Author Archives: Tom Auxier

Want Earthbound figures? Want a plush Mr. Saturn?

THEN WANT NO MORE! Banpresto, makers of fine Japanese toys and games, are releasing, over the next half year or so, a massive collection of figures and plushies based off of the Mother series of games. No Mother 3, alas,

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Want Earthbound figures? Want a plush Mr. Saturn?

THEN WANT NO MORE! Banpresto, makers of fine Japanese toys and games, are releasing, over the next half year or so, a massive collection of figures and plushies based off of the Mother series of games. No Mother 3, alas,

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The Great Gatsby: Video Game

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJZnoCTq__M&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_GB&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] I have no idea why this exists, but apparently it does. I was just discussing the Great Gatsby last night, and realizing everyone hates this book but me, and being confused. I mean, The Great Gatsby is a classic

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The Great Gatsby: Video Game

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJZnoCTq__M&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_GB&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] I have no idea why this exists, but apparently it does. I was just discussing the Great Gatsby last night, and realizing everyone hates this book but me, and being confused. I mean, The Great Gatsby is a classic

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Why the Mass Effecting of Dragon Age might not be a bad thing

Immediate, upfront confession: compared to Patricia and Graham, I am a Dragon Age noob. I’ve beaten the game once, but that’s as far as it goes. Normal is as high as the difficulty slider goes. The only class I’ll play

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Why the Mass Effecting of Dragon Age might not be a bad thing

Immediate, upfront confession: compared to Patricia and Graham, I am a Dragon Age noob. I’ve beaten the game once, but that’s as far as it goes. Normal is as high as the difficulty slider goes. The only class I’ll play

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Only the greatest trailer ever

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaC62-P7M5w&hl=en_US&fs=1] I’m just going to leave this here. I was planning on, you know, mentioning that this was for Disgaea: Z.H.P.: Unlosing Ranger vs DarkDeath Evilman, but I forgot that. I had to look it up again. WHAT’S IMPORTANT is

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Only the greatest trailer ever

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaC62-P7M5w&hl=en_US&fs=1] I’m just going to leave this here. I was planning on, you know, mentioning that this was for Disgaea: Z.H.P.: Unlosing Ranger vs DarkDeath Evilman, but I forgot that. I had to look it up again. WHAT’S IMPORTANT is

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Valve Announce Alien Swarm

…And it’s coming out Monday. For free. If there has ever been a time to be excited, it is now! For those of you not quite in the know, know this: Alien Swarm was a total conversion mod of Unreal

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Valve Announce Alien Swarm

…And it’s coming out Monday. For free. If there has ever been a time to be excited, it is now! For those of you not quite in the know, know this: Alien Swarm was a total conversion mod of Unreal

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Double Fine working on four new games

Lost in the shuffle of “Bobby Kotick is a dick and Darth Vader” discussion over the past day and a half has been much more exciting, less “he said what?” news: Double Fine, creators of such classics as Psychonauts and

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Double Fine working on four new games

Lost in the shuffle of “Bobby Kotick is a dick and Darth Vader” discussion over the past day and a half has been much more exciting, less “he said what?” news: Double Fine, creators of such classics as Psychonauts and

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New Fire Emblem isn't Fire Emblem

The most recent Iwata Asks involved the development team of Fire Emblem, who shared some startling news about their new DS game, Mystery of the Emblem out today (apparently) in Japan: you can toggle off perma-death. They also say that

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New Fire Emblem isn't Fire Emblem

The most recent Iwata Asks involved the development team of Fire Emblem, who shared some startling news about their new DS game, Mystery of the Emblem out today (apparently) in Japan: you can toggle off perma-death. They also say that

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Why are you here?

Most game bosses lack a certain amount of coherency with the plot at large. They’re designed to be big and scary and difficult, and most enemies in video games aren’t those things: they’re usually absent entirely, and when they’re present,

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Why are you here?

Most game bosses lack a certain amount of coherency with the plot at large. They’re designed to be big and scary and difficult, and most enemies in video games aren’t those things: they’re usually absent entirely, and when they’re present,

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New Pokemon are affront to God

The hardest part of this post was finding something more horrible than the things that are below, beneath the cut. It was hard work, dear reader! Fortunately, the above picture was provided for me, and off we’ve gone. Now, you

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New Pokemon are affront to God

The hardest part of this post was finding something more horrible than the things that are below, beneath the cut. It was hard work, dear reader! Fortunately, the above picture was provided for me, and off we’ve gone. Now, you

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Anamanaguchi!

See those lovely gentlemen? They are the lovely gentlemen performing on the Scott Pilgrim: The Movie: The Game soundtrack. Quite a handsome set of lads, wouldn’t you say? On the not creepy front, a song from the upcoming soundtrack has

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Anamanaguchi!

See those lovely gentlemen? They are the lovely gentlemen performing on the Scott Pilgrim: The Movie: The Game soundtrack. Quite a handsome set of lads, wouldn’t you say? On the not creepy front, a song from the upcoming soundtrack has

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