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What's Wrong With D.O.A.? ... Nothing!

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In honor of last weeks theatrical release of DOA: Dead or Alive. I’d like to address a topic that has had a lot of people up in arms since the release of the first DOA game, the ladies.

First of all, I’m going to openly admit, right here, right now, I am a fan of the DOA series. Yes, it is the button-mashiest of all the current fighting games around, but it does have some really good fighting mechanics without the super complex combos of your Tekkens or Virtua Fighters. In fact, DOA4 has been accepted as a standard in a handful of professional gaming leagues, and there are some truly amazing players out there. That alone should give it enough cred to not be brushed off as a “bad” fighting game.

Yeah. I’m Jealous. So What?

So when the collector in me sees game rooms like this (and this) it really makes me question my commitment. I fully understand that I, in fact, do have a life, and other things that I have to spend money on than video games. At least that’s what I tell myself, because, frankly, I’m jealous… very, very, very jealous.

Running in to Major Nelson at the Pac-Man World Championships

At the Pac-Man World Championships, we ran into the man that Xbox 360 fanboys and girls know and love -- namely, Major Nelson (whose real name is Larry Hyrb), the Director of Programming for Xbox Live. He keeps gamers informed of all things Xbox on his blog, including the new Pac-Man Championship Edition, available at 5 a.m. EST tomorrow. Major -- er, Larry -- was a cool guy, and he had us laughing our asses off with his enthusiastic explanation of the whole event (despite his bad run-ins with Pac-Man at the workplace). If there were achievement points for being entertaining, Major Nelson would get the full thousand.

Help Plan a Video Game Wedding

I always thought Lara Croft and Hitman would make a cute couple, but that’s not what we’re talking about here. Famed MTV video games journalist Stephen Totilo is in need of a bit of help putting a gaming twist on his upcoming wedding reception. At the suggestion of his future wife, they have decided to name all their tables after locations in video games. Hit the jump for the list as it stands right now, but they need about six more. Any suggestions are completely welcome.

Merry Presidents' Day (Or: A Tribute to the Greatest President of All Time)

History will record the 47th President of the United States, Michael Wilson, as our country's most revered commander-in-chief.

In a time of great crisis, and faced with the treachery of his vice-president, Wilson did what any great leader would do: hopped into a giant suit of armor to fight evil. I am not making this up.

The game was called Metal Wolf Chaos, and it never made it to America. It was an Xbox game where you, as the president of the United States, fought evil from the confines of a giant mech suit.

Lest you think I am kidding.

I am not kidding.

Hail to the chief.

 

Santa Has A Lightsaber...

...And this year, all the bad little boys and girls are going to get cut!

Anyway, the merry pranksters at LucasArts have come up with a new way for you to enjoy Christmas: by killing endless Stormtroopers as Santa Claus.

You'll need a copy of Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy. LucasArts' instructions follow:

Step 1: At the Mos Eisley Cantina, enter the following two codes:
CL4U5H (for Santa hat and red clothes)
TYH319 (for white beard Extra)

Step 2: Go to the Character Customizer and create the proper costume. Use a human head, the appropriate red clothing...and don't forget the red cap! Santa can wield the weapon of your choice -- we recommend the green or red lightsaber to seasonally complement his shiny red duds. (Remember, the color of his lightsaber decides whether his Force powers are naughty or nice.)

Step 3: In the Extras menu, activate Disguise 3.

Step 4: Enter the character-based level of your choice in Free Play.

Step 5: Spread holiday cheer to a galaxy in pieces.

Report From the Front Line: A Heartfelt Apology

I hearby officially apologize to 2K Games. I won’t be attending your demo meeting for Ghost Rider, the one that was scheduled for this morning at 10.

I think Ghost Rider is a really cool comic book character. But right now, I am waiting in line for a PlayStation 3. I think it’s important that I stick this out, see it to the end, especially so I can say that, having braved more than 30 hours and two separate lines (plus any unforeseen hazards that will come up after I type this), I am, without question, the stupidest man on planet Earth.

If Ghost Rider concerned himself less with vengeance and more with home electronics, I think he might agree with me.

 

2K Does the Fantastic Foursome

So it appears the fracturing of the Marvel Comics license continues unabated. Yesterday, Sega announced it's making an Iron Man game for next-generation game consoles. Today, 2K Games sent out a press release heralding a videogame adaptation of Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

Surfer will see release in June 2007 to coincide with the release of the Fantastic Four 2 film.

2K Games revealed no information about Surfer, save to say it will be a third-person action game developed jointly by Visual Concepts and Seven Studios.

 

Want Mayhem With That?

How will Microsoft divert people's attention away from the Wii launch on November 19?

Two words: PocketBike Racer.

"More pointless than the Pogo Ball!" the trailer proclaims. And if that's not enough, someone thought to warn potential customers about the potentially life-threatening aspects of, say, a giant chicken riding a tiny, yet high-powered motorbike through a series of perilous, jump-laden courses.

"This game includes scenes involving cartoon-like characters engaged in potentially unsafe or mildly violent activities." That's a pretty tall order for a $3.99 game you can get with a hamburger.

Courtly Love

I wasn't altogether sure why anyone would want to make a trailer  for a $3.99 game you can buy at Burger King look and sound like a preview for a horror movie, but after closer inspection and three triple BK Stackers, it hit me: It's because Sneak King is the creepiest $3.99 game you can buy at Burger King that you'll ever play.

Sneak King will be available at Burger King on November 19.