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Hilden’s 2010 Stuff of the Year
iPad: Once again, I’ll be honest and say that if it has the Steve Jobs stamp of approval on it, chances are damn good that I’ll own it. This device, however, was even a bit of a stretch for me in...
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Thunderstone
From the minds of the Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) comes Thunderstone, a member of the card game/board game hybird genre that’s been gathering steam for the past couple of years. Moe and I talked...
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Champions Online Goes Free-to-Play
A while back, I wrote a pretty lengthy article on the new super hero MMO, Champions Online. Despite fantastic graphics and excellent storytelling, this new MMO from Cryptic had a hard time maintaining...
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Yakuza 3
I know I am nearly a year late to the party, but that is how long it took me to knock Yakuza 3 out of my backlog. Actually, I breezed through the first four chapters of the game when I bought it last...
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Marvel vs. Capcom 3
I cannot recall what prompted me to, but I remember going to the store one day craving a new game for my Dreamcast and I ended up taking a chance on a full-priced, new copy of Marvel vs. Capcom 2. At...
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SCIENCE!!! Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Dip-Toe-in-Pool Guide
When talking with people of a mature age, the consensus of fighting games is that they are too hard and intimidating to play with in multiplayer, or at all. I disagree. Fighting games in multiplayer...
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PC-FX: A Brief Primer for the American Gamer
Alright, we’ve established on multiple occasions that the PC Engine and its American counterpart the TurboGrafx-16 (including its multiple add-ons and redesigns like the Turbo Duo, the CoreGrafx,...
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Savor the Flavor
Hi there! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? True, we’ve let Robot Panic sit relatively silent for a long time now; not out of laziness (at least, not completely), but because we’ve got other plans that...
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Super-the-Hardest
Let’s shut Robot Panic down with greatest science. I have rebuilt an arcade machine. Come. Come with me! I will show you wonderful things. This began as a Centipede cabinet given to me by my terrific...
View ArticleHilden Benefit Sale
UPDATE: 1/20/14 First off, thank you everyone for your generosity. So far, we’ve collected over $5000, all of which will go into a fund for Hilden’s daughers, Rio and Rowan. That’s amazing and we truly...
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Xbox Live: “You’re too good. You’re suspended!”
So I’m all like, “Regan is watchin’ American Idol tonight. I reckon I’ll play me some Raiden.” “I can’t let you do that, Ian” said the Xbox. Hahaha, um, a’ight. I’ll go play outside. Dat’s coo. All...
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Zombies!!! 8: Jailbreak
You may have heard us talk about this awesome board game on Drunken Gamers Radio, or maybe the name sounds familiar to you from the recent news that the game was being translated to both XBLA and the...
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine
As Hilden would say, “Must be a movie coming out!”. The following week after whichever movie game he had mentioned was released would be filled with confusion, sadness, anger, and disdain. Every time...
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Let’s Talk Punch Out!!
Most gamers who were alive during the NES era have stories about playing Mike Tyson’s Punch Out. The game was a cultural phenomenon. Just ask somebody in their late 20s or early 30s about King Hippo,...
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Punch-Out!! (Wii)
Wii disc. $50. 13×2+1 Opponents. Two-Player Versus Offline. Wiimote, Nunchuk, & Balance Board Compatible. No Leaderboards. 3-Chance Full Survival Mode Worth the price?: Only for seasoned fans....
View ArticleMidwest Game Show Classic Highlight Video
The Midwest Gaming Classic ended a few months ago, but we just received this video from John Norman over at Die Hard Gamer. Each year at MGC we host a game show called the “Midwest Game Show Classic”....
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Jambo Safari
It’s 1999 and the gaming world is looking at the Dreamcast as the harbinger of the next generation of console gaming. In the waning days of the arcade, quarters are being thrown into a game called...
View ArticleNintendo World Report Presents: Akihabara
One of the things we’d like to do before we die is spend a week nerding out in Japan. And of course, first on the itinerary would be shopping in Akihabara. The central location for all gaming and...
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The Back Catalog: Mother 3
So between nights of debauchery and days of gaming at the Midwest Gaming Classic I managed to pick up a copy of Mother 3. This is somewhat of a feat, as Nintendo loves your money and hates you very...
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E3: Microsoft Press Conference
NOTE: We’ll be hanging out in the Drunken Gamers Radio Ustream/Chat Room during the week to discuss E3 and the conferences. Please feel free to drop in and join us! Ok, here’s a quick recap for those...
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