When Delta Force was originally released in 1998, it signified a new breed of first person shooter games. Up until then, FPS games for the most part had been fast-paced blast-a-thons which rewarded quick reflexes and quicker trigger fingers. However, Delta Force was one of the first FPS games to emphasize using tactics, stealth, and planning to succeed. You are a member of a real-life military unit, taking part in realistically styled military operations. You don’t find guns and ammo conveniently laying around the area, you pick a loadout during the mission briefing and hope that it’s adequate. There are no armor pickups or medical kits waiting to magically restore you to full health when you run over them. Instead, you character takes one or two hits, then they go down for the count.
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Wolverine doesn’t make up for X-Men III, Dollhouse loses an episode, McFarlane Toys cuts jobs, Weird Al comes to BotCon, and a few of the Powet boys are going to be on TV! REAL TV.

It’s the Powetcast for the week of May 4th, 2009!

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