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July 20th, 2008

Max Payne trailer: Leak or marketing gimmick?

More than a week ago, b5media entertainment channel’s Film Gecko posted a trailer video of 20th Century Fox’s Max Payne with the suspicion that it had been leaked onto YouTube.
Film Gecko’s Jane Boursaw wrote:
I’m not sure how long this will stay online, but a new trailer for 20th Century Fox’s Max Payne has been leaked […]

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July 20th, 2008

Max Payne 2: More than meets the eye

While we’re on the subject of Max Payne …
Have you ever wondered how Max Payne and the gorgeous Mona Sax look like under all those layers of “graphic novel-like paint” in
Max Payne 2’s dialogue or cut scenes? Well, you need not wonder any longer. Feast your eyes on these before and after shots:
Before
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July 19th, 2008

Freaky! Max Payne can dance!

First off, let me take this opportunity to give b5media’s video games channel boss Mike Leaño a pat on the back for doing such a great job at whipping our sorry behinds keeping us all in top form. Actually, I’m just trying to butter him up because I need to borrow one of our favorite […]

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July 19th, 2008

Whoah! Half-Life in 60 seconds!

And you thought you were good! I found this great video about Half-Life and its main protagonist, Gordon Freeman. At first I thought it was a speed run, since the title, “Half-Life in 60 Seconds,” implied something of the sort.
Well, I was wrong. It’s even better than a speed run. Go check it out:

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July 16th, 2008

Conflict: Master diplomacy and warmongering in this classic

What do you do if you only have a 386 PC on your desk and need to sate this craving for world domination? Why, play Conflict: Middle East Political Simulator, of course. And this is exactly what I did back in 1994, when I had been stuck for hours on end manning the editorial offices […]

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June 30th, 2008

Ken and Ryu versus Ken and Ryu

It’s really amazing what video game developers can do with today’s technology. I remember playing Street Fighter on the Nintendo Family Computer and that game is a far cry from today’s version of Street Fighter. Viewing several videos of fights between Ken and Ryu has made my loins ache for a good gaming rig on […]

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June 30th, 2008

Ken and Ryu animated gifs

I just love animated gifs. I call them the poor man’s Flash animation. I love animated gifs even more if they feature stuff that I’m really into, like video games. In my search for these gems, I’ve found three interesting animated gifs of Ken and Ryu of Street Fighter fame. Here, take a gander:

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June 30th, 2008

The Evolution of Ken and Ryu

I’ve found this really neat article about this very subject, The Evolution of Ken and Ryu. Actually, I’ve been wanting to write something just like it for the longest time, but since I don’t have the entire Street Fighter collection within my grasp, I decided not to push through with it.
Here’s the introduction to the […]

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June 28th, 2008

Diablo videos: Because we can’t wait for III to come out

I just want to share two videos I found about the impending release of Diablo III. Whew! It’s shaping up nicely … very nicely.

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June 28th, 2008

Diablo III: And the heavens shall tremble

Well, it’s not exactly retro gaming, since Diablo III hasn’t even been launched yet. But its predecessors, Diablo, Diablo: Hellfire, Diablo II, and Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, are already classics in their own right.
For now, though, let me focus on Diablo and its expansion Hellfire. These two are probably two of the most played […]

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