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Month: September, 2005

Game Graveyards – Metal Wolf Chaos

After reading about Chromehounds for the Xbox 360, I was wondering why I hadn’t heard anything about Metal Wolf Chaos since last year’s TGS, especially when everyone was tagging it as a show stealer. For those who don’t know, it’s based on the Otogi engine and from the same producer as said game, Masanori Takeuchi.
As [...]

Search for the Perfect Gamer Girl Pt. III – Tina Wood

After watching Attack of the Show on G4 yesterday, I was inspired to subject Tina Wood to the trials and tribulations of being considered a SpotAnime Game Girl. Finally someone who passes the test!
Looks: Tina doesn’t hit you with her looks like other Game Girls do. Her features are more subtitle and natural than the [...]

OXM Demo Roundup

Yesterday I went through the past three OXM demo discs and tried out some of the new games. Primarily to see if they supported HDTV, but also to catch up on some of the new releases. My comments below:
Far Cry: Instincts
Supported: DD5.1, HDTV 480p 16×9
I don’t know if it’s just me, but I may be [...]

Anarchy Online Free Until 2007

According to the story on GameSpot posted earlier today:
In late 2004, game publisher Funcom decided to try something a little different. Instead of actually charging users to play its game Anarchy Online, it opened the massively multiplayer online role-player to anyone who wanted to give it a try. The limited-time offer was extended into 2005 [...]

Search for the Perfect gamer Girl Pt. II – Morgan Webb

In an effort to attract more readership through internet search buzzwords, I bring you the second part of my series, “Search for the Perfect Game Girl”. This installment centers around G4 beauty, Morgan Webb.
Looks: I remember the days when she used to mug at the camera with her short, bleached blonde hair on TechTV’s The [...]

Threshold – Fall 2005 TV Preview

Threshold
CBS Fridays, 9/8c
Premiere Date: September 16, 2005
Let me tell you a little about my glory days. I remember, back when I was young and single, when Friday nights actually meant something. The ramp up to the weekend from a long, hard week at work. When my friends and I would plan for dinner or happy [...]

Millennium Season 3 out NOW

Forgot to post this yesterday -
Millennium Season 3 is out in stores now. All three seasons of the series are finally out on DVD.
For those who never watched this show when it was on originally in the late ’90s, there is no reason not to experience it now. It was executive produced by Chris Carter, [...]