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Game Developer’s Conference: The Council

Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Dandy on a Tandy

When one thinks of GDC, one thinks about boring roundtables on bump mapping or awards that no one outside of development cares about.  However unbeknownst to the general game playing public, the self described conference for learning and professional development is merely a front.  The flashy tech demos are a mere distraction to what is going on behind closed doors.  Every year behind the scenes, in shadowy smoke filled rooms, the video game power brokers meet and decide the fate of the industry we all love, for better and for worse.  Hit the jump for the shocking LEGIT details.

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Exclusive: Street Fighter: The Movie (the game) to Get HD Remix Treatment

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
I'm going to kick that son of a bitch Bison's ass so hard that the next Bison wannabe is gonna feel it!

Fighting fans chomping at the bit to play Super Street Fighter IV will be interested to learn that Capcom is releasing an HD overhaul of the 1995 Street Fighter: The Movie to tide fans over.  Much like last year’s Street Fighter II: Turbo HD RemixStreet Fighter: The Movie HD Remix will feature high definition visuals and tweaked, balanced gameplay.  It is slated to be released on Xbox Live Arcade and the Playstation Network before the release of SSFIV. Click the jump for Bomb Guts’ exclusive and TOTALLY LEGIT DETAILS on the game.

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Making Sense of Modern Warfare Popularity: A Study in Mainstream Video Game Culture

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
SCIENCE!

Introduction:

To date, the Modern Warfare series has sold over 15 million copies, but conventional wisdom cannot explain why this is.  There is nothing particularly new or ground breaking about the game.  It is a first person shooter set in the modern day, something that has been done before in video games, and something that Modern Warfare doesn’t do exceptionally better than other games.  The games’ graphics, gameplay, and story are only above average1 and do not give any hints to why it has become the blockbuster it is.  Modern Warfare’s popularity is simply without any obvious explanation.  Therefore, we have dared to dig deeper.  As entitled by our PhDs in Gamesology, we have designed and executed a legitimate, not-fake, scientifically sound study attempting to answer: Why is Modern Warfare so damned popular?

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Game Reviews From The Future

Monday, September 14th, 2009

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Every month (or so) we inexplicably get our hands on reviews of games that have yet to be published. Here’s how we did it this month:

After staving off a pack of morlocks we successfully returned in our time machine to bring you these reviews of these popular games from the future:

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Game Reviews From The Future

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Future Reviews

Every month (or so) we inexplicably get our hands on reviews of games that have yet to be published and share them with you the valued reader.

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