Adam Templeton - March 10th, 2009
Gamer Culture, Humor, World of WarCraft
Kirby loves to eat. That’s kind of his “thing,” if you will.
Munching on Waddle Dees day-in, day-out used to be enough for the little guy. (After all, Dees have a reputation for being crunchy and low in trans fats.)
But those ambling, absent-minded walking snacks with adorable shoes couldn’t hold Kirby’s interest forever.
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Adam Templeton - March 3rd, 2009
Gamer Culture, Humor, Metal Gear Solid
Football fanatics whoop and scream with every yard their team advances. Aspiring gymnasts breathlessly watch the mind- and joint-bending contortionism of Olympic athletes. And deep down, every drug-addled journalism student secretly wants to be Hunter S. Thompson.
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Watson - January 30th, 2009
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Adam Templeton - January 28th, 2009
Gamer Culture, Humor, Virtual Worlds
Forget sex—in the world of video games, dark and gritty sells. (Granted, sex doesn’t hurt.) Being the amoral opportunist I am, I wanted in on this trend. But, it’s just too much work to come up with an original grim and dismal franchise that’s chock full of gut-wrenching violence, vulgar epitaphs, and needless titillation. Instead, I figured I’d make like an ad exec and do a “creative re-imagining” of a well-known character or, as decent folk refer to it, a “complete bastardization of a beloved childhood icon.”
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Benjamin Cormack - October 21st, 2008
Business, Gamer Culture, Nintendo DS, iPhone
We all love our DS, but what about the next handheld console from Nintendo? Will it have slight differences from the DS, or could it be something entirely different? Could Nintendo even go from two screens back to one? After the premiere of the unimpressive DSi, I’ve got a REAL wish-list for Nintendo. The DSi is not what I would call a worthy successor to the DS. While a camera and an internet browser are nice, they don’t exactly add to the gameplay. But these would:
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Kdin Jenzen - October 1st, 2008
Gamer Culture, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, PSP, Xbox 360
In every video game there is always a character that makes people think, “Wow, what a jackass.” However, if you think about it, the characters everyone likes turn out to be biggest jerks of all! So if you think Bowser is bad, you should see the biggest “seemingly nice” jerks of all time.
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