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Game of the Month: August

Do-Don-Pachi Resurrection – Bullet Hell Defined

Do-Don-Pachi Resurrection
By: Cave
Release Date: 8/26/2010
Platform: iPhone 3GS/4, iPod touch 3rd Gen, iPad (devices must have iOS 3.1.3 or later)
Price: $8.99 (currently on sale for $4.99, from 8/26 to 8/29)

After Cave’s port of the wonderful (and brutal) Espgaluda II hit platforms running the iOS operating system, shooter fans were left wondering what would be the next game from the company to hit the platforms running the OS. Early this past July, Cave hinted at what would be next and it didn’t take them long to reveal that it would bring Do-Don-Pachi Dai-Fukkatsu (retitled to Do-Don-Pachi Resurrection for our neck of the woods) to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users. After chomping at the bit since that news dropped, it has hit the iTunes store and is now in hands of fans, myself included. What say we check it out a bit, eh?

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Pineconeattack! Presents: Pinekast! Episode #78 – Konkey Dong A-Ding-Dang-Doo!

This week we tackle Donkey Kong, starring the iconic and irrepressible Donkey Kong himself and the series of games he’s starred in, made cameos in and been a part of.
So if you have some love for the barrel tossing ape and his unsated lust for a carpenter’s girlfriend, join us as the PCA crew hunkers down [...]

Tenno goes to EVO… Day 2

HERE BE EVO!

So I went to EVO for about an hour.

Yup. Just one. And for a bunch of you, you’re probably all like, ‘Whoaaaaaa there Tenno! You were at the gaming Mecca of Las Vegas! You fricking live there even! WHAT THE! HELL!’

Hey baby, I’m a rolling stone. And by that I mean that even aside from all that awesome gaming on hand, I just am not that big of a fighting game guy to geek out properly at events like this. Literally I was melting the second I walked in -Hey Caesar’s Palace! A little A/C here! – and already ready to go. This shit just isn’t for me.

Pictured: Shit that isn't for me.

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Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Impressions

It’s not a hidden fact that I was a Marvel vs. Capcom 2 hater for a long time. This was for various reasons, but it really was molded by the fact that I hung around too many people that bashed it and I ended up falling in that line. For the past year and a half, though, I’ve grown to really like it. Sure, it’s competitive scene houses some real dumb-asses and the game itself has issues, but it’s just a lot of damn fun. With myself growing to enjoy it more and more, it made me really excited to see that Marvel vs. Capcom 3 would finally become a reality over a decade after MvC2 hit arcades.

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Quick Bit: Super Street Fighter IV is Out Today

So last night at midnight I picked up my pre-order copy of Super Street Fighter IV, and let me tell you…awww yeah, it’s fucking sweet. I only played through the arcade mode once on medium with Dudley since he was the only one of the Street Fighter III characters brought over that I ever [...]

Netflix Streaming Wii Disc Impression

So I received my Netflix disc over the weekend and gave it a spin on the dusty unloved Wii…

I have to say this is my favorite console to now watch my standard resolution shows.  While the Xbox 360 is still the superior console to stream HD programming due to overall speed, I have to say the [...]

Impressions: The New Super Mario Wii

I’ll be honest with you, I hate the Wii. Unlike the N64 that had no 3rd party support, the Wii is simply a compost heap that 3rd parties shovel their crap onto, BUT very much like the N64, the best games are always Nintendo first party stuff. The New Super Mario Bros. Wii is no exception. This game actually has me playing the system for the first time since the new Punch-Out!! came out. I used my birthday monies this year to fork out $54.04, (after tax) and let me tell you, it’s worth every decicred (ed: That’s a Star Wars reference folks.)

I’ve never actually liked 3D Mario games. I know they’re “good” and people really like them, but I was never one of those people. Mario 64 impressed me when I was twelve, Mario Sunshine frustrated me, and Mario Galaxy just bored me. So when I heard there was a semi sequel coming out out for the Wii based on the new 2D Mario game on the DS, my ears perked up.

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Pineball Hall of Fame’s New Abode

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So a few weeks back, Decepticreep and I were coming down from our sugar high and needed to stimulate our already stimulated ‘selves with some old fashioned visceral coin-op entertainment, so the obvious choice was the Pinball Hall of Fame. I was curious about the new place and had to get a gander at the new home of the Pinball Hall of Fame.  The banner pinned over the building was an obvious place holder and the windows were being dry walled up, the building’s exterior was hiding the electric sex lurking inside.

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Fun With Smackdown vs. Raw 2010, Plus Quick Impressions

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Long time, no see, eh? Let’s just kick it off with some crazy animation foul-ups:

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Netflix PS3 Impression

So my Netflix disc arrived last Thursday and after several days of use, I have to say that the PS3 Netflix streaming is actually proficient.

Pros:

The PS3 version is 100% free to stream Netflix, while you have to be a gold member ($50 per year) on the Xbox 360.

The reliability of the PS3 hardware is better. Let’s [...]