Self-Indulgence: 1up's Mike Cruz Interviewed Me And Its Awesome

Some months ago Mike Cruz asked me to answer some questions and submit a couple photos of myself [probably so he can photoshop my head on that of a Griffin's...standard], but I completely forgot about the interview because it took place late last year. To my surprise he included me with some of the best and bright[er] minds over on 1up. It was fun, any time I can reference Hamburger Helper in an interview.

P.S. Gamemaster is the only reason 1up exists.

Video: Red Dead Redemption Weapons

A couple things of note:

• I couldn't help but notice that the star of Rockstar's most recent epic doesn't have a perfect set of teeth. I have no idea why my eyes became affixed on something so small and minute, but I guess I never noticed [out loud] that most games have 'ideal' modeled faces. Down to the pearly whites.

• Can I hold my gun 'gangsta style' a la 50 Cent: Blood On The Sand, because this could be a deal breaker. I need my enemies to know they are going to die with style.

• How sexy is this guys 'tech demo' -style voice over work. Its great to live in the age of games getting the National Geographic treatment; really, its a serious tone of respect I thought I'd never see. But honestly, we couldn't shell out the extra bucks to get Morgan Freeman to voice over the main guns in RDR? These truly are troubling times.

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Destined For Fail - Tekken: The Movie

Are words really necessary? You know its going to be terrible, right? I mean there is no way that, oh god he put on the Iron Fists. This movie based off of a game based off of several people from some of which were in movies is destined to win. Although it is odd to see Raven played by someone other than Wesley Snipes. Now we have reached a new level of meta. We have a movie based off of a game with characters based off of people in different movies and history, Where do I sign up?

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Bayonetta: You Thought I Was Kidding About The "Hair Thing" Huh?

Yup, there it is folks, the game that seems to be melting the hearts of critics and enthusiast alike. I played the demo [on the PS3 which is admittedly the 'gimped' version of the game] and I do agree with the RebelFM guys. It does seem like the title should be, "Japan: The Game" or "Booby May Cry". I the fighting mechanics are phenominal, very fluid. Its unfortunate its covered in a hyper-sexualized hair show veneer. Maybe it will be good, or even great, but one things for sure...

Sorry I couldn't think of anything clever to end it with there.

Props to Joystiq for the video.

MLB 2k6 Infamous Superman Catch Glitch

You know, MLB was terrible for a lot of 'other reasons', but you can add this one cool tidbit to the list. Note that I believe Fenway Park is the only way I have seen it wig out like this, but man is that hilarious. Look at the lack of animation in the game in general, having the 'superman catch' only helped move units off the shelves of Gamestop.

Mass Effect Makes Me Sad To Be A PS3 Owner

You see that star power? Sony fanboys, please come to my aid. Like so many summoned beasts in a Playstation exclusive Final Fantasy contract, I need to know what parry the console has to this Microsoft thrust. I guess we will have to rely on rumors that both installations of Mass Effect are being begrudgingly coded for a future release on the PS3.  For every Resistance they have a Halo, for every Killzone they have a Gears Of War and now...they have a Mass Effect, what's the counterpunch? MAG? Are you serious?

It should be noted that this is a joke used to deliberately rile fans of both consoles up. Mass Effect is awesome and so are the games for the PS3, which I love as far as a man can love an inanimate object.

Exclusive: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 'More Realer'

Powerful isn't it? If I were to gamble, I would say the narrative would be more interesting in this Call Of Duty than the previous Modern Warefare games. Bah, who am I kidding? They'd probably botch the ending to this too. Gaming just isn't there yet to deal with realism in a realistic manner. Did that make any sense? Props to The Onion for their 'South Park-esque' finger on the pulse of society content.

Who am I kidding? I would buy it.

Yet Another FFXIII Trailer With Beautiful Unintelligibleness [yea...that's a word]

Wow, there sure is a lot of talking in this game, huh? So much so, that a good chunk of the beginning of the trailer is talking. Sure its in Japanese, but is there ever a logical reason for people to ride airships on the fourth of July? Of course, for love! I am looking forward to FFXIII [otherwise it wouldn't be making it on to the brog in the first place], but that feeling of being 'super-pumped' for a RPG has kind of waned with me.

"But look at the graphics!"-Me ten years ago, which is probably when they initially began working on this hilari-epic. I got high hopes, just like I got high hopes for Gran Turismo 5, eventhough four or five other games in its genre have came out since its last iteration. [shrugs Kanye-style, then drops the mic]

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Just Cause 2 "The Power Of The Grappling Hook"

Couple things about this clip. First off, why is it in video games and especially movies when someone blows up something remotely while walking away from the eventual wreckage, they never get blown away from the percussion? How about a little shrapnel in the back of the neck for good measure? Secondly, I had my ear out for a possible terrible pun. Did he just say, "I'm the only one who can pull this off?" I actually never played the first Just Cause, but with the looks of this trailer, I just may watch someone else play it. Still very non-plused, but its 'over-the-topness' intrigues me. I'd love to casually fall off of a building, pull out the old parachute and control-glide it to my cleverly placed machine-gun boat.

All this and enemy helicopters with conveniently placed exploding barrels.

Source: Joystiq