The Video Game Thread

[Jocephus]

people still like 2d fighting games 'cause they are fun.

[Maclowery]

Ya, I am sorry about that weird mini-rant. Sober Maclowery still doesn't like 2D fighters, but he also doesn't mind that other people like them.

I was probably just mad that I never, ever was good at 'em.

[Cronos]

I was probably just mad that I never, ever was good at 'em.

Heh, I feel ya. I get righteously angry about FPS', especially playing them online.

I never play them online because I'm comically bad compared to most everyone else.

[cpebbles]

Mortal Kombat apparently not only has a storyline, it has canon. And here I thought it was just an ugly, juvenile Street Fighter 2 knockoff.

[Jocephus]

yes, SF2 is not juvenile at all

[InvincibleCakeEater]

If it were that easy, it would be a lot more enjoyable.

Trust me: it's not.

From the bit I've played it pretty much was. A handful of custom moves, the XRay stuff and finishers. I'm sure there's a lot more to it for the hardcores, but it felt pretty much like old school MK to me. My friend was having trouble with someone and said that he had been trying like 20 times to beat, and I beat him in the first 2 rounds. Probably just luck, but I was just using classic MK styles.

[Jocephus]

Developer Treyarch has released the first details of "Call of the Dead," the Zombies campaign included with the first person shooter's Escalation map pack, out May 3.

The campaign -- inspired by director George Romero -- will star Machete actor Danny Trejo, Buffy actress Sarah Michelle Gellar, Robert Englund of Nightmare on Elm Street fame and Michael Rooker of The Walking Dead TV series.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities ... campaign/1

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[TimeForGuinness]

Should I pick up Mass Effect 2?

[redbirdjazzz]

Should I pick up Mass Effect 2?

Yes.

[TimeForGuinness]

Should I pick up Mass Effect 2?

Yes.

Ok.