learns in the latest episode of Telltale Games' episodic adventure series Sam and Max, Chariots of the Dogs. Due out March 13th on the GameTap service and a day later via Telltale's website, the puppy and rabbit-thing duo will be tasked with finding their friend, though with the prices he charges they'd probably be better off ransacking his store and calling it a day.

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Beowulf The Launch Trailer

Here's the official launch trailer for Ubisoft's Beowulf, based off of the movie of the same name. It starts off with an old man who has a pretty amazing take on the line, "What are you?" Then Beowulf explains he is the hero we've longed for and the sinner who will damn us all. Then he goes on to get the last bit of "Twas the Night Before Christmas" completely wrong. Freakiest reindeer names ever. Poor Rudolph.

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Where's My Halo YouTube Button?

I may have been drunk when I suggested it last night, but it's a good question. OK, maybe it isn't, but I'm still going to ask it.

Why hasn't Bungie created a tool that allows for easy exporting of in-game Halo 3 videos? Currently you can shuffle around the data that helps recreate the video, but you still need to own the game to watch a replay and the only way you can create a playable video is by capturing it yourself. I'm sure this isn't news to anyone with a copy of the game.

Wouldn't it be nice though, if they came up with some sort of tool that allowed you to take that data, run it through an engine and export it as a video file? Granted I am a technological idiot when it comes to video... and lots of other things... but this seems like it would be useful.

I started thinking about this again this morning while talking to MTV's Stephen Totilo about the upcoming Spike TV Game Awards nominations. (Stay with me here). He had asked what nominees I had selected for breakthrough technology and mentioned he liked Bungie's Saved Films tech. While I agree it's a very important new element to Halo 3 and all games, I feel like it's a bit broken.

I mean you can do that in Skate, you can do that in Tony Hawk Proving Ground. Why not Halo 3?

Keeping the data in the game creates a hurdle for those who want to use it beyond their Xbox 360. Think of the Machinima applications. Much more importantly, think of how much more prevalent vid caps would be if you could get them onto YouTube with a click of a button.

Of course this all stems from my frustration at not being able to pull a vid of me teabagging Brian Lam for you to see from my saved films from last night.

Crecente's Saved Films


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Assassin's Creed Gets All Assassiny

This video is an excellent little taste of how Assassin's Creed assassinating will play out. Our only gripe? It's the same thing we noticed in old clips. You are surrounded by ten swordsman who are all way too honorable to attack at once. We appreciate the gameplay possibilities, but it just looks so artificial within such a hyper realistic world, no?

Assassin's Creed Montferrat Pt. 3
[gametrailers]


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Panzer Tactics DS Explained

One of the things that has always turned me off from straight-up war games has been the overall dry presentation. I mean, you've got a hex grid, some cutout tanks, and there you go. While I think Panzer Tactics, Conspiracy Entertainment's WWII strategy game for the Nintendo DS could very well usher in a new era of DS war gaming, this instructional video - the first in a series - does little to get me to want to play the game. I think it's the narrator, who is about as gripping as a air waitress stewardess reciting the airplane safety instructions.


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The Ride Of The Mongeese

I apologize for the ever-so-slightly crappy nature of this video, as I had to keep dancing on and off the sidewalk because of 'the man'. What you are seeing is the trio of Marines, each riding a Mongoose ATV, escorting the shining Halo 3 Hummer to the front doors of the NYC Best Buy amidst loud cheers from the fans and even louder Halo music and Larry Hryb narration. This is how the launch ends.

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Shadow Monsters (Gameplay?) Is A Bit Amazing


Philip Worthington's Shadow Monsters was on display at GC07, and it may have been—no, definitely was—the most amazing thing I saw at the whole show. Essentially, it's a projector that adds extra animations and sounds to your shadow puppets. And it's a lot of raw, unadulterated fun. More »

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Halo 3 The Ride, Hands-On


by Mark Wilson & Michael McWhertor

Here it is everyone—our promised first look at Bungie's highly anticipated Halo 3: The Ride that made its world debut this week in Leipzig. If you have any interest at all in Halo 3: The Ride, it's a worthy watch.


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Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, Incredible Video Creation and Erection Hoodies

Activision gave me a lengthy rundown of Tony Hawk's proving ground here in Leipzig, Germany (Europe). I didn't get my hands on the game, but got a really nice tour of the new features, like the promising personal skate park creation, which can be shared with your friends in online multiplayer. But I'm not going to run through all of it. Instead we're focusing on what I consider the two most incredible innovations: a powerful video creation tool and hoodie physics that resemble Jabba the Hutt's stiffy (not that we'd know). More »