North and Latin Americas Getting Exclusive Assassin’s Creed III Limited Edition
TAKE THAT, EUROPE! That sound you’re not hearing right now is me doing a little jig on my desk. Not because Europe isn’t getting access to this Limited Edition without importing, but because I’m a huge fan of the Assassin’s Creed franchise, and I love…sorry, I LOVE really well put together limited editions of games that interest me. This is going to be a bad rest-of-t...[Read More]
Marooners’ Talk
The Marooners’ Rock podcast, cleverly titled Marooners’ Talk, is released on a weekly basis (if you ignore the multiple large gaps…and the occasional missed week due to extenuating circumstances). Unless we say something that we aren’t allowed to say (embargo, private information, ridiculously offensive slip-up, etc.), the podcast is published unedited, so you get a more na...[Read More]
Giveaway: Guardians of Luna SpiritHood
WINNER ANNOUNCED: Congratulations Edward Davis (@magnetoelectric) for winning the Guardians of Luna Spirit Hood! Thank you all for participating, and good luck next time! At the beginning of the month, SpiritHoods announced a new product in collaboration with Guardians of Luna Productions. Not only have these two companies come together to create a Guardians of Luna themed SpiritHood, but Guardian...[Read More]
Ubisoft Announces Two Release Dates and One Delay
Ubisoft “won” E3 2011, and then repeated their victory for E3 2011. Who did a better job of driving interest in the Wii U, Nintendo or Ubisoft? Ubisoft. Who managed to bring new fans in to a series that is expecting its fifth main console entry with a wonderful sense of gameplay progression in Assassin’s Creed III? Ubisoft. The list of E3 2012 accomplishments for Ubisoft goes on,...[Read More]
Marooners’ Talk: Episode 033 – “My First Import”
I’ve been re-watching a couple of episodes of Scrubs each morning before heading to work over the past few weeks (I’m in Season 6 now), so it should come as no surprise that the title of Marooners’ Talk Episode 033 is reminiscent of most Scrubs episode titles. “My First Import” comes after a missed episode last week, due to houseguests, and is one man short (Thom wasn...[Read More]
The Amazing Spider-Man – Behind the Scenes with Bruce Campbell
Bruce Campbell has a long history with the Spider-Man franchise. His childhood friendship with director Sam Raimi resulted in highly memorable cameo positions in the original trilogy, and his distinctive voice and style have placed him in yet another Spider-Man position, with a new role as the Extreme Reporter in Beenox and Activision’s The Amazing Spider-Man video game, coming out next week...[Read More]
The Amazing Spider-Man – Stan Lee Gameplay
Stan “The Man” Lee is responsible for creating and co-creating a ridiculously large percentage of Marvel’s stable of comic heroes and villains. He is a true treasure for fans of the medium, and deserves every bit of respect and adoration he receives. Now, Beenox and Activision are putting Stan Lee in the shoes of one of his longest lasting and most popular characters: Spider-Man....[Read More]
Review: Pinball FX 2: Marvel Pinball – Avengers Chronicles (XBLA)
I’ve mentioned this before, but the main bulk of my digital pinball resume consists of Space Cadet 3D Pinball on Windows 95 and Sonic Spinball on the SEGA Genesis. I dabbled recently in a PS Vita pinball title, and appreciated its efforts to recreate classic physical pinball tables, but haven’t spent much time with it lately because it couldn’t hook my attention in the long term....[Read More]
Caption Contest: Metro 2033 (360 Games on Demand)
WINNER ANNOUNCED: Congratulations to Scott (@SickPigeon) for winning a Games on Demand code for Metro 2033! Enjoy it, and look forward to Metro: Last Light. Good luck to everyone else on future contests, and thanks for participating! Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky’s 2005 novel Metro 2033 became a critically well-received game of the same name in 2010. In anticipation of the 2013 release of...[Read More]
Candy for Keflings Screenshots Revealed – Special Event Announced
I’m not sure if we’ve made it clear in the past, but we absolutely love the Keflings games (and the PSN version, Akimi Village). When we first heard of the It Came From Outer Space DLC for A World of Keflings, we were absolutely ecstatic, as our review of the DLC will support. When we saw the contest to determine the new World of Keflings DLC theme, our vote (for Candy) was submitted, ...[Read More]
THQ Announces Darksiders II Summer of Death Promotion
Currently scheduled for August release on PC and console, Darksiders II is set to follow-up THQ’s 2010 critical darling Darksiders (apparently banned in the United Arab Emirates for “contradicting with the UAE’s customs and traditions”). Darksiders II will take place along a similar timeline as its predecessor, but will feature the Horseman Death, rather than the Horseman W...[Read More]
Review: Babel Rising (XBLA)
The first detonation of a nuclear device was made possible by Robert Oppenheimer’s work. In later interviews, he recalled the test explosion, and the thought that had come to his mind at that moment: “Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds,” from the Bhagavad Gita. I believe that, like Oppenheimer, we all have a little bit of the destroyer within us to varying degrees, w...[Read More]