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Monkey Island 2 Special Edition

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition was a runaway success, so it’s no surprise that Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge would get its turn for the spotlight. According to LucasArts, the game will feature new graphics (with the ability to switch back to the originals), voiceovers, a hint system, and re-mastered music. Commentaries are also on the cards as well as an interesting control method that foregoes the traditional point & click.

MI2 is coming to a ton of devices including PC, PSN, XBLA and iPhone. It’s launching sometime within June-August. Just be prepared, it’s one heck of a hard game!

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God of War 3 Review

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

The trilogy of God of War now spans the two latest PlayStation consoles, the first being a smash success and the second having people declaring that there was still plenty of life left in the PS2. Episode three comes to us in full HD with the grunt of a few cell processors behind the technology in the black box. You’d be among good company if you already had high expectations for God of War 3, most people that seem to be drawn to this particular action hack and slash game like flies to the proverbial. So the scene is set for a rather monumental release, expectations to be dashed or dreams to be fulfilled?

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ButtonMasher Podcast #70

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

It’s a full house again this week, GaR returns from the netherworld of riding his bike, Wugga gets cornered at his own house, and well, I remembered.

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Rock Band 3 This Year

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Harmonix/EA has announced to the world that Rock Band 3 will be coming out this holiday season as a worldwide release. Though can we really trust EA seeing what happened with the last two games? Perhaps they’ve learned the errors of their ways; Lego Rock Band and The Beatles: Rock Band have all turned up on time.

Not much else has been revealed but there has been rumours about Harmonix working on something educational, as in teaching music. With the Rock Band Network unavailable in New Zealand, I guess a new Rock Band is what we’ll have to take.

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Battlefield Bad Company 2 Review

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Getting delayed can often times mean a death sentence for a game, the hype dies down, people look else where for their fix. Battlefield’s move back to releasing this week was either due to the developer needing more time or EA deciding that they might prefer to avoid going head to head against MW2. Either way, the time is here, so what is the final result?

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Mafia II Trailer – Boom Boom

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Hopefully this will help some of you understand why I am excited about this game. You don’t have to be, but bare with me as I hold out hope that it will be a Mafia game well worth playing.

More ranting about why I am looking forward to this game can be found here.

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MAG Review

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Shooting people is one of my favourite gaming pass times, in the face, groin or rather often the knee. I’m usually not to bothered by where as long as some damage is inflicted and I feel like I am at least getting my kicks in before the other guy (who is overly proficient at online shooters) gets some lead through my head. So you would think that a game dedicated only to the online shooting, with massive teams and large battle fields, would be right up my barrel. MAG, it seems, might not have been my cup of tea right from the start.

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ButtonMasher Podcast #69

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Metro 2033 gets some airtime this week as we celebrate not being Russian. The conclusive post review summary of Bioshock 2 and plenty more Heavy Rain including a spoilatious section which you might want to avoid if still playing the game (we do give a fair warning in the pod)

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Smackdown vs. RAW 2010 Review

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Wrestling is a silly “sport”. Let’s be honest it is completely ridiculous, and it is this ridiculous nature that makes it entertaining. Unfortunately the madness that is wrestling is very challenging to capture in a video game. In the somewhat limited amount of wrestling I have watched, it has always seemed that the crazy stage shows and smack talk sections encompass a significant amount of the content as well as providing most of the entertainment (for me at least). Unfortunately most wrestling games treat the subject as if this stuff was real. Are they afraid that little Timmy will be heartbroken when he finds out that this is just a stage show? On the other hand I guess it would be challenging to represent wrestling for what it really is and to keep it fun at the same time. Sadly Smackdown vs. RAW 2010 still takes most of it pretty seriously. However, they have added a pretty substantial story editor that lets you be as crazy as you want (very).

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Red Dead Redemption Trailer – The Women

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Red Dead Redemption has cowgirls and nuns aplenty. They fight back, though I’m not too sure about the nuns, you never know what they’re hiding under there.

After I get my hands on Heavy Rain I think this is the one other game I’m looking forward to the most, apart from Splinter Cell: Conviction. You can find the aforementioned women after the break.

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