Some Thoughts On the Batman: Arkham Asylum (Full Game)


So much for not buying Batman: Arkham Asylum like I said I would. I’m glad I changed my mind at the last minute.

If critical acclaim couldn’t make me buy the game, what did? Thanks to Wal-Mart, many retailers in my country were selling the game at launch for just over half price. For most people, Arkham Asylum is a fine purchase at full price. At half price? It’s a steal.

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Smells Like Kurt Rolling In His Grave

Making the rounds of video game websites and blogs is the above video from YouTube user Corporalgregg2, who recorded a few of the awkward things you can do with Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero 5. Everything from imitating Flava Flav’s trademark, “Yeah boy!” to four Kurt Cobain’s performing a Megadeath song with invisible instruments.

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Time For An Intervention

For the past few weeks, you’ve probably read a lot of my Street Fighter IV posts. Ever since I got an XBOX Live gold account in May, Street Fighter IV has become a huge part of my life. Besides dropping over 100 hours into the game and playing over 1600 online matches, I’ve spent a ton of time listening to Gooteck’s Street Fighter Podcast, reading the Street Fighter thread over at NeoGaf, watched any tournament videos I could on YouTube, and almost dropped $200 on a Mad Catz TE Fight Stick.

Now Loading – Bookworm (iPhone)

So maybe I’m a bit late to the party on this one. This 5-year-old game from Pop Cap has probably been played by everyone and their grandma by now, and not much really needs to be said about it.

A few weeks ago, I grabbed this on sale for $0.99 on the iTunes store. To be honest, it was actually the first time I’d ever played Bookworm. I bought it because it was a great price for a game that everyone seems to like.

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Some Thoughts On the Batman: Arkham Asylum Demo

While the demo to Batman: Arkham Asylum has been available on XBOX Live and Playstation Network for a few weeks now, I haven’t had a chance to try it out until recently.

I must admit, I came into this demo with a bit of skepticism. Historically, almost every Batman game has been horrible, and the video game based on the Dark Knight movie was cancelled before it was officially announced because of how bad it was shaping up to be. Would this one be any different?

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Learning Street Fighter IV


A few nights ago, after a match of Street Fighter IV, I received a message from the guy I just beat. Usually, when I receive these types of messages, it’s either something like “good game” or some form of verbal harassment. This time though was different.

He asked me in a voice message (not in an exact quote, but you’ll get the idea), “How do you do moves and combos? I’ve only had this game for 2 days.”

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Now Re-Loading – Rock Band 2

If you’re wondering how my drum surgery went, you’re about to get your answer.

Since the surgery, my brother and I have been re-energized and have begun playing a lot of Rock Band 2 again. However, not because the surgery worked out.

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Rock Band Drum Surgery

The Rock Band series of video games are hands-down my favourite video game series this console generation. I could go on for days talking about how awesome the games are. However, this time I wanted to highlight one major gripe I’ve lived with since I bought the full band kit on launch day of Rock Band 1:

The Rock Band 1 instruments are some of the worst-made video game controllers of all-time.

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Player One Remembers Andy Baran

I’m a huge podcast junkie, and the Player One Podcast has been one of my go-to shows since the very first episode. This week’s episode from Chris Johnston, Greg Stewart and Phil Theobald (all former EGM editors) is a tribute to former EGM editor Andy Baran, who recently passed away at the age of 35 due to pancreatic cancer.

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Lost In Translation

Over the weekend, I was out with my girlfriend on a date that partially consisted of a trip to the local…I’m hesitant to call it an “arcade”, cause it’s more of an amusement place with lots of arcade games in it. Semantics aside, they had a Street Fighter IV arcade machine there. This is significant because Capcom never made a North American arcade version, so this place actually imported a machine (not the one above, but something like it). I didn’t think this place in particular would do that, but there it was and I had to give it a go.