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Batman: Arkham City Review

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With high expectations behind it, it wouldn’t be difficult for the sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum to fall short. If anything, it would be easier for Rocksteady to fall short with the sequel than it would be to equal or surpass the original. Arkham Asylum was a fantastic (and arguably revolutionary) game for its time. To this day, I’ll still gush over how amazing that game was (and still is).

Now that the groundwork is set, let’s talk about what people really want to know. Riddle me this, riddle me that, is Batman: Arkham City really all that?

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Jett’s Adventures into Linking and ‘Plinking’ With Street Fighter IV

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If you’ve ever played Super Street Fighter IV’s trial mode, then odds are you’ve run into the type of challenge displayed above. After the challenge mode covers each character’s special moves, they go into a section on link combos. Pictured above is Cammy’s level 8 trial, which asks you to combo crouching hard punch into crouching medium kick. For the uninitiated, this seems like something that would be very easy to do. After hours of switching from character-to-character to see if these would get any easier, I gave up in frustration. I thought I was the worst Street Fighter player of all-time for not being able to make two button presses combo into each other. However, as I started to investigate, it turns out there’s a lot more to this than simply hitting two buttons in succession.

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Micro Post – Batman: Arkham City

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I have nothing to contribute to the Batman: Arkham City discussion at this point in time other than I have a copy of it in front of me and am waiting to play it right after my brother is done with the Dance Central 2 demo.

For sure I’ll be playing the heck out of this one in the next few days, as I’m sure many of you will be too. I’ll need a bit of time to get through it, but for sure let’s talk about Batman: Arkham City in the near future!

In Third Person Rewind – Batman: Arkham Asylum

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With Batman: Arkham City set to hit stores in just a few days, I though it’ d be a great opportunity to dig deep into the In Third Person archives to pull out some legacy Batman: Arkham Asylum content. My thoughts on the demo and the full game were some of the very first posts I wrote when I started this up in 2009, and it even got an honourable mention during my game of the year 2009 post.

Considering the fact that I wrote these posts when I was lucky to get 5 visits a month, odds are you’ve never seen these posts before. If you’d like to see my stance on that game at the time, check out the posts below! Batman: Arkham City is set for release on Tuesday, October 18th in North America, and I’ll be grabbing my copy on day one. Will you?

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Phoenix Wright Revealed in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

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Yes! After months of waiting, Phoenix Wright has been finally revealed in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. As a huge fan of the Phoenix Wright series, I was really excited/curious to see how Capcom would incorporate a non-violent lawyer into a fighting game with super heroes and other-worldly fighting machines, but the new trailer has answered my questions. Hit the jump to see the first glimpse of Phoenix Wright in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3!

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Gears of War 3 Review

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Do you remember the Gears of War Mad World commercial? Up until that point, the game had been presented as a ‘dudebro’ shooter with all of the emphasis on its revolutionary cover mechanics and stop-and-pop shooting. Then the Mad World commercial hit television and it presented the game as something more emotionally charged. Unfortunately, it was all for the sake of advertising, as none of that Mad World feeling ended up making it into the game. Gears of War 2 sort of tried to capture that, but those few attempts came off as unintentionally funny.

While Marcus and company weave through bombastic firefights and kill all varieties of alien lifeforms in Gears of War 3, it actually manages to capture that Mad World feeling in a number of spots. In one particular case, it literally captures it, but that’s going way into spoiler-territory. Let’s back up and talk about this new, improved and somewhat more emotional Gears of War 3.

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Portal 2 Review

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When I first completed the original Portal not too long ago, I did not feel the need to experience any more of it. Sure, Portal is a fantastic game, but within the three or so hours it took me to complete it, I felt like the game had said everything it needed to say. Although I was crazy late to the party and Portal 2 had been out for months, I wasn’t sure what Valve would do to keep the experience going without tarnishing the legacy of the original.

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Gears of War 3 Review?

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If you’ve been holding your a breath for my Gears of War 3 review, you can exhale. No, this isn’t it and no, I’m not close to having one ready. Though my progress through the game was stilted by my practice for T12: Toronto Fighting Game Championships, I’ve now got some time to make progress.

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The Toronto Fighting Game Championships Are Taking Place Today

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The biggest fighting game tournament that Toronto has ever seen is upon us! T12 Toronto Fighting Game Championships are set to take place today, and if you’re reading this shortly after I posted this, I’m most likely on my way to the venue. If you’re interested in watching all of the hot fighting game action, you can watch it all thanks to the Team Spooky stream. If you’re lucky, you just might catch me on the steam! If so, If you’re super lucky, you might catch me winning a match or two, though I’m not holding my breath for that particular outcome. 🙂

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Watch My Performance on the NeoGAF Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Lobby

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A few nights ago, I was on the NeoGAF Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition live stream, hosted and streamed by Kadey. As a long-time lurker of their Street Fighter IV threads since the original Street Fighter IV, I was excited to see Kadey’s lobby appear on my list of lobbies to choose from, which I did immediately. It was really cool to play against a number of forum members that I recognize by their NeoGAF name and see where I stack up. If you’d like to see me in action, click through to the rest of this post!
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