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Harley Quinn's Revenge Is Batman: Arkham City's Bad New Ending It’s funny how much I have written about Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The Wii fighter has stolen a few hours of my life, but you might be shocked to learn how little I’ve played of the final retail copy. Pre-release? Hours! The full-fledged game? Embarrassingly little. It’s just that the Wii is quite frequently powered down or *gasp* not hooked up at all. In my defence, I have eight consoles fighting for receiver hook ups.
Perhaps I should squeeze some Brawl time in this weekend, get some of those unlockable stages I hear the kids are into. This week at the Smash Bros. Dojo, Sakurai and crew talk about a few more precious hidden characters, plus talk about post-completion goodies. It’s all in the Dump!
Obligation gaming isn’t as much fun as elective gaming. Sure, it’s still better than digging ditches, but being genuinely interested in playing Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword but having to speed through it to meet a deadline takes some of the (ninja) magic out of it. Thank the Magician Lord for freed up weekends! Like this one! I’ll be enjoying some new Boston tracks in Rock Band as well as doing some research with Jet Set Radio Future. Might even squeeze in a little Phantom Hourglass. And I’ll be doing it on my own time. Yay!
I’ve also got a sweet new US Postal Service approved digital scale to enjoy. Jealous? Try to disprove that you are by letting us know what you’ll be playing this weekend. To the comments!
Usually we opt to pitch you funny blankets from Etsy, but today we thought we’d present a product for the perusal of our readership with, how shall we say this politely, a job more expendable income. By Danish manufacturer Kvadrat, the Pixel Couch (the name should be self-explanatory) is a sort of gaming room dream seat. Sure, the lack of full back pillow coverage could become irksome, but you’ve got to learn to sacrifice for your art. We couldn’t spot the price online, but assume you have to sacrifice a bit for your purchases, too.
Pixel Couch [thecoolhunter]
You think the Army of Two demo is coming April 1st? Hahahaha. Fooled you!
But seriously, the Army of Two demo really is coming April 1st to Xbox 360 (sorry PS3 owners) and it will include both the training tutorial and the entire first level of the game. DLC will follow soon after, including 1 new multiplayer map, 2 new campaign maps and the SSC Challenge obstacle course. (Given that single player only features 6 levels, 2 new maps for single player is quite a bit).
Of course, given that the demo is slated for April 1st, EA could be lying to us in what would be the lamest April Fools’ prank of all time. You know, almost as lame as the opening to this post.
DEMO Coming Out & New DLC Info! [EA Forums via Xbox 360 Fanboy]
newVideoPlayer("THVideoDiary3_gawker.flv", 463, 287,""); Some of you will enjoy the gameplay footage in Silicon Knights’ latest Too Human developer diary. But make sure that you fast forward to the middle before losing another battle of attention span against the internet. Because this diary features a strange short film called The Goblin Man of Norway. We think it’s meant to be a mockumentary. Chronicling the excavation of a faceless mythical artifact, huge orchestration and high production values clash with touches like clearly satirical woolly mammoth maps. It’s a gloriously awkward miss, really, like Silicon Knights take Too Human so seriously that they can’t even joke about it, even when they try very, very hard.
So consider this post the equivalent of making a funny face after eating some food and saying, “This tastes funny. Try it.”
While we already pretty much know that a new, prettier PlayStation Store is coming in April, it’s always refreshing to see some acknowledgment on the old PS3 itself. Here’s a shot of a banner captured on the current European PlayStation store. Apparently it’s not clickable so it can’t transport the Sony fanboy into some sort of preview of the Utopian shopping future for which we are all extremely* excited. *In full disclosure, the author of said blog post cannot decide if he is moderately or extremely excited about the news, but he opted to go with the more sensational diction to promote a merry, festive atmosphere on the site. New look PS Store advertised on PS Store [Darkzero via Maxconsole]
We’re always on the lookout for the next entertaining review talent…even if it’s not meant to be funny. These parental reviews from British TV personality Anne Diamond are absolutely perfect Friday reading. It’s her sincere, unadulterated disgust for the content that makes her reviews so fantastic. Hit the jump for a bonus review.
If you’ve been looking for Nintendo DS accessories, Meritline has an excellent sale going on right now, taking 50% off their stock of merchandise. You can score a wall or car charger for $US 9, an extra battery for $US 7 and silicon skins for $US 6.50. Plus there’s free shipping. Just make sure to use the coupon code “NDS50POFF” at checkout to see the savings. Oh, and remember that lithium ion batteries are an iffy purchase when on sale, since they lose capacity from the time they are produced and have probably been sitting around for a while.
Accessories for Nintendo DS Lite [Meritline via BargainJack]
If you are or will be in the Milwaukee area over the weekend, be sure to drop by the Olympia Resort for the 2008 Midwest Gaming Classic, the Midwest’s largest electronic gaming convention. Visitors will be able to buy and play classic to current arcade and pinball machines, buy, sell, and trade your video game systems, games, and accessories, or listen to talks given by guest speakers like modder Ben Heckendorn, Twin Galaxies founder Walter Day, former EGM editors “Trickman” Terry and Sushi X, and Marty Goldberg, who will be talking about the plans to revitalize the classic Microprose brand. It sounds like a damn fine way to spend some time and money over the weekend. Tickets are $US 10 a day for adults, or completely free for children 12 and under. Hit up the website for directions and more information. The 2008 Midwest Gaming Classic [Official Site - Thanks ZRDollarz]
It wasn’t until Team Ninja’s Yosuke Hayashi stepped off the plane in the States this week that he heard about the connection some in the Japanese media were trying to draw between his recently released Ninja Gaiden game and the rampage of a disenfranchised gamer at a shopping centre near Tokyo.
