Sly Cooper Collection: More Throwbacks!

So in the spirit of re-releases, I wanted to bring a little golden-nugget-of-happy-face knowledge to our PS fan-boys/girls out there. As long as you all promise to be nice. I know how you kids can get! Can we behave? Okay, I trusting you guys. Let's get started. OMG SLY COOPER IN HD AND IN NEW RETOOLED 3D COMING OUT IN A $30 BUNDLE FOR THE PLAYSTATION3 NOVEMBER 9!!!!!!!!!! Okay, I just needed to get that out. Now, not being a play station junkie myself, I wasn't really sure if this was a good thing or a bad thing. I, personally, am really excited, I played the Sly games back in the day when I actually had a PS, and I thought they were awesome....

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Super Mario All-Stars, US Date Announced!

NOT BIRDS BUT BIRDO!!! Time to start dustin' off those sidescroller skills boys and girls. It seems like Nintendo is taking this retro spree to the extreme! And I am loving every freaking minute of it (Like seriously though, it's awesome). You may(or may not, hell I didn't..) that Super Mario All-Stars was released for the SNES (ahh, see I never owned an SNES) initially, back in 1993, but has now been re-released for the Wii, and it's all re-mastered and pretty and stuff (oooohhhhh!). The catch is, it has only been released in Japan(Dammit!).  Well, Nintendo made no real attempt to let the US fans in on whether or not we were going to...

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StarCraft II: Heart of The Swarm. How long can you wait?

So most of us by now have taken Wings of Liberty and have beaten it over the head at least once. (I personally have not yet completed it, primarily because I really love multi-player, and also the fact I am trying to beat it on the hardest difficulty might have something to do with it.) The fans are ready for the next episode. Well, get used to the Terran, because Heart of the Swarm will almost assuredly, NOT be released next year, as initially speculated.  IGN interviewed Chris Sigaty, and he essentially said the Heart of the Swarm is going to be huge. "...it’s bigger than what Warcraft: The Frozen Throne was to Reign of Chaos" He goes...

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We do still love you... I Promise...!!

Okay so.... you may have noticed that mondays Features did not go up. well there is an actual valid and completely legitimate reason for that. No, seriously! I would not lie in such a way to all you wonderful people!! So, what had happened was... I have about 1.99492QUADRILLION things to do this week, all of them school/test/homework/lab/work related, and so I really have not had time for most things. Like Sleep. Or food. Which might explain why tpynig tihs semes so hrad................................................. Also, it was Chris' birthday this weekend, so he has been in a happy stupor of new computer and booze. So...

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Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare DLC Launch Trailer

First off, I want to apologize for being behind in features. Our Site is going through changes, we are adapting our new writers to things, and we're working on what they will be doing. I also turned 21 yesterday and I wasn't about to work on ANYTHING. Stephen has also entered another hell week, which is appropriate because Halloween is coming up. We will get things back on schedule as soon as possible.Anyway, speaking of Halloween, the Undead Nightmare Launch Trailer was recently put out in accordance with it's release today. I love zombies, but when the DLC was announced over the summer, I was honestly a little bothered by it. Red Dead Redemption...

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In the beginning, there was Blizzard...

I would like to start off by saying thank you to the Outlaw and the Elitist for letting me guest post for a little while. Who knows, maybe this will become a regular occurrence. In the meantime, I'll be the unofficial Blizzard writer. Why? Because it's Blizzard. And they're a big deal. For those of you who don't know, I'm going to give you a brief overview of Blizzard's main game franchises. Then I'll give you some expectations of me in future posts.Warcraft. Starcraft. Diablo. Three of the most well-known and loved franchises in all of PC gaming. And right now there are a lot of monumental moments going on in those gaming worlds.Starting with...

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Halo:Reach. New maps announced!!

N-N-N-News post!! Halo:Reach (as you all know if you read my review!!) is probably my favorite multiplayer/xbox live-ish type game out, and will probably hold that lofty position of honor for some time. In order to ensure that the Halo-fan-boys are happy, Bungie did what online games do. NEW MAPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anchor 9: is a 2-8 player game for Free-For-All, Team Slayer, and Team Objective. Tempest: 8-16 player match supporting Free-For-All, Team Slayer, and Team Objective, and Big Team Battle. Breakpoint: 8-16 players can play Invasion and and Big Team Battle. They look awesome-y and pretty and Halo worthy, and...

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Blizzcon 2010!!

So ladies and gents, Blizzcon 2010 has come to an end, and it was quite a bit of fun. News wise, not much was to be found. As I posted earlier, we got a peak at the new Diablo III character, and got to see the world premier of Cataclysm, but as Blizzcon typically is, it consisted mostly of interviews, Q&A's, and panel discussions. Which was pretty cool all in all. The main events are of course the tournaments. There was a WoW Arena tournament, a Warcraft III tournament and, our favorite, a tournament for Starcraft II. We didn't really watch the Warcraft tournaments, because we really got into the SC games, all of us picking people we wanted...

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A Bit of News

So, as I'm writing this, Chris, Stephen, and I are finishing up watching this year's Blizz-Con, and we are preparing to do our first podcast, where we'll no doubt discuss some of the stuff we've seen there, as well as shoot the breeze about games in general. As has been mentioned, we've been experiencing some difficulties recently, both in people being sick, busy, preparing for tests, and Chris recently having his computer fail him. Luckily, this issue is going to be resolved, as he is getting a very nice Toshiba laptop to replace it. Now that I've finished my Silent Hill look-backs, I've decided to settle into a more regular writing cycle, and will be focusing on similar retrospectives on other important games out there. Expect my next article to be up next week, and there's also going...

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Silent Hill 1 and 3: Hell is Empty, All The Devils Are Here.

Oh boy.Alright, first off, I apologize for the lateness of this article, I intended to have an article over Silent Hill 1 up last week, but during my walkthrough of it, I decided it would be best to cover both Silent Hill 1 and 3 in the same article. Before you ask, yes, this does make sense. It wasn’t very well publicized at the release of Silent Hill 3, and some even consider it to be a bit of a spoiler, although I don’t. The fact is that Silent Hill 3, as opposed to the second game, which was a completely stand-alone game, is actually a direct sequel to the first game, so I considered it to be best to cover both games in one article. The...

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Kirby's Epic Yarn Review

If you look at all my past articles and such, it should be fairly obvious that I partake in many a violent, mature game. However, I have also stated that nothing gets my rocks off more than a (well done) first party Nintendo game. Mario, Zelda, etc, etc; I love pretty much all of them. So when they announced a new Kirby at E3 I kind of developed an excitement filled blood-lust where I went running through the streets killing everything in my path as a sacrifice to the great gods of Nintendo for not forsaking me this quarter. So after playing the game, I would say that all of those deaths were not in vein. I fell in love with it.Now the first...

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Blizzcon: Diablo III: Newest class!

BLIZZCON EFFING YEA!!!! WHOOP!! SO MUCH 1337 AWESOME!!! Okay. sooooooooo Blizzcon, lots of warcraft and starcraft matches, which is cool, but one cannot really write too much about that. However, what I CAN write about. is... DIABLO III!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11oneone!!eleven!! Well really all I have to bring you for this premier Blizzcon article is the newest addition to the Diablo III class list. The Demon Hunter. Sounds badass right? well, you would be right. Video Games | Diablo III | BlizzCon 10: Demon Hunter Class Reveal TrailerXBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii So there ya have it. Diablo III looks bad ASS and man am I excited! In...

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Halloween Special: Silent Hill 3

Sorry for the late post everyone! I have apparently pissed off the very specific deity of computer monitors so misfortune ensued. Don't get excited, though. It is still quite broken. I have merely used a combination of ingenuity and favors Satan owes me. Basically, I turned it on to see how it was doing, and moved it around to the point where it decided to work. I assure you, the second it moves an inch it will become enraged and possibly kill small to average sized children. So while I have it working I will post as much as possible before I hand it over to Stephen to fix this thing (without pay of course).Anyway, I don't mean to step on Austin's...

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A Bad Case of Tech-no Rebellion.

By "tech-no" I of course mean technology... I don't listen to that techno refuse they call "music" Any who... You may have noticed (but more likely you haven't) that Chris has been lame at posting things when they are due, for instance his Halloween special just didn't go up Wednesday. That is primarily because his computer is broken and he is too damn stubborn to use my computer, because it's a Mac. Even though.. all he had to do was TYPE!! Silly red-headed-child... So anyway, he is forcing me into slave labor in order to fix his monitor. So as I slave over his broken laptop in the sweat shop he crafted for me, we will be using my computer...

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Assassins Creed: Brotherhood. New trailer brings catchy badass-ery.

 Today I bring you a long past due news update!! We have been so wrapped in bringing yall some reviews of the big games everyone is asking about, we almost forgot about news! Well today I have very very good news. In the form of some trailer awesomeness. It's full of all one would expect from a new Assassins Creed trailer. Sweet freaking assassin type killing, Ezio being really action-y and cool, and cryptic monologue from the antagonist revealing a tantalizing plot teaser. Also, look, the animus acts up some, don't forget about Desmond!! Should be a great game, looks promising to be su...

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Look at How Sexy This Is!!!!

Woa!!! The blog looks fancy and cool now!! Also, I have a confession. I have begun to dabble in the Dark Arts: HTML. I am however, really bad at it. If any of you lovely people know a place on that internet thing that teaches basic HTML pretty well, I would like to know of it. Also also, the site will be under construction on and off as we fine tune the new features, but post our updates and bring you more news we still shall. Also, also, also, let us know what you think about the new look and if you have any suggestions! Thanks kidd...

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The Outlaw's Least Favorite Game Moments: Max Payne 2 Escort Mission

Boy oh boy do I love me some Max Payne. My love for the series is why I was so excited about Alan Wake (also made by Remedy). However, there is one kind of mission in video games that I absolutely can't stand, and that is the escort mission. And yes, Remedy decided to put one into the second entry of the Max Payne series. Luckily for me, and all gamers who don't practice sad0-masochism, the escort mission seems to be a thing of the past, at least in it's conventional form. It usually involves playing guardian angel to some brain-dead ass hat who thinks it's better to make a run for it than hide behind cover, and that is exactly what this mission...

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The Elitist's Favorite Game Moments: Resident Evil 5

First and Fore-most, SEMI-SPOLERZ!!! Zombies Zombies Zombies Zombies Zombies!!! Sort of.. special unique Resident Evil Zombies... don't get mad Internet. ZOMBIES!! This however, has nothing to do with them. This has everything to do with the pure manly-awesomeness that is Chris Redfield (and the mutant-manly-awesomeness that is Albert Wesker) Chris Redfield, he has had enough of your bullshit. Even Sheva has manly-awesomeness, although if that is manly... whew...! So much greatness is flying around in that airplane. Chris isn't ever scared, well because he is Chris Freaking Redfield, and fear is unknown to him. Besides, if you had...

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Halloween Special: F.E.A.R.

I had to change this picture 3 times.... If you have played any or all of the FEAR games, should have expected this game to show up eventually in our Halloween special. This game is freakin called FEAR, and ignoring it's attempt at making FEAR an acronym, its sole intent was to be as horrifying and disturbing. It is pretty successful, FEAR is probably one of the more terrifying games I have ever played. I am not too overly found of horror games, primarily because it's really hard to find good ones, but this game is a gem. Granted, it's a relatively simple FPS, as far as gameplay goes, and the fear factor is primarily a jump/ohshits!! factor,...

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LOOK HOW FREAKIN COOL THIS IS!!!!!

THIS IS THE COOLEST THING IN ALL OF EVERYTHING FOREVER!! :D You see? Awesomeness, in fantastical artistic form. This brilliant piece of work is now the official logo for the O and E. How did two humble writers for a budding blog afford such obviously professional art? Well, we are lucky enough to know the very talented Christine Suggs. She was kind enough to take a request from us to draw this wonderful piece of art. So when you admire this unbeatable logo for our blog, be sure to emit your awe and gratitude for adding such masterpiece to art to the amazingly awesome Christine Suggs! Because she is awesome!! :D Thanks Christine!! &nb...

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Halloween Special: Mr. Tibbits from Condemned

Oh Condemned, you sure were scary... in pretty much every way. Games like F.E.A.R. had scary moments with not scary, action based combat. Bioshock could even bring the scares. Condemned, however, never let up. Walking around, looking for clues, fighting; it could all be scary. And then there's Mr. Tibbits... That goddamn Mr. Tibbits.You see, in Condemned you are a detective trying to solve a string of murders. It's an older game, but I won't give anything away. At one point, you find yourself trying to find an old gym teacher (Mr. Tibbits), at least that's what I remember going on, in a school at night. When you find him, he isn't in all that...

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Medal of Honor Review: Ugh...

      So it really hurts me to have to say this, but damn was this over-hyped. We have all seen the trailers and videos, we have felt the hype and if you are like me you fell victim to the excitement. So upon Medal of Honor's release I wad really excited to see what new turn the game had taken to make it seem like such an awesome addition to the FPS genre. Well, I must bare bad news, and inform you that... nothing as changed.      Alright, where to begin. My first impression was hopeful. The beginning was pretty intense and it's starts you off pretty fast. Well that's pretty much where the cool ends....

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Sonic 4 Review

If you dwell into the internet at all you have probably noticed a few things. One is that Sonic 4 is getting great reviews. The other is that a lot of "fanboys" talk a lot about hating it even though they haven't played it. Do me a favor: if you meet any of these haters on the street, take out an actual hedgehog, roll it into a ball, and throw it into their face. Sonic 4 is in fact a worthy successor to the original Genesis games.It is no secret that the Sonic fan base is hard to please. You have people such as me who grew up on the Genesis ones, you have fans of the shows (I actually have an affinity for the old goofy one with just Sonic and...

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Review for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Oblivium Sempiternum Daemonis

            The Castlevania bandwagon always appeared to me like just a Metroid knock-off. Well, it kind of was, but it was good. It was an answer to a wildly successful game to a public that wanted more and it took off, creating its own fan base. I was late to party and I could not regret it more. I have played (although not beaten) all of the Castlevania games for NES, SNES and the few that released for the DS. I even tried the attempts made to bring Castlevania to the consoles in the PS2/GCN/XBOX era. Those always left me wanting for more, they were not very well-produced games, and so...

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Halloween Special: BioShock

     First person shooters were becoming more and more repetitive, they were redundant, they were not very innovative, and they were loosing allot of what made them so exciting. The industry was being saturated with your typical shooter. Same mechanics were used over and over, same uninteresting plot, same cookie cutter shooter. Irrational Games said they have had enough with boring shooters, I mean, how many times have we relived WWII? Its time to change the game. Introduce BioShock. BioShock is easily one of my favorite games for the new-gen, and I could nerd-gasm and fanboy freak out all day on its ingenious integration...

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The Outlaw's Favorite Game Moments: Medal of Honor Frontline

So this time I decided to look to new releases for inspiration for today's feature, and then it hit me: The Medal of Honor reboot comes out on Tuesday. The series hasn't been very relevant since Call of Duty came out, but back in it's prime it was a very important shooter. If you've been following the media at all, or reading some of my more newsy articles, you would know that the new Medal of Honor has been causing a lot of controversy, but for now let us forget all that. We're going to the PS2 era.Remember, this was some years ago and us gamers weren't all burnt out on World War II games. Saving Private Ryan was also one of the big new movies around this time. Thus, the inspiration for one of the greatest opening moments in games was born; The D-Day invasion in Medal of Honor: Frontline.GulpSee,...

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The Elitist's Least Favorite Game Moments: The Legend of Zelda.

     As you may have gathered, and as all who know me are well aware, I love Legend of Zelda. I have played them all, and save for Zelda II, there is not one I don't like. Granted, there are others I like more, but I enjoy them all (again, save for that piece of refuse, Zelda II..grrrr). Yet, somehow, a Zelda game has popped up in my least favorite moments. Well, my explanation to that, is these are the games that I have put the most time into and therefore I know them better than any other game I have played. This moment, is once again, about an ending, but not so much how the game ends because (um... spoilers alert..?) lets...

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