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Porkchop Sandwiches: A look at the infamous G.I. Joe PSA parodies.
If you grew up watching the G.I. Joe cartoons in the late 80′s, you’re most likely familiar with the PSA’s at the end that taught safety and life lessons. What you may or may not know is that way off in a small corner of the internet back in 2003, Eric Fensler and his company Fenslerfilms started making parodies of these PSA’s, and they’re still a HUGE hit over a decade later! The clips were re-workings of the original PSA’s, with new voice-overs and sometimes changes in the animation or some creative editing. They were just the normal safety hazard situations, with a new dialogue that changed the scenes’ dynamic – and often made them hilariously awkward and creepy.
Indeed, they did.
Mat Langford’s Gaming World – Injustice: Gods Among Us – Preview
I’ve watched a lot of clips and read a lot of articles online regarding Injustice: Gods Among Us. I’ll admit, it has my attention. It touts impressive graphics, an immersive story-line and what lookslike awesome, interactive and often multi-arena battles. The roster is chock full of your favourite DC characters including – but not limited to – Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Bane…it’s pretty much an amalgamation of the entire DC universe into one game.
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Mat Langford’s Gaming World – Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate Reviewed
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate confused me a little while playing it. I, admittedly, am not the biggest Castlevania fan, but I played the awesome Symphony of the Night, and immediately became interested in the series. This game, however, didn’t really live up to my expectations. It is a serviceable entry into the Castlevania lore, but lacks the flare that made other iterations in this series so awesome.
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Mat Langford’s Gaming World – The Recurring Bosscast: 008 – Hawk and Awe
Every two weeks, BBP’s resident gaming guru Mat Langford teams up with Jett Landicho from Splitkick.com and Jason Jasicki from Machinima Inside Gaming Daily to create The Recurring Bosscast, a podcast dedicated to gaming and gaming culture (with a smattering of life topics and other awesomeness).
This week, Mat returns from a press-only Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance event and shares his stories of slicing, dicing, and dying repeatedly. Jason and Jett talk way too much about who they think are top-tier Skylanders. The Bosscast also open up their hearts to talk about the role of emotional response in video games. Beyond that, tune in for chatter about Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, Street Fighter X Tekken Version 2013, Sleeping Dogs, Balloon Fight, Fire Emblem: Awakening, and Sneak King!
Check out the full podcast here: http://splitkick.com/the-recurring-bosscast-008-hawk-and-awe/
Mat Langford’s Gaming World – Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance First Impressions
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a media screening for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, a brand new entry in the MGS franchise, and brought to you by two iconic teams at Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames. Through some great hands-on experience, I can say it’s a great addition to the MGS line-up. Why, you ask? Find out after the jump.
Mat Langford’s Gaming World – Nintendo Wii U is pretty awesome!
When it comes to video game companies, Nintendo has been there from the beginning. They’ve consistently put out quality, revolutionary consoles and games for the last 20+ years. So when I watched the E3 press conference reveal of the new Wii U, I was a little confused. It wasn’t different enough from its predecessor to be considered revolutionary.
The Wii, upon its initial release, was one of the most anticipated consoles ever. The motion control was really the first of its kind, and allowed young and old to intuitively grasp the controls for games that would otherwise be out of their league. Lines on launch day wrapped around store corners and it was all but impossible to procure one for the holidays. The Wii U, in comparison, can be found on shelves everywhere and for all intents and purposes, is simply a Wii with a video-screen controller. The graphics weren’t much different – albeit a bit better – and there seemed to be no real motivation to run out and buy one.
I got to try it out first-hand at an event put on by Warner Bros. in Toronto (Thanks WB!), and it was an opinion changing experience.
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Mat Langford’s Gaming World – The Walking Dead is incredible!
How did it take me so long to play this game?!
When I first heard of The Walking Dead from Telltale Games, I was admittedly skeptical. I had heard good things, but I’d also seen Telltale’s previous work – namely Back to the Future – and it wasn’t exactly a masterpiece. So when I got down to playing TWD, I wasn’t expecting too much.
Was I ever wrong: This game is amazing!
Gory violence…just because the game has a comic book look, it’s still awesome.
Mat Langford’s Gaming World – Dishonored Is Awesome, If You’re Not SUPER Lazy Like I Am
Let me start this out by saying Dishonored is an amazing game. It’s full of insane kills, devouring rat swarms, swords and knives, guns, stealth assassinations and all of that awesomeness. The acting is pretty good, and while it’s not the best looking game out there, it’s completely playable, and the more cartoon-ish graphics lend it a sort of atmosphere that just feels right when playing it.
The problem is that I’m just so lazy, and therein lies my discontent with this game.
