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Emo-Speedball Joins Ultimate Alliance 2, 3 Cast Reveals Left
Activision kicked off the Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 panel at Comic-Con today with the announcement that Speedball’s alter-emo Penance will be joining the cast as a playable character. Penance, formerly the teenage superhero Speedball, transformed himself after taking on the full responsibility for the nuclear incident that kicked off the whole Civil War series and…
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Comic-Con 2009: The Damage Escalates
Thursday’s damage post was but a brief taste of the true financial ruin that comes from sending a fan of just about everything to Comic-Con at the last minute. As you can plainly see, the pile has grown quite a bit since Thursday’s post, but I can justify every purchase. Just not right now. Give…
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Comic-Con Friday Cosplay Round Up
While Saturday’s masquerade contest brings the cosplayers out in droves, there are still plenty wandering the halls of Comic-Con 09 during the week. Here’s a selection of some of the better efforts we’ve seen. Damn zombie killers. White Maage vs Tonberry…fight! Not technically a cosplayer… This place is crawling with Cobra. Boo! I’m not sure…
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You Will Fly In Lost Planet 2
During a Q&A session following the Comic-Con 2009 Lost Planet panel, game producer Jun Takeuchi let slip that players would be taking to the air to do battle against the Akrid in the game’s sequel. The news came after a member of the audience asked if there would be more co-operative vehicles in the game…
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Soundwave Get!
After two days of misery, the 25th Anniversary Transformers Soundwave is mine. I can now go home, leaving McWhertor to cover the remainder of Comic-Con on his own. Or maybe I’ll stick around. I still haven’t decided. The point is now I have a great many more bags to carry around, and will need to…
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NCsoft’s Heroic Booth Babes
At a largely booth babe-less show, one MMO developer has the sheer guts to hire an aspiring actress and a model to represent City of Heroes. There aren’t many booth babes at Comic-Con, mainly because the fans tend to include pretty girls in skimpy outfits, and there’s nothing worse than a professional model feeling she’s…
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MMO Makers Market The Genre’s Future
At the “The State of the MMO” panel at Comic-Con, five massively-multiplayer devs weighed in on the positive changes coming to the genre, lacing as much marketing into their answers as humanly possible. At a development conference their answers might have been different, but this is Comic-Con, and this distinguished panel of guests from BioWare,…
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White Knight Chronicles Preview: Her Head Is So Huge!
A little hands-on time with Level-5’s PlayStation 3 RPG White Knight Chronicles last night demonstrates why you should never let a slightly-drunk journalist have a go at your character creator. What Is It? White Knight Chronicles is an action role-playing game developed exclusively for the PlayStation 3 by Sony’s Japan Studio and Level-5 of Dark…
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The Uncharted 2 Catch Phrase You May Never Hear
Of all the catch phrases muttered by Nathan Drake in Uncharted 2, the best one comes from the unlikeliest of sources – voice actor Nolan North’s son Cooper. During an Uncharted 2: Among Thieves panel yesterday at Comic-Con, Nolan and the other voice actors present – Emily Rose, Robin Atkin Downes, and the new girl,…
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NECA’s BioShock Toys Are Disturbingly Awesome
NECA’s Comic-Con 2009 display was chock full of BioShock playthings, from sisters big and little to full-sized ADAM extractors. As we saw last week, NECA is taking great care to make sure their line of BioShock toys is of the highest quality, staying as faithful as possible to the game designs. I find it nice…
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Comic-Con 2009’s Sexiest Cosplay…
…is not this Pikachu girl. Imagine something two-hundred times cuter than she is. Someone so gloriously sexy that we couldn’t place them on the front page for fear of riots. Brace yourself, and continue. Yes, this man is the sexiest gaming cosplayer at Comic-Con 2009. It’s a shame he has to hang out with that…
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Dante’s Inferno Cartoon Features Monster Anal
While EA’s Dante’s Inferno video game allows you to explore the darkest depths of hell, the animated feature goes darker and deeper still. During the Dante’s Inferno panel earlier today at the San Diego Comic-Con, director Vic Cook explained just how deep Dante would travel in the animated feature. “You’re gonna love it. We’ve got…
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Comic-Con 2009: The Damage So Far
The main problem with sending fans of things anime, comic book, and video game related to a giant anime, comic book, and video game related convention, is the lack of infinite money at our fingertips. So far we’ve been pretty restrained. Yesterday’s crowds offered little time to browse the wares at the various booths, and…
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Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time Preview: Time Is On Your Side
What has Ratchet’s robot buddy Clank been up to since being kidnapped by the Zoni at the end of Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction? We go hands-on at Comic-Con to find out. What Is It? Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time is the continuation of Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of…
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San Diego Comic-Con 2009 Day 0
If the preview day for the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con was any indication, we’re in for one hell of a crowded show. Here’s some shots from the show floor, taken amidst a sea of humanity. Yes, it’s a giant Pokemon, obscuring a horde of people playing the Pokemon card game behind it. *sigh* Squeenix looms…
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And The Ratchet & Clank Weapon Contest Winner Is…
At a party in San Diego last night, Insomniac Games announced the winner of the “Captain Qwark’s My Blaster Runs Hot” weapons contest, presenting the winner with a real-life version of his creation. Insomniac’s swank Hard Rock Hotel soiree had plenty of free drinks and enough cupcakes for everyone, but I did manage to pull…
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Reviews
Bit Boy Micro-Review: Stuck In The Past
Maneuver your way from the early days of 4-bit games to the majestic 128-bit era in Bit Boy, Bplus’ latest WiiWare offering. Bit Boy’s friends have been scattered throughout video game history, and it’s up to him to travel through the various eras in order to find them. A simple collect-the-dots game, Bit Boy’s hook…
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Activision, Twistory Unravel Time With Singularity Graphic Novel
The Comic-Con comic book news explosion continues, as Activision and Twistory announce plans for a graphic novel based on the upcoming time-twisting shooter Singularity. The Singularity graphic novel will tell the story of the mysterious events off of the Russian Peninsula that resulted in the unraveling of time, which is the main focus of the…
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