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    Bayonetta Demo is SuperOMFGCrazyInsanity

    posted @ 12/11/2009 11:00:00 AM by Vichus Smith


    Have you played the Bayonetta demo yet? Well, HAVE YOU? The Bayonetta Demo is currently available for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.


    The Creation

    Bayonetta is brought to you from the wacky mind of Hideki Kamiya and the fine folks at Sega. Kamiya is one of the creators behind the Devil May Cry series of games, which are also totally out there and insane. Bayonetta is more of the same, with a fresh current gen look.






    Bayonetta the Witch




    Your heroine, Bayonetta, is an outcast, born to a union that was deemed illegal. Bayonetta is not killed. Instead, she is kept alive, but unable to take part in society or perform magic. Well, obviously, she finds some way to escape her bonds and become a badass angel killing witch.






    Stylish Vengeance

    Bayonetta is an incredibly leggy, dark-haired, bespectacled woman who has a wide array of weapons at her disposal. Her basic weapons include a sword, double guns (of course) and guns on her feet! Using your handheld weapons is typical Devil May cry fare. When you pull off a certain command, you flip upside down and let off some shots with the guns on your feet, gun-kata style.

    What Bayonetta can also do is slow down time after successfully dodging attacks. Bayonetta gets even more nasty when she does punish moves, which are basically quick time events that give you an option of dealing more damage.

    When it comes to fighting bosses, that's an even better story. Once you beat a big enemy with an inch of its life, you can summon your witchy powers to call forth a demon- made of Bayonetta's hair. Now that's what I call witchcraft! This is the ultimate representation of Bayonetta's combo moves. It's a bit gruesome to watch, but it's also very cool.

    With ups, there are downs




    Bayonetta does have familiar problems. As a game that allows you to fly high in the air and attack as fast as lightning, the camera has an issue with keeping up with you. You can see the action just fine, but when you're faced with so much on the screen, it could have been good to have more camera angles at your command, sort of like when yu can change angles in the Grand Theft Auto games.

    In addition, a nitpick comes Bayonetta's way because Bayonetta has one of the weirdest stances ever in a game. When you let Bayonetta stand still, she looks incredibly unnatural.

    These gripes don't kill the fun at all. If you love the wild action spectacles that are the Devil May Cry games, Bayonetta is DMC's exotic cousin.

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    Monday Freshness For You

    posted @ 9/21/2009 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    Start of a new week means it's time for a new episode of the ElectricSistaHood podcast, and in this episode NinjaSistah and Pandalicious talk games, gadgets, and cosplay.

    The gals kick off the episode by answering a question submitted by audience member KevinCrave about costly options for Halloween, hot now demo's for the Xbox 360 and PS3 Wet and Brutal Legend and what first impressions they were left with, and some giveaway goodness that is going on this week and next.

    Both the Need For Speed/EA folks and Inspired Instruments have some great things popping off this week. NFS is running a mission based deal from 12:00am PST on the 21st of September to the 25th of September until 11:59pm where they will be giving away a bunch of NFS: Shift goodies. Oh yeah, and a beemer. Inspired Instruments will cut you a $10 break for every friend you refer that buys a You Rock Guitar from them. Gear and goodies, gotta love it right?

    For a better picture of the episode, here are some of the titles we came up with, but didn't use:
    • Buy Our Magazine and Get a +5 to Purity
    • Inside: Girls Talking About Getting Wet
    • Every Roadie Is Named Eddie
    • "Jack the Bus" Shouldn't Mean Actually Jacking a Bus
    • Need For Speed Needs to Satisfy My Need For Car
    • Panda Hokey? That Pretty Much Describes It
    • and finally
    • I'll Be Broke For Christmas

    We enjoyed recording this episode a bunch, so enjoy the fruits of our labor and kick it with ElectricSistaHood podcast episode 164: When In Doubt, ALWAYS Go Awesome!

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    Oneechanbara: Kill em' In Yer Skivvies!

    posted @ 8/31/2008 01:45:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    Games that start off with a description involving scantily-clad women usually don't rate high on my radar, so Oneechanbara was definitely not something I had been pining away for since it's development.

    If you said to me three months ago, "NinJa, there is this game out there where you are one of two asian chicks either in a school girl outfit or your undies and a boa fighting zombies and you are going to love it..." I would probably have laughed in your face and cussed at you for a very long time, but after seeing Oneechanbara trailers for the first time I kinda changed my mind. D3 helped me seal the deal a bit her at PAX 08.

    Even though they are not demoing the game at PAX, D3 did bring a teaser video that had the opening of the game and some gameplay elements on loop at their booth and after spending a bit of time with one of the PR reps, I'm sold on this game.

    In Oneechanbara you play one of two asian sisters Aya or Saki and are forced to hack and slash your way through zombies that are after your blood for some reason. There is something in your lineage that makes you prime targets for the zombies and it is up to you to find out what it is and rid the world of these damn things. The game is a bit different than other sword slashing games in that you have a gauge indicating your weapon's bloodlust [which when filled your weapon has a good chance of sticking in to enemies making you have to yank it out] and you have to clean your sword constantly to keep it from doing less damage or sticking in a enemy leaving your vulnerable. I was able to find these bullet points from the D3 website, even though a search for the title on their site didn't find it:

    • Control Two Super Sexy Sisters and Their Sword Swinging Samurai Skills – Master sword swinging martial arts at their finest on the ground and in the air, slashing, swinging and thrusting into zombie enemy hordes.
    • Exclusive Dress-Up Mode – Go behind the scenes to expose the hottest samurai wardrobe on the planet.  Unlock an arsenal of customized clothing and looks to maximize and personalize the Onechanbara experience.

    • Go Deep Inside Aya, Saki, and the Legend of Onechanbara in Multiple Gameplay Modes – In addition to the main Story Mode, players can experience the game in Free Play Mode, Survival Mode, Quest Mode and more to let gamers dive deeper into the Onechanbara experience.
    • Killer Combat Control System – Each character has a variety of moves, weapons, and throws to combat enemies on the ground and in the air, and can unleash killer Rage Mode attacks when desperate and surrounded.

    • Co-op Multiplayer – Invite a friend to join in the fight with Co-Op mode and try unique fighting styles together to rid the world of zombie infestation.

    D3 is kinda tight lipped about a ship date for Oneechan but it will be available for the XB360 and Nintendo Wii at some point.

    Bitches hate zombies!


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    Future Not So Haze-y

    posted @ 4/18/2008 03:02:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    Hey y'all, guess what? That game that looked freakin' sweet at E3 for the PS3, Haze... yeah, there's going to be a playable demo available on the PSN in early May.

    Haze is a FPS set in a post-apocalyptic future "...where war is never quite what it seems." You play the character of Shane Carpenter, a newbie to the PMC.

    Haze is exclusively to the PS3, and the demo will include fully functional single-player campaign as well as allow four-player drop-in drop-out co-op play online. So I've given you a reason to jump on to the PSN in May, and a damn good reason to head over to your local GameStop on May 20th.

    Happy fraggin!

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    New Podcast Day: Episode 87

    posted @ 2/25/2008 12:10:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    Another new Monday equals another new episode of the ESH podcast. And this one gets, well, kinda girlie.

    In this episode of the podcast Pandalicious brings up the demise of the NewType magazine and notes the decline in printed review media focusing on anime or manga here in the US. Then MagicMystic chimes in with her thoughts on the very, very sugary anime series Shugo Chara by TV Tokyo. Not to be left out, NinJaSistah chimes in with some gaming news updates and continues on the sugary sweet anime series Sorcerer Hunters.

    It's a fun episode, but don't take my word for it. Let these rejected episode titles tell reveal the fun-ness of it all...

    • Don't Choke On Microsoft's Wad
    • This Is A Pimpless Podcast
    • Twelve F-Words Makes It Extra Explicit
    • NewType Has Contracted Magazine Cancer
    • MagicMystic Fives The Ultimate Spoiler
    • Panda Puts Out For Published Writers
    • Harry Potter Jumped The Shark At Book Four
    • Sporty Spice Is A Version of Me? Egg-zactly!
    • Yeah, But Can She Transform Into A Camaro?
    • Just Another Manic Chara
    • A Black Egg With An "X" On It? The EAster Bunny's Not Gonna Like That
    • When The Keymaster Met The Gatekeeper
    • You Gotta Be Sick To Watch Sorcerer Hunters
    • These Suspenders Defy All Laws of Physics
    • This Series Puts The "Con" in Necronomicon
    • You'll Be Like That's What Panda Was Talking About
    • Getting Guys Off In 30 Minutes Or Less
    • Panda's Got Too Much Blood In Her Alcohol System
    • I Ain't 'Fraid Of No Toast
    • NewType Kicks It's Own Bucket
    • and
    • Slow Entropy Sucks


    So, grab you a new cuppajoe and settle in to enjoy Episode 87: That's The Problem With Theology, Too Much Math

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