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Saturday, August 15, 2009
News

Ultimate Alliance 2 Wouldn’t Be The Same Without Ms. Marvel

1:20AM Mike Fahey | The Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 website’s VIP section updated yesterday, revealing that Carol Danvers, better known as Ms. Marvel, will making a return appearance in the sequel. More »
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Monday, November 3, 2008

Pretty Boys: The Male Dandy in Games

2:30AM Maggie Greene | There’s an interesting essay over at the Vorpal Bunny Ranch (a blog worth visiting for the name alone) on the issue of the dandy in video games, a character known for a few different things: ‘his impeccable sense of fashion, his wit, and his distaste for rough physical activity.’ They’re also exceedingly untrustworthy, giving rise to an interesting stereotype of ‘the dandy’ as crafty (and with suspect morals) or an outright villain (e.g., Kefka): More »
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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And The UK’s Favourite Game Character Is…

1:20AM Mike Fahey | In a poll marking the launch of this year’s London Games Festival, more than 500 UK gamers voted for their favourite video game character of all time, and the results may shock you. Or they may not. Sonic the Hedgehog came out on top in the poll with a whopping 24%, which isn’t all that surprising really. After all, despite his rash of bad games lately, Sonic is still a rambunctious little scamp, and if there’s anything the UK likes it’s rambunctious little scamps. Hell, they pretty much invented them over there. Filling out the list we have Super Mario (none of this normal Mario bullshit) with 21%, Lara Croft with 16%, with Donkey Kong, Pac Man, Link, Max Payne (what?), Pikachu, Niko Belic, and Blanka taking up the rear. Hit the jump for the percentage breakdowns. More »
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