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Red Faction: Guerrilla Preview: Search And Destroy
There were a lot of games the New York Comic Con this year, but of the ones I saw none were more technically impressive than Red Faction: Guerrilla. What Is It? Red Faction: Guerrilla is the third game in the series from Volition. This is a somewhat substantial change to the series has the first…
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Knocked Up: A Look At Pregnancy In Video Games
What’s the last time you got knocked up in-game? Was it The Sims 2? Fable II? Or all the way back in 1992 with Dragon Quest V, featuring the first known playable pregnancy? The choice to make pregnancy a part of gameplay adds a whole layer of moral issues to development, as well as some…
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Now Is Not The Time To Be Selling $1000 Halo Costumes
One vendor at the Comic-Con must have thought it was 2004 and not 2009. Seriously. $1000 for that hunk of crap? I saw plenty of homemade Master Chief costumes this weekend that looked just as good and at probably 1/10 of the cost. I just hope none of you actually bought one of these.
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Velvet Assassin Preview: Metal Gear Lite
Southpeak had their very own Violette Summer on hand to pose for pictures with fans. But, I was at their booth to check out their game, not the babe. What Is it? Velvet Assassin is a third-person heavily stealth focused PC and Xbox 360 game from Reply Studios. The story follows Violette Summer, a World…
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Michael Buffer Gives A Wii To The Best “Rumbler”
Atari held tryouts at their Ready 2 Rumble Revolution booth to see who could pull off best “Let’s Get Ready To Rumble!” impression. What better judge to have than the man himself. Atari reps screened over 100 applicants and thankfully only picked the 10 best to go head-to-head in front of the crowd. As you…
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Sonic And The Black Knight Preview: It’s Probably Not For You
Much to my surprise, shoved in between games like House of the Dead: Overkill, Mad World, and The Conduit, was another Sonic game. I decided to take a (very) quick look at it. What Is It Sonic and the Black Knight is a fast-action Wii game that mixes going really really fast with some action…
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This Blue Dragon ‘Shu’ Mascot Is Really Creepy
Konami was staging tournaments and demos for their Blue Dragon Role Playing Card Game at their booth. Stalking the aisles was this Shu mascot, which did nothing but startle everyone. I’m not sure what it is about “life-like” Anime mascots. Maybe it’s the blank stare or the irregular combination of human and cartoon anatomy, but…
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The Cosplay of NYCC (Part 1)
You knew it was coming! There was actually so much good (and bad) cosplay at the New York Comic-Con that it needed to be split into two parts. I have a few favorites. I like the Wreck-Gar mask for the fact that it’s Wreck-Gar. Probably one of the most unpopular Transformers ever. I also liked…
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inFamous Preview: Ride The Lightning
The (very) long awaited game from Sucker Punch is nearly here. I recently checked out a newest build at a Sony preview event. What It Is Infamous is an open-world Playstation 3 game geared towards a more adult audience. The premise of the game focuses around the character, Cole McGrath, who is given eclectic super…
By Jim Reilly