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Fighting Streets: My Fighter’s History

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Fighting Streets: My Fighter’s History

Legend in the making, or classic racial hate crime?
And so we cap off Fighting Streets in an untidy and unofficial manner with a little recap of my own experience with Street Fighter. Believe it or not, my first foray into the world of Street Fighter was not with the first game, because I was a [...]

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Friday Fives: Fighting Streets Edition

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Friday Fives: Fighting Streets Edition

My contribution to our Fighting Streets extravaganza was slightly delayed by both The Toff’s very important public service announcement about Dating Violence Awareness and my desire to master Human Swiss Army Knife (he sonic booms! he dragon punches! Hey, he even juliennes potatoes!), Street Fighter IV boss, Seth.
But, without further delay, here’s my top five [...]

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Hands On Preview: Halo Wars

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Hands On Preview: Halo Wars

Halo Wars, Ensemble Studios’ last completed project before the Microsoft Hammer of Doom fell, is right around the corner. We checked out whether this Xbox 360 exclusive RTS could do for Console RTSes what the original Halo did for Console FPSes.
The number one biggest problem with any console RTS is the controller, it’s just never [...]

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Random Visual: Goon City, Bastion Of Pop Culture

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Random Visual: Goon City, Bastion Of Pop Culture

Apparently, a Ryan Allen of North America loves his pop culture and videogames. A lot, as evident in this Habbo Hotel-esque design called Goon City. Take a look, I’m sure you’ll find tons more videogame and movie references in this haven of geeks.

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Killzone 2: Zoning Out In Single Player Mode

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Killzone 2: Zoning Out In Single Player Mode

Just yesterday, I was offered the chance to play the upcoming shooter extravaganza Killzone 2 for half of the day. I couldn’t go due to work reasons though. However, I manage to ask two buddies of mine to attend this egregious play session in my stead, both of whom have conflicting mindsets for their console [...]

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GAX Point Preview: Ninja Blade

GAX Point Preview: Ninja Blade

Anyone else feel that The Force Unleashed would have been an awesome game, instead of merely an average one, if they’d just completely copied God Of War’s controls and QTE battle system instead of making their own inferior version? With that in mind, Ninja Blade seems to be on the ball, having gone a little beyond just cribbing notes from some of the more successful franchises out there.

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Hands On Preview: Dawn Of War 2 – The Races

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Hands On Preview: Dawn Of War 2 – The Races

This week, a closer look at the playable races of Dawn of War 2 and how they perform in the multiplayer beta.
Preview plus video for all four races after the jump!

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Friday Fives: Date Abuse Victims In Videogames

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Friday Fives: Date Abuse Victims In Videogames

As you may have heard, the 7th to 14th of this February is Dating Violence Awareness Week. What is dating violence apparently? From the site, it says that “Dating violence happens when a partner uses force or pressure to abuse the other partner in a dating relationship.” Folks, this is truly no laughing matter, as [...]

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Hands On Preview: Dawn Of War 2 Multiplayer

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Hands On Preview: Dawn Of War 2 Multiplayer

Normally, when a game gets a sequel, it’s simply a matter of polishing up the winning formula, throwing in a few new features and printing more of that delicious, delicious money. Relic decided to go with a different approach.
Intrigued? Preview after the jump.

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Friday Fives: Potential In-Game Adverts

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Friday Fives: Potential In-Game Adverts

From AXE body spray in Splinter Cell Chaos Theory to Barack Obama in Burnout Paradise, in-game adverts are everywhere. No, you can’t escape them and no, you can’t beat them. So, I’m told, that means we have to join them.
Here’s my would be pitches to some companies out there, because games are a gold mine [...]

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