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  • We are Skeptical of Cave Story's DLC

     

    Where this would usually be cause to celebrate, I can't help but think that anything added to this game is going to bring it down. Here's some news from the port's team:

    We’re still working away at Cave Story trying to make sure it’s faithful to Amaya-san’s original while adding a few things for the console release. One of these new additions, I’m happy to announce is Download Content. I think we received enough e-mails demanding it that we’re doing our best to include some new surprises in the WiiWare release. You’re going to have to wait for more info on that.
    Even hearing the phrase "graphical facelift" makes me cringe. One of the game's biggest appeals is it's charictaristically pixellated style. Hopefully they won't change things too much.

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  • Action Button Top 25 Games Ever List Up

     

    A few weeks back I told you about Action Button's ongoing list, and now it's done. I reckon that this is the only list of its kind worth reading, because it flies in the face of everything that you've been told about video games. If nothing else, the lineup serves as an excellent introduction to some wildly underrated games, a dozen of which I've put on my "must play" spreadsheet.

    Each entry is accompanied by a verbose review, which will most likely shoot off in several directions, perhaps only tangentially discussing the game in question. I've read about half, and all are compelling, despite the word counts. We're talking about people who can call a game "Love: The Videogame" with a straight face. But whatever, Tim Rogers and Co. love video games. When you're done reading through this list, you may come to the conclusion that most other reviewers hate them. Be sure to scroll through the 500+ comments that the list has inspired for some of the best open conversation on game theory that you'll find anywhere.

    The full list, after the jump:

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  • Watcha Playing?: The Lost Vikings

    I've already encouraged you to check out Action Button's new list, which has inspired me to revisit The Lost Vikings, a clever little 16-bit era (The era when everyone and their brother was just starting to grasp the moneymaking possibilities of putting a T-shirt on a bobcat, according to Action Button) strategy platformer that also happens to be the first game developed by the studio now known as Blizzard. You may have heard of them.

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  • Action Button Rolls Out Top 25

    Tim Rogers and the gang over at Action Button  have posted their bottom three games in the first installment of their "Manifesto: A List of the Twenty-Five Best Games of All-Time". Now, I'm not one to give special consideration to a listicle. Though I hardly blame their creators (we're pretty guilty over here, and as long as you keep reading them, we'll keep writing them), the "best games evar" list has been done dozens of times over. But, not like this. 

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    John Constantine, our superhero, was raised by birds and then attended Penn State University. He is currently working on a novel about a fictional city that exists only in his mind. John has an astonishingly extensive knowledge of Scientology. Ultimately he would like to learn how to effectively use his brain. He continues to keep Wu-Tang's secret to himself.

    Derrick Sanskrit is a self-professed geek in a variety of fields including typography, graphic design, comic books, music and cartoons. As a professional hipster graphic designer, his recent clients have included Nerve, Pitchfork and MoCCA, among others.

    Amber Ahlborn - artist, writer, gamer and DigiPen survivor, she maintains a day job as a graphic artist. By night Amber moonlights as a professional Metroid Fanatic and keeps a metal suit in the closet just in case. Has lived in the state of Washington and insists that it really doesn't rain as much as everyone says it does.

    Nadia Oxford is a housekeeping robot who was refurbished into a warrior when the world's need for justice was great. Now that the galaxy is at peace (give or take a conflict here or there), she works as a freelance writer for various sites and magazines. Based in Toronto, Nadia prizes the certificate from the Ministry of Health declaring her tick and rabies-free.

    Bob Mackey is a grad student, writer, and cyborg, who uses the powerful girl-repelling nanomachines mad science grafted onto his body to allocate time towards interests of the nerd persuasion. He believes that complaining about things on the Internet is akin to the fine art of wine tasting, but with more spitting into buckets.

    Joe Keiser has a programming degree from Johns Hopkins University, a tiny apartment in Brooklyn, and a fake toy guitar built in the hollowed-out shell of a real guitar. He writes about games and technology for a variety of outlets. One day he will stop doing this. The day after that, police will find his body under a collapsed pile of (formerly neatly alphabetized) collector's edition tchotchkes.

    Cole Stryker is an American freelance writer living in York, England, where he resides with his archeologist wife. He writes for a travel company by day and argues about pop culture on the internet by night. Find him writing regularly here and here.

    Peter Smith is like the lead character of Irwin Shaw's The 80-Yard Run, except less athletic. He considers himself very lucky to have this job. But it's a little premature to take "jack-off of all trades" off his resume. Besides writing, travelling, and painting houses, Pete plays guitar in a rock trio called The Aye-Ayes. He calls them a 'power pop' band, but they generally sound more like Motorhead on a drinking binge.


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