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May
6
Column: Welcome to the GameSetWatch Comic - ‘Welcome to the Shinra Board Meeting’
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[’Welcome to the GameSetWatch Comic’ is, once again, a weekly comic by Jonathan “Persona” Kim about the continuing adventures of our society, cultural postdialectic theory, and video games. He’s back!]
The last of the previous run of Persona’s GameSetWatch comics ran in October 2006, before it lapsed into extended and much-missed hiatus.
For those who missed it […]
May
6
Win a Playstation 3 and Casino Royale on Blu-Ray by playing Bond: Top Agent
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Are you an impoverished mammal still lacking a Playstation 3? Want an uber high-def copy of Casino Royale? Do you enjoy punching and shooting guys in the face five times in a row to see if the chain reaction of pain was greater than the last time you did it? If the answer to all […]
May
6
Blizzard announces digital downloads, now you never have to leave the house
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My major point of excitement when I heard the news that Blizzard had launched their digital distribution store had nothing whatsoever to do with their time gobbling MMO, World of Warcraft. No, what I was thinking of was all the times I had misplaced or lost my Diablo 2 or Lord of Destruction expansion keys […]
May
6
Game Debate to the Death!Hardest game you’ve ever played?
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In the last debate, we discussed which Pokémon species and game was our favorite. With hundreds of critters and a dozen different games to choose from, it was probably the most varied range of votes I’ve ever seen in a debate before. While the winner was pretty clear, there was a ten way tie for […]
May
6
Shocker - GTA IV Didn’t Kill ‘Iron Man’ Movie Opening
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Last week saw various media types getting themselves in a tizzy over the so-called clash between the release of Grand Theft Auto IV last Tuesday, and the long awaited Iron Man movie starring Robert Downey Jr. The argument was that the timing of the multi-format GTA 4 coming out was going to play havoc with […]
May
6
Spore and Mass Effect PC forces players to stay online
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BioWare’s technical producer Derek French has announced a surprising new copy protection scheme that requires the user to be online at regular intervals while playing both Mass Effect and Spore on the PC. If you are not online to validate your copy of either game every ten days, your product will stop working. Wait … […]
May
6
Zoo Hospital for the Wii is probably not as scary as it sounds
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This afternoon Majesco sent over a press release announcing a new game for the Wii, Zoo Hospital, which is set to hit shelves this August. In Zoo Hospital you play the role a veterinarian in the hospital of a busy zoo, and as Majesco put it, "the future of the zoo is in your hands." […]
May
6
Enter: Two-Face, the only LEGO Batman character with two faces
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In the fact sheet Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment sent our way, the first bullet point listed under "Attributes" for Two-Face is "Homicidal maniac." With that said, it’s a pleasure to welcome him to the LEGO Batman: The Videogame universe; truly, there aren’t enough homicidal maniac LEGOs.
Former district attorney Harvey Dent will be joining a slew […]
May
6
THQ being vague about new wrestling title, WWE Legends of Wrestlemania
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As if they weren’t happy enough with their relatively successful WWE Smackdown vs. Raw titles, THQ have gone ahead and revealed a brand new wrestling title, WWE Legends of Wrestlemania.
In development for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, the title will not replace Smackdown vs. Raw, but will be "joining" the successful franchise. In the […]
May
6
Sega still insists The Incredible Hulk game is ‘realistic,’ sends us new screens
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Sega’s upcoming game The Incredible Hulk may be a lot of things, but one thing it’s not is "realistic." We’re talking about a massive green dude tearing apart New York City, folks. Still, Sega keep insisting that the title is an "intensely realistic third-person action" game. Not simply realistic — "intensely realistic." That’s a wild […]