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    Would it be wise to enter this "Tekken"?

    posted @ 1/04/2010 11:00:00 AM by Vichus Smith


    Sooooo, a Tekken movie is coming out soon. I guess the gamer/geek community is supposed to be happy about that?

    Director Dwight Little and screenwriter Alan McElroy are bringing the live action adaptation to the screen with a cast including Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Chiaki Kuriyama, Gary Daniels, Cung Le, and Kelly Overton.

    Dwight Little has worked on TV shows like Bones, Dollhouse, Prison Break, and Millennium. That's a pretty good pedigree there. McElroy, however, is partly responsible for Wrong Turn, Rapid Fire, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, The Marine, and Spawn. That mixed bag is something of a turn off.

    Now for our actors. Cary Tagawa will look familiar to you from a previous video game adaptation, Mortal Kombat. He's playing the Mishima patriarch, Heihachi. I wouldn't expect them to cast a big burly guy to play Heihachi, but still Tagawa is not as young as he used to be.

    Chiaki Kuriyama played a mace-wielding schoolgirl in Kill Bill Vol. 1. Her role in Tekken is unspecified, but she looks like she would most likely play the happy-go-lucky Ling Xiaoyu. The rest of the cast from here are virtual unknowns.

    Gary Daniels is a buff mofo who has starred in a lot of martial arts flicks and has his plate full in 2010. He plays Brian Fury, and he looks every bit as scary as Tekken's psychopathic cyborg.

    Cung Le is also a bona fide martial artist, but not with as big of a film history as Daniels. He takes the role of Marshall Law. Kelly Overton is the most curious casting of the bunch. She is playing Christine Montiero, which is a relatively new character in Tekken's fiction. That gives you a hint as too how much of the Tekken story might be used in this adaptation.

    So that is a taste of this year's Tekken. One would hope this is the year video game adaptations are done right.

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    Let me take U 4 A Ryde

    posted @ 8/24/2009 04:47:00 PM by FreeLoader


    Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is back and cheaper than ever. Hardcore fans of the series will be excited to know that this hundred dollar game can now be obtained for the paltry price of only $14.99. But what about those of us that only played the game once or twice back when it was hot?

    It may be remembered as one of the most unbalanced fighters in history, but that doesn’t stop people from loving Marvel vs. Capcom 2. With its huge roster of characters from all the Capcom games we love, and plenty of X-Men and other Marvel Universe characters to choose from, the game certainly has someone for everyone to enjoy playing as. That is, as long as they enjoy losing every battle.

    It’s unfortunate, but unless you’re playing as Cable, Magneto, Sentinel or Storm, you’re probably losing 80% of your online matches. That’s because certain characters have a huge advantage over the rest, whether it’s the overwhelming power of Sentinel, the avoidance of Storm, or the options of Magneto, they are all in a tier of their own. It certainly makes life hard for us Jill players, and if you like the Street Fighter crew, then this game is not for you.

    But that’s not to say you shouldn’t get the game. I mean, it was worth $100 for a reason. If you do most of your playing offline and at a low level of play, then basically any character combination can win matches. The thing about going online is that you’ll be facing all those 9 year vets of the game that can catch you in infinites and gigantic combos. But if it’s just you and a few friends using basic combos and playing for fun, then it’s still a worthwhile buy.

    The game is a port of the Dreamcast version which is widely recognized as the best version of the game. Visuals flow smoothly and the new graphic enhancements are crisp. Of course there’s the option to make the graphics that of the original, for those of you that lust after nostalgia. Speaking of which, the game sports that same soundtrack that we all know and hate. Fret not however! The game allows you to listen your own custom soundtrack while playing, assuming you’re not in an online game that has mics turned on.

    At any rate, the online is a great addition, and makes the game worthwhile for vets, but it also allows casual players to play online with their friends. And I’m sure no one is complaining about having more trophies and achievements to add to their collection. Though it confuses me as to why the Avenger’s trophy is worth more points than the other trophies/achievements that are essentially the same challenge with different characters. I mean, it even allows you to use Iron Man’s PROTON CANNON FTW. But I digress.

    For only fifteen bucks, the game is a steal, but don’t expect to become the best on the leader boards unless you know how to use the top tier characters. That won’t stop me from perfecting my Guile/Jill/Captain America team! But I also tend to keep it pretty casual for fighters.

    Written by: Bramimond

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    Video Game Reality Fatality

    posted @ 2/07/2007 10:18:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    YouTube is just too damn fun to snoop around when you have time to kill, and I found myself in possession of some of that mythical "free time" this evening, so over to the YouTube went I.

    I like to check out the video game category to see what some of you gamers out there have up your sleeve, and well, here's what I found:

    Submitted for your perusal:


    Then video two:


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    Quick Question: Top 5 Comfort Games

    posted @ 10/09/2006 08:13:00 PM by evermore
    There's comfort food: Pot roast and potatoes, buttery corn, macaroni and cheese and puffy, yeasty rolls. But comfort games? G. Turner comments in the New Gamer|Journal, "games can provide comfort in a time of need - be it a need for something familiar or just a quick pick-me-up after a particularly distressing day."

    Here are Turner's list of top 5 comfort games: Burnout 3, Guitar Hero ("After a few playthroughs of Take It Off or Unsung, I can't help but find myself gleeful despite a day of horrendous events."), Mega Man 2, Samba de Amigo and ZooKeeper.

    What's your top five?


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