Power Glove Love

I’m here to tell you that within less than a month, Halo 3 was dethroned as the king of multiplayer. The sad thing is, it had no idea whatsoever. Team Fortress 2, with its 9 character classes and witty dialogue, wipes the floor with Halo 3. There’s so much more to a game that lets you taunt your opponent after you destroy them- something so undeniably satisfying, that I’m even willing to say that this game beats the single player, forge, AND the theater combined. Read on so you can find out why I think so:

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Tonight a couple friends and I went to dinner at Buca Di Beppo in downtown Santa Monica. I love that place, but Jesus, I feel like an AMERICA FUCK YEAH kind of guy there. Think about it. A big restaurant corporation commercializes an entire culture (in this case, Italian, for those of you who are slow) into a couple of typical Italian dishes and serves it in ultra-fatty sized portions. That’s pretty AMERICA FUCK YEAH. It’s like…. Whoa, man. Deep shit.

Since the portions are designed for 300 pound women who wear purple nylon shorts and a Big Dog t-shirt, and I am only a normal fatty, I only finished most of my food. I had the rest put in a doggy bag and walked back. During our long trek back to the cars, I realized, “I don’t want to microwave a meatball the size of my head.” So I decided to give it to a homeless guy.
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Guitar Hero is a dandy little game. Full of good times and lots of rockin’. While I love me some Guitar Hero was it worth it to buy Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground for a 5 song demo? The short answer is yes! FUCK YES!

I heard that some unscrupulous knaves were getting this demo off of torrent sites instead of through legal channels. To this, I say, SHAME ON YOU SIR OR MADAM!

The demo contains five songs and all are fun, which is to be expected of the Guitar Hero series, even Activision bought the rights. The songs are: Lay Down by Priestess, Even Flow by Pearl Jam, The Metal by Tenacious D, Hit Me with your Best Shot by Pat Benatar and Rock You like a Hurricane by the Scorpions.
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Bioshock, the number one game in the first-person-shooter-about-a-guy-who-crash-lands-into-a-crumbling-underwater-utopia genre, has come and gone. Since Josh won’t shut the fuck up about me writing something, I guess I’m here to give my opinion about it.

To put it simply, it’s rad. Totally rad. The game’s unified art direction, brilliant storytelling and unique combat really make it interesting. I’m just going to assume everyone reading this has played it by now and won’t go “THESE ARE PLASMIDS THE STORY IS TOLD MAINLY THROUGH RADIO MESSAGES BLAH BLAH BLAH WHATEVER.” So if you haven’t played it yet, you can do two things at this juncture: a) fuck off, and b) go buy it and play it you lazy sonofabitch.
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This image may not look like much because Game Informer, for the most part, is full of retards. For years, they’ve been made fun of for being the least informed of the gaming magazines out there. (Helloooo irony!) Now, after running shitty stories and releasing old/outdated information for a while, they got their shit together somewhat. They’ve transitioned from the kids with helmets who shit their pants and draw shapes in class all day into normal kids who get beat up, stuffed in lockers, and called fags. Congratulations.

They have received a cover story like none other. And it is now that I severely hope they are not blowing smoke up our collective gamer asses. This game on their cover will change the face of the planet. With voice work by none other than Jack Black, game design by TIM FUCKING SCHAFER (I love you for Psychonauts. I love you so much. Where are you going? Don’t run…), and music in the trailer by DIO….we have a masterpiece on our fucking hands. If you don’t believe me, watch this: (video after the jump.)

Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go wipe my dickmouth.
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So, it’s October 16, 11:16 PM Central Time. If you haven’t heard, hours from now, Capcom is about to make a HUGE announcement, equivalent to that of a “Megaton Bomb”. If you check the Capcom Website, you’ll even notice a countdown clock in place, also with the words: “Prepare Yourself.”

So what’s the big deal, you ask?

It all started at Tokyo Game Show 2007. Capcom apparently had “3 big news to announce”, which had fans hoping that Street Fighter IV may finally be released. It turns out, according to a Capcom rep (here and here), that they were all just RUMORS. There were never “3 big news” to announce, to begin with. Which, of course, left a lot of fans dejected.

But nearly a month after that hoax, Kotaku released an article regarding an announcement so huge, it’s an equivalent of a “Megaton Bomb”! Specifically, Brian Dunn of Capcom adds with: “…everyone at Capcom knows all the fans are extremely anxious for a NEW SF game, believe me. That’s about all I can say about that…”

But that’s not all! There’s also this cryptic blog entry at Capcom USA’s website, titled: “Prepare Yourself”. The cryptic message, being a series of question marks:

??? ???? ????????????? ???? ??? ????????? ? ????? ? ??????.

??????? ???????? ??? ? ?????!

And so, rumors (or promise, however you want to view it as) of a possible Street Fighter IV had been reborn!

As I’m typing my first ever article for Power Glove Love, the timer is counting down to 8 more hours. I feel like a kid again, waiting to open his presents for Christmas! Oh well,for the mean time, we can speculate a bit more! My guess is, it’s not just going to be one announcement, but several HUGE announcements, which are going to be most or all of what’s below:
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